Consensus Ontario  Consensus Ontario was a minor political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was led by Brad Harness. Consensus Ontario was originally founded in 2016 as a think tank. Its leader, Brad Harness, was former leader of the Reform Party of Ontario and founder of the Ontario Party of Canada, two smaller populist parties in the early 2000s. In preparation for the 2018 Ontario general election, the think tank registered as an official political party with Elections Ontario and fielded ten candidates for the election. The party has detailed several priority issues on its website:   Consensus Ontario's keystone policy is the removal of all political parties provincially and moving toward a non-partisan Consensus democracy. Consensus democracy, used in the northern territorial governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, members of the legislature would not be bound by party discipline to choose a leader, speaker, or policy position. The party also supports several other areas of democratic reform, including recall elections and referenda. The party also pays special attention to the provincial debt. One of Consensus Ontario's founding principles calls for a balanced budget. The party hopes to balance the provincial budget within its first term in government, hoping to find 10% savings for taxpayers. Including party leader Harness, Consensus Ontario nominated 10 candidates for the 2018 Ontario general election. In total, the party got 2682 votes.