Scan this code to visit us online at Vol. 38 No. 1 Spring 2018 Editor: Jim McIntosh Libertarian Pub Nights and Events `NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD PEO- Barrie Pub Night—April 10, 7:00 PM— S cky Fingers Bar & PLE TO COME TO THE AID OF THE PARTY Grill 150 Dunlop St W, Barrie. Winter is coming, but the tax-storm is already here. Come seek shelter, a warm meal, and good con- The PUSH is on for a versa on. Contact: Bre Dorion www.facebook.com/ BMD4LIBERTY/ OR John Wright www.facebook.com/ FULL SLATE in 2018 WrightToLiberty/ Toronto Pub Night - April 11, 7:00 PM (2nd Wednesday of each The Execu ve and members are working month) - Granite Brewery and Restaurant, 245 Eglinton Ave. diligently to Achieve full slate status, Elec ons Ontario Everyone welcome - bring a friend. Free Parking under the res- (EO) recognized this on Feb 28 at the final all party EO taurant. For more informa on email Jim McIntosh ([email protected]) or phone him at 416-283-7589. The next mee ng sta ng about 50 candidates had been ap- Pub Night is May 9, 2018 . proved. At that me 31 Libertarians had “Standing O awa Pub Mee ng – April 8th, 2-4 PM (usually 1st Sunday of Nomina on” status. Our Campaign Director Sco Mar- each month) - O'Brien's Eatery and Pub, 1145 Heron Road. Eve- shall is moving forward, equipping many candidates ryone welcome. For more informa on contact Mark Snow with party campaign materials. He and his team have [email protected]. Next mee ng is May 6, 2018. assigned 120 Members to ridings; only four to go. Mississauga-GTA West Pub Night—April 25, 7:00-10:00 PM If you have not donated, or renewed your mem- Craby Joe's 1492 Dundas St E #1, Mississauga, h ps://goo.gl/ maps/V9Ms6UCUfq22. Contact Jay Ward 416.799.2699 or by bership, please do so. Go to www.libertarian.on.ca/ and email: [email protected] click on the Donate bu on. Or mail your cheque to the Kitchener-Waterloo Pub Night - Thursday April 19, 7:00 PM (3rd address above. Thursday each month) - Angel's Family Restaurant, 190 We- ber St. N. (Corner of Weber and Lodge). Come out to enjoy It’s Our PURPOSE That Ma ers friendly libertarian conversa on. Invite your friends - all are welcome. Please RSVP to Paul Herriot (call 519-208- By Gene Balfour, Chairman 8379 or email [email protected]) so he can What is the core Purpose of reserve a large-enough table. Next mee ng is tenta vely Libertarianism? scheduled for May 17, 2018. Other Pub Nights – If you’re interested in ge ng together with Libertarians defend and protect individual other libertarians in the following places, contact the person indi- ‘person’ (body, mind, efforts) and ‘property’ (anything cated. of value) from unwanted and inten onal aggression Harriston-Minto—Sco Marshall, sco @harriston.ca or 519- and/or harm inflicted by other(s) including those em- 338-3205 ployed by the state. Peterborough—Jacob Currier, jakecurrier33@gmail,com or Please note: ‘person’ possesses a body, mind and 705-808-2308. ability to act for his or her interest (effort); ‘property’ Windsor-Essex—Ian Shalapata [email protected] includes any possession to which he or she assigns val- Woodstock— Chris Swi , cswi [email protected] ue that could have been the result of personal acts of If you would like to organize a Libertarian Pub Night in your area, crea on or through paid effort compensated by some- please contact Jim McIntosh by email ([email protected]) or one else. phone 1-855-ONT –LIBErty or 416-283-7589 in the GTA. (Con nued on page 2) For the latest , visit h p://www.libertarian.on.ca/pub_nights LIBERTARIAN BULLETIN Page 2 Spring 2018
