The Confederal Sun

Federal agents do not protect us from terrorists; federal agents are terrorists. And deep down, I’m sure they know it.

This raid, like those of the 1990s, shows us ‘mainstream’ subjects of the US federal government what it will be like when they seize absolute control. Remember, Germany and Italy were liberal republics before the rise of totalitarianism. For you cowards who give up your liberties in the face of the smallest threat, know this: it will be in the name of Homeland Security.

As I sit here pondering possible future endeavors, one of which being a libertarian school in New Hampshire, I find the internet equivalent at NH Free Press. TOLFA, or The On Line Freedom Academy, is one man’s plan to bring about the revolutionary restoration of human liberty - a principle that is dying in its traditional home turf. The plan is simple enough: educate our friends and family, on by one, about their own humanity; ask them to, in turn, quit their government or government-contracted jobs; then, have each of them ‘mentor’ one other student through the process. If every person who takes the course refuses to work for the government and puts one other person through the course, then in a matter of years the government will be desperate for labor and hopelessly fighting a rising tide of defiance.

All plans, at the outset, may seem far-fetched, but I believe that what is important is not whether they could work, but whether they should work. This is part of a new generation of pragmatic strategies for advancing the cause of human liberty against political tyranny, with the Free State Project being the other pillar that comes to mind.

We are losing, folks! There is now a Matrix-esque mass of people who couldn’t give two shits if their loved ones are scanned with mm wave scanners - exposing their naked bodies to the prying eyes of TSA rapists.

We are lost, folks! The more intellectual of my friends were depressed by the recent comedy ‘Idiocracy‘ because it hit too close to home. There is no excuse for being a centrist in 2008 North America: we are fast approaching a point-of-no-return on our way to a totalitarian state. It is like being a centrist in Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia - you might feel comfortable, but to anyone with some distance from the sickness of your immediate state, you are complicit in indefensible activities. Our 50 free and sovereign states behave like administrative sub-units of an empire. Some citizens are speaking out, but most are left-wingers begging the central government for their freedom back - and expressing full support for all of the practices that allow empires to exist.

Not since the 1990s have I seen any concrete actions taken against the US Imperial Government. The TOLFA is something, a step. I have begun the course myself, even though I have already spent the last 8 years re-educating myself. If any readers decide to undertake the same, please email me and I would be happy to serve as mentor. Good luck!

I just stumbled upon The Prometheus Institute, which closely mirrored a dream I had for a Web 2.0 liberate meeting place. Though it often tries too hard to be hip, the site does employ the sophisticated web design necessary to communicate libertarian ideas legitimately. But guys, not to be unappreciative, but where the heck are the interactive elements? The site doesn’t even have a forum.

I don’t know how many radical liberals have heard of a site called Ravelry, but it is a good example of a Web 2.0 site that serves its niche well. It’s niche happens to be knitters/crocheters, but the fundamentals are the same. Users each have a profile; they can share information in myriad ways; they can create projects and keep other people abreast of their progress; users have spontaneously created phenomena such as ‘testers’ which give feedback on other people strategies and finished works. A libertarian version could allow people to create pages for their local classical liberal societies. We could finally abandon the egregious fees of meetup.com! Or at the very least get people talking on a pride-inducing, flashy website.

On this point, I propose cross-pollination between The Prometheus Institute and Bureaucrash. Both are energetic, insurgent organizations run by youths (if funded by adults). Bureaucrash had the ingredients of the site I envision, with their innovative ‘cell’-based network and fostering of online user identities. They, however, didn’t have the organization, programming aptitude, and critical mass of users to keep the project going. Bureaucrash seems to have lapsed now into an RSS syndicator with periodical original content.

I’m not slamming Prometheus or Crash. Doing something is better than nothing, and both of these players have had a huge impact. I met many libertarian friends in college through Bureaucrash, and they supplied me with my favorite clothing. It was an outlet, and a home, especially because in New Orleans it was hard enough finding the politically interested, much less politically principled. The Prometheus Institute I don’t know personally, but I’ve read that their youthful spirit has caught the eye of major media. Kudos to both organizations, and thank you for existing. But, please, look at each other, and deliver unto me that killer app which spreads liberty like wildfire.

