Kimble Ainslie
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Kimble F. Ainslie is a public policy analyst, pollster, author and former politician, originally based in Ontario
, Canada
.
Ainslie has a PhD
in Political Science
from York University
, as well as degrees from the University of Western Ontario
and Queen's University.
He was a party leader in Southwestern Ontario for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
in the early 1990s, but left in 1994 to form the Reform Association of Ontario. He later criticized the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris
as being overly centrist, pragmatic and bureaucratic.
Ainslie conducted polling for the federal and provincial Tories from 1985. He became involved with the Reform Party of Canada
in 1993, and worked on polling for that party.
He attempted to establish an official provincial wing of federal Reform in 1994 as co-founder of Reform Ontario with Reg Gosse. When he discovered he was unable to use the "Reform Party" name, he established the Reform Association of Ontario.
Ainslie has argued that Mike Harris and federal Reform Party leader Preston Manning
arranged a secret deal in 1994, wherein Manning agreed not to agree to a provincial Reform Party of Ontario
and thus split the right-wing vote with Harris's Tories. In return, some federal Reform supporters were allowed to run provincially as Progressive Conservatives. Ainslie had no involvement in this arrangement, as he had already created the Reform Association to run candidates in the 1995 election
.
The Reform Association ran 15 candidates in London
, Stratford-Perth
, Huron, Kitchener-Waterloo and in Metropolitan Toronto
. Ainslie campaigned in the riding of Huron, but finished a distant fifth place with only 207 votes, after Manning repudiated the provincial party in advertisements across Ontario on May 16, 1995. Ainslie later moved to the United States of America.
He has subsequently acted as a public policy analyst for the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee FL, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and has been president of Nordex Research since its founding in 1985. He founded Nordex Group, a management consulting firm in 1977. Ainslie has also worked for the Fraser Institute
and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and was an occasional editorial writer for the National Post
in 2002. He has also written on small business and venture capital policy in Canada, and on Canadian urban transportation, medical transportation and privatization.
Ainslie was also the Entitlements Policy Analyst for the Cato Institute
from 2001-2002. He has written more than 75 articles on business and government, American workforce policy, welfare reform and social policy, charter schools and the No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001. Ainslie has criticized U.S. President George W. Bush
for both lowering "work participation" requirements for welfare, and for pressuring single mothers on social assistance to commit to marriage.http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-03-02.html His articles have appeared on Fox News, CBS.com, the Independent Review and LondonFog.blogspot, and from 1985 to 1995 was a frequent commentator on talk radio in London, Ontario
.
From 2003 to 2005 he was a consulting executive to a ground transportation company in London, Ontario. Ainslie has since taught political science and public administration at universities in United States and Canada. In August 2007, The Copenhagen Institute and Nordex Research published his book Financing the Gap: Small Capital and State Economic Development in Canada, 1943-2005, 432 pages.
From 2007 to 2008 Ainslie served as full-time intervenor at the Ontario Energy Board where he presented on 15 rate and policy cases. In 2010, he developed a nationally innovative, online civic participation model now being used by a major municipality in Southwestern Ontario on matters related to the environment, conservation and the economy. He continues his professional practice in international and national public policy analysis, market research, stakeholder relations and public opinion polling.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Ainslie has a PhD
PHD
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in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
from York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, as well as degrees from the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
and Queen's University.
He was a party leader in Southwestern Ontario for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
in the early 1990s, but left in 1994 to form the Reform Association of Ontario. He later criticized the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris
Mike Harris
Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...
as being overly centrist, pragmatic and bureaucratic.
Ainslie conducted polling for the federal and provincial Tories from 1985. He became involved with the Reform Party of Canada
Reform Party of Canada
The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....
in 1993, and worked on polling for that party.
He attempted to establish an official provincial wing of federal Reform in 1994 as co-founder of Reform Ontario with Reg Gosse. When he discovered he was unable to use the "Reform Party" name, he established the Reform Association of Ontario.
Ainslie has argued that Mike Harris and federal Reform Party leader Preston Manning
Preston Manning
Ernest Preston Manning, CC is a Canadian politician. He was the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance...
arranged a secret deal in 1994, wherein Manning agreed not to agree to a provincial Reform Party of Ontario
Reform Party of Ontario
The Reform Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. Until the 1999 provincial election, the party ran one candidate each election merely to keep the party's name in the possession of the Reform Party of Canada....
and thus split the right-wing vote with Harris's Tories. In return, some federal Reform supporters were allowed to run provincially as Progressive Conservatives. Ainslie had no involvement in this arrangement, as he had already created the Reform Association to run candidates in the 1995 election
Ontario general election, 1995
The Ontario general election of 1995 was held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada...
.
The Reform Association ran 15 candidates in London
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
, Stratford-Perth
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...
, Huron, Kitchener-Waterloo and in Metropolitan Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. Ainslie campaigned in the riding of Huron, but finished a distant fifth place with only 207 votes, after Manning repudiated the provincial party in advertisements across Ontario on May 16, 1995. Ainslie later moved to the United States of America.
He has subsequently acted as a public policy analyst for the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee FL, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and has been president of Nordex Research since its founding in 1985. He founded Nordex Group, a management consulting firm in 1977. Ainslie has also worked for the Fraser Institute
Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank. It has been described as politically conservative and right-wing libertarian and espouses free market principles...
and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and was an occasional editorial writer for the National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
in 2002. He has also written on small business and venture capital policy in Canada, and on Canadian urban transportation, medical transportation and privatization.
Ainslie was also the Entitlements Policy Analyst for the Cato Institute
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Edward H. Crane, who remains president and CEO, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries, Inc., the largest privately held...
from 2001-2002. He has written more than 75 articles on business and government, American workforce policy, welfare reform and social policy, charter schools and the No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
of 2001. Ainslie has criticized U.S. President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
for both lowering "work participation" requirements for welfare, and for pressuring single mothers on social assistance to commit to marriage.http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-03-02.html His articles have appeared on Fox News, CBS.com, the Independent Review and LondonFog.blogspot, and from 1985 to 1995 was a frequent commentator on talk radio in London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
.
From 2003 to 2005 he was a consulting executive to a ground transportation company in London, Ontario. Ainslie has since taught political science and public administration at universities in United States and Canada. In August 2007, The Copenhagen Institute and Nordex Research published his book Financing the Gap: Small Capital and State Economic Development in Canada, 1943-2005, 432 pages.
From 2007 to 2008 Ainslie served as full-time intervenor at the Ontario Energy Board where he presented on 15 rate and policy cases. In 2010, he developed a nationally innovative, online civic participation model now being used by a major municipality in Southwestern Ontario on matters related to the environment, conservation and the economy. He continues his professional practice in international and national public policy analysis, market research, stakeholder relations and public opinion polling.