the expense of everyone else. My favourite example (Con nued from page 1) has always been labour legisla on such as the Rand Formula that has allowed public sector labour union Where did this Statement of Purpose execu ves to aggress against, and harm, many inno- come from? cent vic ms. College students, who lost paid class me The above statement was derived as a consolida- during he 2017 college strike, suffered real harm. Un- on of two well-known Libertarian and Classical Liberal ion members, who were forbidden against their will to ideas: cross the picket line during the same strike, were also The non-aggression principle (or NAP, also called innocent vic ms. Parents, who have had to make other the non-aggression axiom, the an -coercion, zero ag- arrangements for their public school children, have gression principle or non-ini a on of force) is also paid a price for unwanted union aggression by an ethical stance that asserts that aggression is inher- past strikes by the Elementary Teachers Federa on of ently wrong. In this context, "aggression" is defined as Ontario. ini a ng or threatening any forcible interference with The number and poli cal influence of Special In- an individual or individual's property. h ps:// terest Groups has grown rapidly in the past decade en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle thanks to social media and the Internet. This fact has Individual Property Rights (IPR) is another closely fueled social divisions and animosity across many fault related dimension of Libertarianism. Property lines in society, including numerous forms of “iden ty rights are theore cal, socially enforced constructs poli cs”. Great thinkers like Dr. Jordan Peterson are in economics for determining how a resource or eco- figh ng this ba le, but he faces strong head wings nomic good is used and owned. from the BORG par es and all forms of media journal- h ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_rights_ ists who seek to fuel and exploit it for their own gains. (economics) If only the good regula ons existed and were ade- quately enforced, none of the Special Interest Groups Why is this Purpose so important? would be legisla vely empowered to get away with the No ce what Libertarians do …. we “defend and divisive poli cs of today. If the 80/20 Rule applies to protect”! our exis ng book of regula ons, this would mean that Against what and whom? The inten onal and 80% of 380,000 regula ons – 304,000 regula ons - unwanted ac ons of others that threaten or actually could be safely cut to eliminate the power and privi- harm innocent vic ms. lege imbalances that exist. The greatest single aggressor in Ontario’s history As the future “Regula on Cleanup Crew for is the Government of Ontario. Since it began on July 1, Queen’s Park”, we have a lot of work to do, my fellow 1867, it has created and currently enforces an ever- Libertarians! expanding book of regula ons that contains 380,000+ rules to which we are all subject. Our battleground IS regulations! To use a team sports analogue, BORG poli cians Journalist Rex Murphy recently quoted Conserva- play “Offense” because they try to “score” power one ve MP Maxime Bernier as saying: “I wish to live in a regula on at a me by selling to a gullible public prom- society where everyone is treated equally and not de- ises of more government interven on and more fined by their race”. spending. In reality, this strategy is based on “buying” To Mad Max, I say: “Join the Libertarians and work votes with our money. Libertarians play “Defense” by with us to systema cally eliminate every regula on trying to stop the BORG from gaining power and from that stops your wish from coming