The Canadian confederal government and the American federal government have agreed to use each other’s armed forces in the case of civil emergencies. What we are talking about here is domestic deployment of heavily-armed, militarized units in response to the thinnest of emergencies: flooding in Toronto, a tornado in Kansas, a bombing of oil pipeline in Saskatchewan. These are crises, no doubt, but do they warrant military intervention? No, do they warrant military intervention from a foreign force not under the command of your civilian political apparatus?

People of North America, there are big changes being made to the foundation of your civil governance. The books and movies are true; totalitarianism can happen on our shores, and the building blocks are in place. The American federal government is increasingly detached from the control of the states, and the citizenry. When over 70% of the American electorate opposes a war, votes the opposition party into power to end the war, and the opposition party won’t even defund the war, it merely illustrates the utter lack of oversight you - joe citizen - will have over the supra-sovereign military planned under this agreement.

Get upset. This is the time to get upset and revolt. Your governments have gotten away from you. Hamilton is winning. For those not versed in American political history, Alexander Hamilton endeavored to create of our newly freed confederation a unified military-industrial empire. He conspired to replace our Articles of Confederation with the burdensome Constitution that has permitted, or even encouraged, the growth of today’s leviathan. The Canadian provinces have no rich tradition of independence, nor of principled liberty, but they have the inheritance of British culture: the Magna Carta, the English Civil Wars, the Second Treatise on Government, etc. All of this tradition is very tenuous. It requires the study and defense of individual rights in each generation. As we walk further from the American Revolution, the states forget their sovereignty, and the people no longer value the blood shed for their freedom.

As many libertarian writers have said, you do not need to feel debt or guilt; you do not need to put your life on the line (yet); you still have that inheritance, you free men of New Hampshire, California, Wyoming, Ontario, Florida, the Carolinas, Alberta, et al. Stand up in your state. Take back your militia (now nationalized as the National Guard), provide a check on the excesses of your so-called ‘leaders’ because they’re walking all over you with agreements like this.

The Grange neighborhood, in Downtown Toronto, has a storied history as a haven of wealth and class in the heart of the city.

Now, that situation has largely changed for the worse. I’m not saying that it’s a bad place to live, because it isn’t. In fact, a new mid-rise condominium, 9T6, is putting up its curtain wall on St. Patrick Street. However, the neighborhood has lost some of its identity, and some of its livability, due to encroachment from Chinatown, aggressive bums, lack of a good grocery store, and a forgotten identity. The cause is what I like to call market transition: its proximity to the commercial core and older housing stock has prepped the area financially for a dominant commercial use. This beautiful thing about a market is that it’s pressures are resistible. If more attention is paid to the character of the neighborhood then it can be the vital heart of the downtown west-side once again.

So, here I will lay out the neighborhood profile, and proposals for future growth.

Profile

Name: The Grange

Landmarks: Grange Manor, Grange Park, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Village By The Grange

Colors: grange green, manor red, cream

Boundaries: Northern - Baldwin/Elm St. Eastern - Simcoe St. Southern - Queen St. Western - Huron/Soho St.

Map: Google

Dominant Use(s): Mixed/Residential/Cultural

Character: Artistic intellectual. Young hipsters and older Chinese families.

History: 19th Century - a large plantation estate.
Early 20th Century - a gentrified streetcar suburb of the old Town of York.
21st Century - fighting off the uncanny Chinatown.

Features: Pedestrian-friendly. Privately-owned, public-access cultural attractions of Grange Park and the AGO. Baldwin Street independent shops and restaurants. Queen Street hipster village.

Proposals

50 Stephanie: This building has got to go. I had the ‘pleasure’ of touring it while apartment hunting in the neighborhood. It’s a slum. It seems like it was a good idea gone wrong: a high rise on the South-West corner of Grange Park should make for a neighborhood icon. Instead, we have a staggered-concrete-facade, third-world mess that has a permanent fence blocking its ample green space from the rest of Grange Park.

