The party's philosophy has its roots in the current of thought known as New or Universal Humanism, which has been developed since the 1960s by Mario Rodríguez Cobos.
[1] The Humanist Party issued a document in 1999 entitled "ORANGE BOOK: For an Ontario of Human Rights".
The basic positions outlined in this book include Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20050403095455/http://www.web.net/~humanist/hparty.htm In 2003, the Humanist Party began a campaign entitled "Humanize Toronto", calling for an end to homelessness and free Toronto Transit Commission access on smog days.
He received 99 votes in the 1999 Ontario election, finishing seventh against Liberal Gerard Kennedy in Parkdale—High Park.
He supports lowering the voting age to sixteen, and entrenching the right to health care and free post-secondary education in the Canadian Constitution (Toronto Star, 30 May 1997).