[1] Instead, the SPO set for itself 'the object of conquering the power of governments and using them for the purpose of transforming the present system of private distribution into the collective ownership of all the people'.
[3] The SPO was founded in 2011 by political activists, trade unionists, community leaders, feminists and socialists, many of whom were former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) who sought to challenge the NDP's perceived shift to the centre of the political spectrum.
[7] In place of a leader, the party operated with two spokespeople, one male and one female,[6] and, at its founding, elected Jan Maxwell and Michael Laxer to these positions.
[8] Laxer was named chair of the party executive to fulfill Elections Ontario's requirements to designate a "Leader" and a "President".
Immediately following the 2014 provincial election, the party fell into a state of disarray and no longer updated its website.