Yukon Freedom Party Explained

Yukon Freedom Party
Subheader:Active territorial party
Leader:Joseph Zelezny
President:Joseph Zelezny
Founder:Joseph Zelezny
Foundation:15 November 2021
Headquarters:Box 61 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5X9[1]
Ideology:Populism
Blank1 Title:Fiscal policy
Blank2 Title:Social policy
Seats1 Title:Seats in the House of Commons
Seats2 Title:Seats in the Senate
Seats3 Title:Seats in Legislature
Country:Canada
State:Yukon
Parties Dab1:List of political parties in Yukon
Elections Dab1:List of Yukon general elections

The Yukon Freedom Party is a territorial political party in Yukon, Canada. Its founder and leader is Joseph Zelezny who was previously the People's Party of Canada candidate for Yukon in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2]

The party formed and registered with Elections Yukon on November 15, 2021.[3] [4] In the remaining weeks of 2021, the party raised $8,149.[5]

Yukon premier Sandy Silver has suggested that the party's existence has exerted considerable pressure on the Yukon Party.[6]

In 2022, Zelezny attended some convoy protests in the territory organized by a citizens group called "Yukon Freedom". The party denied any connection between the party and the protest organizers, saying that Zelezny was not an organizer, and that the similarity to the party's name was coincidental.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Political Parties . . 3 August 2023.
  2. News: Sissi . De Flaviis . 2021-11-22. Former PPC candidate launches Yukon Freedom Party as 'voice for the people'. CBC News. 2022-01-07.
  3. News: Haley . Ritchie . 2021-11-20. Former PPC candidate launches Yukon Freedom Party. Yukon News. 2023-03-06.
  4. News: Colleen . Madore . 2021-11-15. Media Advisory: Elections Yukon Registers the Yukon Freedom Party. Elections Yukon. 2023-03-06.
  5. News: Anna . Desmarais . 2022-09-20. Political fundraising more than doubles for Yukon parties in 2021. CBC News. 2023-03-06.
  6. News: CBC News . 2021-11-25. Premier fires back at 'desperate' Yukon Party, after surviving confidence vote. CBC News. 2022-01-17.
  7. News: Paul . Tukker . 2022-02-17. Why you won't hear from organizers of Whitehorse's 'convoy' demonstrations. CBC News. 2023-03-06.
  8. News: Sissi . De Flaviis . 2022-01-23. Hundreds in Whitehorse attend protests against COVID-19 health restrictions. CBC News. 2023-03-06.