true!” expanding Ontario’s base of regula ons AND the enor- mous costs to finance their enforcement. A New Irish Blessing What is bad about regulations? Not all regula ons are bad. May your rights be protected Those that exist to protect and defend individual ‘person’ and ‘property’ rights are good. So are those And your resolve remain strong that protect unwanted abuses to our environment that could harm our ci zens. As you join the resistance The bad regula ons are the ones that are created And fight all that is wrong to assign unique privileges to Special Interest Groups at LIBERTARIAN BULLETIN Page 3 Spring 2018
Libertarian Candidates for the June 7, 2018 General Elec on Candidates with an * a er their name have completed the Nomina on Process Visit h ps://libertarian.on.ca/u li es/nomina ons/nomina on-dashboard.php for the latest list Electoral District Candidate Electoral District Candidate 001 Ajax Marsha Haynes 038 Hamilton Mountain Kristofer Maves 002 Algoma-Manitoulin Kalena Mallon- 039 Hamilton West-Ancaster- Nicholas Dushko* Ferguson Dundas 003 Aurora-Oak Ridges- Serge Korovitsyn* 040 Has ngs-Lennox and Ad- Richmond Hill dington 004 Barrie-Innisfil Bre Dorion 041 Humber River-Black Creek Jennifer Ochoa 005 Barrie-Springwater-Oro- Mark Mitchell* 042 Huron-Bruce Ron Stephens Medonte 043 Kanata-Carleton Peter d'Entremont 006 Bay of Quinte Cindy Davidson 044 Kenora-Rainy River Terrence Wreggi 007 Beaches-East York Thomas Armstrong 045 King-Vaughan Yan Simkin* 008 Brampton Centre Andrew Hosie 046 Kingston and the Islands Ryan Mahoney 009 Brampton East Daniele Cerasoli 047 Kitchener Centre Patrick Bernier 010 Brampton North Gregory Argue 048 Kitchener-Conestoga Daniel Benoy 011 Brampton South Brian Watson 049 Kitchener South-Hespeler Nathan Lajeunesse* 012 Brampton West David Shaw 050 Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Brad Greulich 013 Bran ord-Brant Rob Ferguson* 051 Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston Steve Gebhardt 014 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Jay Miller 052 Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Bill Buckley 015 Burlington Jim Gilchrist* Islands and Rideau Lakes 016 Cambridge Allan De weiler* 053 London-Fanshawe Henryk 017 Carleton Jean-Serge Brisson Szymczyszyn* 018 Chatham-Kent-Leamington Rick Vaz 054 London North Centre 019 Davenport Nunzio Venuto* 055 London West Jacques Boudreau* 020 Don Valley East Jus n Robinson 056 Markham-Stouffville Paul Balfour 021 Don Valley North Sarah Ma hews 057 Markham-Thornhill David Nadler 022 Don Valley West John Ki redge* 058 Markham-Unionville Allen Small* 023 Dufferin-Caledon Jeff Harris* 059 Milton Sachin Khanna 024 Durham Ryan Robinson 060 Mississauga Centre Farouk Giga 025 Eglinton-Lawrence Michael Staffieri 061 Mississauga East- Mark Donaldson 026 Elgin-Middlesex-London Leigh Brown Cooksville 027 Essex Tyler Cook 062 Mississauga-Erin Mills Pieter Liem 028 Etobicoke Centre 063 Mississauga-Lakeshore Jay Ward* 029 Etobicoke-Lakeshore Mark Wrzesniewski 064 Mississauga-Malton Michelle Ciupka 030 Etobicoke North 065 Mississauga-Streetsville Richard Levesque 031 Flamborough-Glanbrook Glenn Langton 066 Nepean Mark Snow* 032 Glengarry-Presco -Russell Darcy Donnelly* 067 Newmarket-Aurora Kyle Orvis 033 Guelph Michael Riehl 068 Niagara Centre Patrick Pietruszko* 034 Haldimand-Norfolk Christopher Rosser 069 Niagara Falls Shaun Somers 035 Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes Gene Balfour* 070 Niagara West Stefanos Karatopis -Brock 071 Nickel Belt James Chre en 036 Hamilton Centre Robert Young 072 Nipissing Bond Keevil* 037 Hamilton East-Stoney Allan deRoo 073 Northumberland- John O'Keefe Creek Peterborough South
