not appear to exist any comprehensive review of the views of 2007 election candidates from each party on the referendum. The following identifies a selection of candidates upon which information could be found. Although the Ontario Liberal Party had not taken a formal position on MMP, a number of Liberal candidates took a public position in favour of the proposal, including the following. Liberal Michael Bryant, St. Paul's Steven H. Fishman, Simcoe—Grey John Gerretsen, Kingston and the Islands Selwyn Hicks, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Kate Holloway, Trinity—Spadina Ted McMeekin, Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Shafiq Qaadri, Etobicoke North Tony Ruprecht, Davenport George Smitherman, Toronto Centre Ian Wilson, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Lorenzo Berardinetti, Scarborough Southwest NDP and Green candidate support was basically universal, since those parties had taken a party position on the issue. The following provides a sample: NDP and Green Party Edelweiss D'Andrea, Ottawa South (NDP) Rick Downes, Kingston and the Islands (NDP) Lyn Hamilton, Ottawa West—Nepean (NDP) John David Ford, Ottawa South (Green) Opposition The Freedom Party of Ontario was the only party that officially opposed the proposed system, claiming that rule by a majority could be anti-democratic and incompatible with the protection of minorities and of individual rights. Though the PC leader at the time, John Tory, and most PC candidates opposed electoral reform, the party itself did not formally take a position on the issue. As explained by LeDuc et al., the mainstream print media were "uniformly opposed to both the Assembly process and the MMP proposal". This included the National Post, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star. A content analysis conducted by the authors showed that newspaper coverage was predominantly negative, and that it failed to go beyond the statement of objections to explain the issue to the public. Organized opposition to the proposal included the No MMP website. Individual candidate opposing the proposed reform The following candidates took a position in favour of the existing FPTP (and against the proposed MMP): Liberal: Dwight Duncan, Windsor—Tecumseh Steve Peters, Elgin—Middlesex—London Greg Sorbara, Vaughan—King—Aurora Jim Watson, Ottawa West—Nepean Progressive Conservative: Mike Patton, Ottawa West—Nepean Richard Raymond, Ottawa South John Tory, Don Valley West Family Coalition: David MacDonald, Ottawa South No official position As already noted, neither the Ontario Liberal Party nor the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario took an official position on electoral reform. The positions of Liberal candidates on the issue varied, while most PC candidates opposed the initiative. The