The building should be bought & torn down. A future project could see a tall, thin, glass, modernist tower, like the Trump World Tower in New York, right on the southern property line, to allow a large contribution of parkland to Grange Park (retained by the owner, but public-access). Or, perhaps a future tower could cover most of the lot, but with an open, arched ground level plaza that provided cover for park-goers in foul weather. Whatever the result, the redevelopment of this lot is a high priority in The Grange renaissance.

University Settlement: Grange Road should be closed and converted into additional parkland and a continuation of the pedestrian pathway. The University Settlement, to my eyes, detracts from the aesthetic of the park. It is a utilitarian structure, and while its purposes might be noble, there is no reason to consider it untouchable. I imagine a second high-rise, perhaps mirroring the 50 Stephanie redevelopment, that could contain a cultural center as well as other uses. It could be a club tower, filled with special purpose rooms, organizations, studios, and halls - it could even provide OCAD with the room it desperately needs to expand. The base could be the AGOra project outlined below. The high rise would, like 50 Stephanie, provide more park space by shrinking the footprint. Even the Stephanie car park could be joined into the park. Whatever it becomes, it’s important to have this sensitive corner’s scale match the growth of its surroundings.

The Grange Soccer Club: All the great neighborhoods of London have their own football clubs. The Grange should be no different. The Grange SC could start by a simple pickup game in Grange Park. Eventually, it could grow to become part of a future Ontario League System, and maybe play in the top flight against Hippie SC of Guelph or North Toronto SC - whatever teams happen to develop once a real football culture develops in Ontario. Whatever pitch this team eventually occupies, it must be called Grange Manor, after the great house and estate that gave birth to The Grange.

Sobey’s: The Grange needs a grocery store, more than anything. To undergo a badly-needed process of gentrification, The Grange needs to attract more than just artists. Yuppies bring wealth, power, and organization to a neighborhood. They often change an artistic area from hip and impractical to intensely desirable. However, yuppies require a few creature comforts to flourish, notably a grocery store. Most Grange residents rely on the myriad markets of Spadinatown and Kensington Market for provisions, but many also pay delivery charges for Grocery Gateway to bring them everyday foods. There are also the many local restaurants that keep Grangers fed. Still, there is a huge untapped demand for a real grocery store. Currently, Grangers must walk a kilometer and a half to Yonge & College for a supermarket. One Sobey’s in The Grange, possibly within a new high-density development proposed herein, would be a big relief for residents who like to cook. A grocery store is one of a few stable establishment that ‘make’ a neighborhood. Sobey’s, Dominion, Whole Foods, won’t you ‘make’ The Grange?

Pedestrianization: This proposal is part of a larger plan for downtown Toronto: pedestrianization. This can happen two ways, by means of the PATH system or car-free streets. The PATH system, which many Torontonians don’t even know exists, is a network of underground tunnels that connect the buildings of the Financial District. While currently administered by the City of Toronto, it was originally spearheaded by the voluntary cooperation of commercial high-rise developers in the city’s core. Due to its nature, the PATH is covered, temperature controlled, and allows for the conduct of normal life through the vicious Toronto winter. Carfree streets would create a more interlinked neighborhood as well. European city centres’ whole aesthetic is shaped by ridding themselves of cars. Aside from being ugly, cars create the ever-present fear of being run over. This has more of a depressing effect on local commerce than many realize. It can be seen on a grand scale with the installation of raised-elevation highways - which have destroyed the fabric of whole city boroughs.

Baldwin Street, a main drag at the north end of The Grange, already holds carfree Sundays during the summer. These events allow the local establishment to spill forth into a kind of constant street fair. I would prefer to see the PATH system undergo privatization into a non-profit standards organization (essentially setting the rules for voluntary participation by individual building owners). I think this will put it back on the ‘path’ to growth (which seems to have stopped or slowed when the city took over). Even if it doesn’t, The Grange landlords and developers could create an underground pedestrian system that serves only the locality - much as Manulife and The Bay did in Yorkville. This will allow street-level access for cars, weather protection for pedestrians, and creation of a vibrant social space underground.