Con nued on Page 4 LIBERTARIAN BULLETIN Page 4 Spring 2018 Libertarian Candidates for the June 7, 2018 General Elec on Candidates with an * a er their name have completed the Nomina on Process Con nued from Page 3 Electoral District Candidate Electoral District Candidate 074 Oakville Spencer Oklobdzija 100 Simcoe North Harvey Gray 075 Oakville North-Burlington Charles Zach* 101 Spadina-Fort York Erik Malmholt 076 Orleans Gerald Bourdeau 102 Stormont-Dundas-South Sabile Trimm* Glengarry 077 Oshawa Bre Van Ginkel* 103 Sudbury James Wendler 078 O awa Centre Bruce Faulkner 104 Thornhill Mike Holmes 079 O awa South Robert Daigneault* 105 Thunder Bay-A kokan Dorothy Snell 080 O awa-Vanier Ken Lewis* 106 Thunder Bay-Superior Cynthia Sneath 081 O awa West-Nepean Lucas Es enne North 082 Oxford Chris Swi * 107 Timiskaming-Cochrane Karmangah Tait 083 Parkdale-High Park Ma hias Nunno 108 Timmins Jozef Bauer* 084 Parry Sound-Muskoka Christopher Packer 109 Toronto Centre Judi Falardeau* 085 Perth-Wellington Sco Marshall 110 Toronto-Danforth Paul Layton 086 Peterborough-Kawartha Jacob Currier 111 Toronto-St. Paul's Jekiah U. Dunavant* 087 Pickering-Uxbridge Brendan Reilly 112 University-Rosedale Ryan Swim 088 Renfrew-Nipissing - Jesse Wood 113 Vaughan-Woodbridge Paolo Fabrizio Pembroke 114 Waterloo Andrew Allison 089 Richmond Hill Igor Bily 115 Wellington-Halton Hills Pierre Nadeau 090 St. Catharines Paul Nevin 116 Whitby Ronald Halabi 091 Sarnia-Lambton 117 Willowdale Nicholas Paliga 092 Sault Ste Marie Lance Brizard* 118 Windsor-Tecumseh Simeon Drakich 093 Scarborough-Agincourt Mark Sinclair* 119 Windsor West Ma hew Weingust 094 Scarborough–Centre Ma hew Dougherty 120 York Centre Benjamin Kamminga 095 Scarborough—Guildwood 121 York-Simcoe Ioan Silviu Druma- 096 Scarborough North Sean Morgan Strugariu* 097 Scarborough-Rouge Park Todd Byers 122 York South-Weston Bonnie Hu 098 Scarborough Southwest James Speirs 123 Kiiwe noong Daniel Tisi 099 Simcoe-Grey John Wright 124 Mushkegowuk-James Bay Vanda Marshall FINANCIAL SUMMARY—2017 The table on the right summarizes our Income and Expenses for the calendar year 2017 compared to the previ- ous year. Selected “project” type of expenses are highlighted. Year 2,016 2,017 In 2016 Allen Small ran a very ac ve campaign during the Scar- Contribu ons 16,093 25,479 borough-Rouge River By-elec on. During his campaign the Party ac vely AGM/Conven on Fees 1,760 1,610 solicited dona ons. In the Sault Ste Marie By-elec on in 2017 Gene Bal- Other Income 205 291 four (who lives in Fenelon Falls) was our “Name on the Ballot.” We paid someone in the riding to collect signatures to get his name on the ballot. Campaign Income 2,959 0 The registra on Fee for the 2016 AGM was $50 and was treated as TOTAL INCOME 21,017 27,380 a dona on, eligible for the 75% Poli cal Tax Credit. In 2017 the Elec ons Bulle n 4,925 4,791 Finances Act was revised and a tax credit was not allowed for the Con- AGM/Conven on 2,153 4,281 ven on fees so we reduced the fee to $25. This may have contributed to Adver sing (Facebook) 1,250 1,126 the increased a endance, and the doubling of the cost. Other Expenses 6,035 6,164 As a result of increasing membership and appeals for dona ons to Campaign Expenses 3,482 100 our “War Chest” we are in good condi on to support our Full Slate pro- TOTAL EXPENSES 17,846 16,462 ject. Our Bank Balance on December 31, 2017 was $38,926. INCOME less EXPENSES 3,171 10,918 For a detailed Financial Statement showing expenses in categories required by Elec ons Ontario, visit h p://wiki.libertarian.on.ca/uploads/7/75/P%26L_2017-12.pdf