On September 30 and October 1, the LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF CANADA (LPOC) will hold a conference in London Ontario. I am hoping to raise this topic for debate and discussion by the attending delegates.
I plan to attend the LPC convention and would love to debate the issue with you. I hope it will be on Sunday. I have to attend my sister-in-law's 'Ceremony of Life" Saturday afternoon.
When I was canvasing during an election for myself or the Libertarian candidate, a few might ask, "The Liberal candidate?" to which I would reply, "No, the opposite. We ant less government and lower taxes." The response was mostly positive. I agree, "less government" has more appeal than the unknown "Libertarian" term. However, back in hose days my pamphlets included phrases such as "OHIP is bad for your health" and "Education is failing our children."
I suspect that few of the newer parties are for LESS government. The main reason for forming a new party is to get the government to pass legislation they want. The PPC is a splinter from the Conservative Party , and yes they want to make government slightly smaller, which is okay by me. But I suspect the "tribal" influence will keep the PPC small. Their success is due more to the number of disgruntled conservatives, who could abandon the PPC for a Conservative leader who could win.
Other Libertarians will probably disagree with me, but I don't believe our goal is 'less government', but a minimal government which protects us from aggressors and otherwise leaves us alone to solve our own problems. Somehow we need to convince them that government should not be robbing us to pay Paul (i.e., people who have made bad decisions) or rob Tom to buy Dick and Harry's votes.
> Not once has a LTN party exceeded 2% of the total vote count.
That's because 98%+ support literal slavery. The problem is not a lack of understanding, it's cold clear-eyed calculating evil - the pathetic reality is that most people would rather use violence and theft (slavery) to get their daily bread than honest work - they simply use synonyms and euphemisms (usually evasion) to try to assuage their guilty consciences.
> Maxime Bernier started the PPC five years ago and has outperformed the LPOC.
That's because he supports this slavery too, as was explained in that video I linked here by Tim Moen. The libertarian party can easily "outperform" him if we offer just a tiny bit more slavery than him.
I plan to attend the LPC convention and would love to debate the issue with you. I hope it will be on Sunday. I have to attend my sister-in-law's 'Ceremony of Life" Saturday afternoon.
When I was canvasing during an election for myself or the Libertarian candidate, a few might ask, "The Liberal candidate?" to which I would reply, "No, the opposite. We ant less government and lower taxes." The response was mostly positive. I agree, "less government" has more appeal than the unknown "Libertarian" term. However, back in hose days my pamphlets included phrases such as "OHIP is bad for your health" and "Education is failing our children."
I suspect that few of the newer parties are for LESS government. The main reason for forming a new party is to get the government to pass legislation they want. The PPC is a splinter from the Conservative Party , and yes they want to make government slightly smaller, which is okay by me. But I suspect the "tribal" influence will keep the PPC small. Their success is due more to the number of disgruntled conservatives, who could abandon the PPC for a Conservative leader who could win.
Other Libertarians will probably disagree with me, but I don't believe our goal is 'less government', but a minimal government which protects us from aggressors and otherwise leaves us alone to solve our own problems. Somehow we need to convince them that government should not be robbing us to pay Paul (i.e., people who have made bad decisions) or rob Tom to buy Dick and Harry's votes.
> Not once has a LTN party exceeded 2% of the total vote count.
That's because 98%+ support literal slavery. The problem is not a lack of understanding, it's cold clear-eyed calculating evil - the pathetic reality is that most people would rather use violence and theft (slavery) to get their daily bread than honest work - they simply use synonyms and euphemisms (usually evasion) to try to assuage their guilty consciences.
> Maxime Bernier started the PPC five years ago and has outperformed the LPOC.
That's because he supports this slavery too, as was explained in that video I linked here by Tim Moen. The libertarian party can easily "outperform" him if we offer just a tiny bit more slavery than him.