Category: Derek Sloan

Crown Drops COVID-Related Charges Against Sloan, Hillier

COVID-19-related charges laid against former MP Derek Sloan and former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier have been dropped by Crown prosecutors, says the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). Mr. Hillier, a former Ontario MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, and Mr. Sloan, former MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, were both alleged to have attended a rally protesting lockdowns…


COVID-Related Charges Against Derek Sloan, Randy Hillier, Other Protesters Dropped

Charges have been dropped against several notable individuals, including former MP Derek Sloan, Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, and pastor Heinrich Hildebrandt, who protested COVID-19 health measures during the pandemic, according to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). The protesters, including private citizen Dan Stasko, took part in a peaceful protest against government health measures…


Poilievre, Bernier, and Sloan Join and Praise Veteran James Topp on Final Day of Cross-Country Trek

OTTAWA—Several politicians joined military veteran James Topp either for a short time or for the whole day as he was completing his cross-country trek in Ottawa on June 30. Topp walked from the Terry Fox Memorial in Vancouver to the National War Memorial in the nation’s capital to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. People’s Party of…


Party Leaders Make Final Appeals to Voters Two Days Ahead of Ontario Election

With two days left until the June 2 Ontario election, candidates are making their final appeals to voters. Here’s a look at the itineraries of the party leaders for May 31.  As of May 30, Elections Ontario said a total of 1,066,545 voters, or roughly 9.92 percent of eligible voters in Ontario, have cast their…


Ontario Party, New Blue Object to Exclusion From Ontario Election Debate

Ontario Party Leader Derek Sloan is objecting to his party’s exclusion from the Ontario election leaders’ debate that took place on May 16, saying it puts his party at a disadvantage. The New Blue Party which, like the Ontario Party, has a sitting MPP in the current legislature, is also objecting. “This is more election…


Ontario Election: What the Parties Are Promising

The Ontario provincial election campaign was officially launched on May 4, with election day slated for June 2. Here is a glimpse of what six parties with at least one MPP in the current session are offering. Doug Ford (Progressive Conservative) The Conservative Ford government has made several announcements that indicate a plan to increase…


Trump Ally Roger Stone to Advise Ontario Party

A new political party in Ontario seeking to establish itself as a more conservative alternative to the ruling Progressive Conservatives has announced it has hired Donald Trump’s former advisor Roger Stone as a campaign advisor. “Roger Stone, a man synonymous with successful conservative political campaigns in the United States, most famously Donald Trump’s 2016 upset…


How the PPC, Christian Heritage, Maverick, and Libertarian Parties Fared in the 2021 Election

As mail-in ballots continue to be counted for the Sept. 20 federal election, here are how some of Canada’s smaller parties have fared as of Sept. 22. People’s Party of Canada The PPC didn’t win any seats but garnered a total of 825,780 votes—an increase of its share of the national vote to 5 percent,…


Derek Sloan Says He’ll Sit as an Independent After Ousting From CPC

Derek Sloan says he will sit as an independent in the House of Commons after the Conservative Party caucus voted to oust him on Jan. 20. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said on Jan. 18 that he is going to remove Sloan from the party over a $131 donation from Paul Fromm to his leadership campaign,…


Tory MP Derek Sloan Says He’ll Oppose Attempts by Party Leadership to Oust Him

Tory MP Derek Sloan says he will fight attempts to expel him from the Conservative Party over a donation to his leadership campaign last year, which he says the party is also responsible for.   “If I am guilty of something, they are guilty of something,” Sloan said in a Facebook video late Monday night. “I’m not…