Scan this code to visit us online at Vol. 38 No. 2 Sumer 2018 Editor: Jim McIntosh Libertarian Pub Nights and Events How to Interpret the Results: Barrie Pub Night—December 12, 7:00 PM— Scky Fingers Bar & My View on Things. 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- By Rob Brooks versaon. Contact: Bre Dorion www.facebook.com/ BMD4LIBERTY/ OR John Wright www.facebook.com/ Rob Brooks was our Campaign Director from No- WrightToLiberty/ vember 2015 unl November 2017 and heavily involved Toronto Pub Night - July 11, 7:00 PM (2nd Wednesday of each in seng our goals and processes for the 2018 Elecon. month) - Granite Brewery and Restaurant, 245 Eglinton Ave. The following is his assessment of our performance. Everyone welcome - bring a friend. Free Parking under the res- The elecon is over and we baled hard. We taurant. For more informaon email Jim McIntosh ([email protected]) or phone him at 416-283-7589. The next worked for years on it. How did we do? Myself, I think it Pub Night is Wednesday August 14, 2018 . is important to measure our results against what we Oawa Pub Meeng – August 12, 2-4 PM (usually 1st Sunday of were trying to achieve. Our primary objecve was to each month) - O'Brien's Eatery and Pub, 1145 Heron Road. Eve- have 124 candidates. How did we do? We had 116, so ryone welcome. For more informaon contact Mark Snow we did about 94% of our objecve. Our next objecve [email protected]. Next meeng is February 4, 2018. was to collect as many votes as we could, aer doing all Mississauga-GTA West Pub Night—January 17, 7:00-10:00 PM that we could on our primary objecve. How did we do? Craby Joe's 1492 Dundas St E #1, Mississauga, hps://goo.gl/ maps/V9Ms6UCUfq22. Contact Jay Ward 416.799.2699 or by We collected 42,900 ish votes. The way I always look at email: [email protected] how many vote is not to compare one elecon to an- Kitchener-Waterloo Pub Night - July 19, 7:00 PM (3rd Thursday other since that is meaningless. I compare the number each month) - Angel's Family Restaurant, 190 Weber St. of votes to the number needed to win a seat in this N. (Corner of Weber and Lodge). Come out to enjoy friend- elecon. To win a seat in this elecon, you needed ly libertarian conversaon. Invite your friends - all are wel- about 20,000 (more or less depending on the riding), so come. Please RSVP to Paul Herriot (call 519-208-8379 or we collected enough to win 2 seats. email [email protected]) so he can reserve a For instance, if you look at Trillium Party, they large-enough table. Next meeng is tentavely scheduled went into the elecon with one seat and collected 8,178 for August 15, 2018. votes across the province, not nearly enough to win a Other Pub Nights – If you’re interested in geng together with single seat and they didn't. I imagine that party will other libertarians in the following places, contact the person indi- cated. wither and die off just like many of the smaller pares. Harriston-Minto—Sco Marshall, [email protected] or 519- At the strategic level, we were and sll are facing a 338-3205 challenge for the 5th place. Last me we had to hold off Peterborough—Jacob Currier, jakecurrier33@gmail,com or Freedom party. We prey much crushed them this me 705-808-2308. and that is a very good thing, since the confusion of Windsor-Essex—Ian Shalapata [email protected] which party to vote for if you are clearly for less govern- If you would like to organize a Libertarian Pub Night in your area, ment is seled (for now). please contact Jim McIntosh by email ([email protected]) or Of course we also want to move up to 4th and 3rd phone 1-855-ONT –LIBErty or 416-283-7589 in the GTA. and even 1st and this will happen when people change For the latest , visit hp://www.libertarian.on.ca/pub_nights (Connued on page 2) LIBERTARIAN BULLETIN Page 2 Spring 2018 Final Thoughts... — By Allen Small, Leader “You can please some of the people all of the me, ernment ideas like fixing the climate through taxes, plus you can please all of the people some of the me, but a variety of “more-care-type” programs funded by high- you can’t please all of the people all of the me”. er taxes, were repudiated by a plurality of voters. It re- That passage is oen aributed to the POTUS ally was the best outcome we could have hoped for, Abraham Lincoln, in a polical context. It really fits my given the circumstances. experiences with my libertarian colleagues. I’ll be stepping down as Leader before the end of Take for example the recent elecon. Some people the summer, and I recommend that the Party hold an- are disappointed that by some measures we did not do other Convenon this fall, and choose a new execuve as well as in 2014. So lets ignore that we had nearly a to connue our march to the Ontario Legislature. We full slate, 116 candidates (most ever), and that we re- are no longer a fringe party; we are legimately the fih ceived almost 43,000 votes (most ever and over 5000 largest party in Ontario, and growing. votes more than our best ever showing). It’s true, the When I took on the job of leader almost 7 years percentage of the overall vote was down, it was for the ago, I promised to try and achieve a few things. One Greens as well, and by a larger margin, but they won a was a full slate (116 is close enough for me), another seat, so they’re not complaining. Complaining is part of was to raise the profile of the party through a strong the libertarian DNA, and like many other aributes social media presence, yet another was my full me that’s both good and bad. But I’m not complaining. To- devoon and involvement to the job of Leader. I’ve day I’m grateful and not at all disappointed. done all that to the best of my ability, but not without Fear is what drove the PC’s to victory in this elec- the help and support of a small number of people: Jim on. Fear of big government, higher taxes, and more McIntosh, Rob Brooks, Sco Marshall, Gene Balfour government boondoggles. People voted to avoid the (and Cynthia), and of course the 116 wonderful people Liberals and NDP. But despite that, people sll voted for that dared to step up in this elecon. For all that I’m us and in larger numbers. The media helped stoke the grateful, and sasfied. I’m grateful to the all the mem- fear, by making the elecon out to be a ght horse race bers that donated their me and effort to run as candi- between the socialist/fascist NDP, and the less socialist/ dates, who help out and donate their hard earned cash fascist PC’s. But the elecon was never really close as to an important cause. Nothing happens without money the results indicated. For the first me in years big gov- and the hard work of people. (Connued from page 1) Next elecon, we will build on this result. I expect we will run a full slate and then also perhaps try to con- their expectaons of what government can and should centrate somewhat on a small number of ridings where be doing. It is a mistake to think we can have a big role the organic support is high and the condions are fa- and influence or persuade people to think differently vourable and try to move up on the podium. than they think now. Instead it is our job as a polical It is very important to not look on the results as party to be "in the right place at the right me." We either negave or posive, but instead to focus on need to be ready to catch people's support for our ide- what was reasonable to achieve and how well we did as when they get to that point in their thinking. against the things we ourselves controlled. I think we did prey damn good! (Connued from page 4) Type C candidates only received the page they needed to sign. We had 15 people collect signatures for them near the ED, they were classified as “Type C.” When it as well as for a few Type B candidates. came down to the wire, the recruiters focused on the Once he had the required pages, Jim would scan EDs with the best chance of compleng the nominaon. them and merge them with the rest of the Nominaon The Nominaon Process Form, add our Leader’s Endorsement Leer and email it As each candidate was assigned to an ED, Jim McIn- to Elecons Ontario. Within a week the candidate would tosh would generate the Nominaon Form and email it receive confirmaon of their Standing Nominaon sta- to the potenal candidate asking for any correcons to tus. We had 68 confirmed candidates by the me the their contact info and how their name should appear on Writ was issued. Aer that nominaon forms had to be the ballot.