Ronald J.D. Parker is a former political candidate in Ontario, Canada. He led the Natural Law Party of Ontario from its inception in 1993 until its dissolution in 2000. He was also active in the Natural Law Party of Canada.
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Parker has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Queen's University. He also has a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from Maharishi International University.[1][2] Parker studied the impact of unified field theories on the Big Bang theory.
He has worked as a pilot and professional musician, and spent fifteen years researching the development of human consciousness. As of 1994, he was president of the Natural Law Institute, a group that promoted the use of Transcendental Meditation for the solution of social problems.[1]
In 2001, Parker became director of Maharishi Veda Land in Canada.
The Natural Law Party received notoriety in the 1993 federal election by promising to solve Canada's social and economic problems by utilizing the Maharishi Effect.
As leader of the Ontario Natural Law party, Parker frequently spoke of "consciousness-based solutions" and "the science of consciousness" in reforming the individual. In the 1997 federal election, he promoted the Maharishi Effect as a means of developing a creative "national consciousness" and cited research on lowered health care costs. He also promised that his party would reduce the amount of red tape in small business.
In the 1999 provincial election, Parker's political platform included the creation of a large group practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi techniques in Ontario to improve the quality of life there. He implied that such a group could result in a reduction in health spending by 50% and a decrease in school violence.
The provincial version of the Natural Law Party dissolved in the year 2000.