Grange AGOra: Grange Park should continue to expand. It will soon merge with OCAD’s Butterfield Park, which is a noteworthy first step. I would encourage the AGO to create an indoor plaza integral to Grange Park, in order to provide a forum for their works and a neighborhood space in the winter. This should be on land acquired, as the park is already quite small. Again looking to Europe, we often seen urban neighborhoods with a central plaza or park, as envisioned by Jane Jacobs. This area is not meant for anything in particular, but acts as a meeting place for a melange of interpersonal activities that lack a forum in everyday life. Adolescents illustrate the lack of these sorts of spaces when they hang out in stores, on streets, or anywhere else they can until being shooed away.

It is right and makes sense for there to be an open meeting place for the propagation of civil society. In Toronto, it makes even more sense for this place to be shielded from the elements, preferably by a high glass roof which gives the impression of openness. If developed, the Grange AGOra would fill a niche missing not only in The Grange, but throughout Toronto’s Jacobs-inspired urban design. Sure, Toronto may be a ‘city within a park,’ but those parks are useless for most of the year! A covered, privately-maintained civic space would provide a warm respite from the solitude and gloom of the long Canadian winter.

In Conclusion

Again, The Grange is a neighborhood with huge potential. Rents are still affordable; it is right downtown; the history is rich. It’s up to the residents, the institutions, and the developers to make The Grange the premier district of this fair city. Many of these proposals will help, but The Grange suffers most from neglect. The key players are allowing it to be swallowed by Chinatown, the ‘Discovery District,’ and Queen Street. Identity is critical in a post-modern world, and I hardly ever see The Grange on a neighborhood map of Toronto. With the chattering voices of Toronto’s many neighborhoods, The Grange must scream to be heard - and have something to say. This profile begins to tell the story of The Grange: where it has been, where it is now, and where it must go. Go.

We are now starving ourselves to feed our cars.

The United States Federal Government’s new policy of subsidizing domestically-grown, corn-based ethanol fuels is now beginning to seriously impact world food supplies, and has consequently lead to the first sustained rise in food prices since the 1960s. The Economist says to expect your food budget to jump from one-seventh of your income to one-quarter for the foreseeable future!

What other options are there? Well, I agree with the environmental movement that pollution is an evil, and that fossil fuels are not a sustainable bedrock of our global economy. Plug-in electric cars, higher-density living, nuclear energy, all of these are grand ideas. They represent a clear-minded movement to end chemical aggression. However, too many ‘green’ politicians in the Western World are taken hostage by farmer’s interests - because they vote, they fund, and they’re stubborn. The problem with so many special interests is that the party gaining advantage is concentrated while the disadvantaged are widespread. But this issue will hit you, yes you, right where it hurts: your ability to put bread on the table.

The solution is clear, but it will require some adjustment. Farmers in the Western World have to start playing fair. No more subsidies! If you can’t cut it without help, then maybe your energies are better directed in another sector of the economy. America is a fertile country; farming will not cease altogether, so rest assured you proponents of agricultural self-sufficiency. What will happen is that farming will continue to centralize, mostly because having a family farm sounds about as fun to most 21st century denizens as having a family mine or factory. What will happen is that resources, human and otherwise, will be freed to grow the world economy in myriad, unpredictable ways. What will happen is that we will be healthier and more fruitful: no more corn subsidies means the end of high-fructose corn syrup (instead of cheaper and healthier cane sugar), ethanol (except maybe the cheaper Brazilian variety), and those taxes used to pay farmers to not grow food.

When milk crosses $5/gallon, remember who your friends are. Your friends want you to eat well, sleep in peace, and live happily. Your friends are probably libertarians, so make an effort to meet them. And your enemies? They are the corrupt officeholders, and their supporters, who would fill up their SUV with enough grain to feed a human being for a year - all the while using that human’s tax dollars to distort the market mechanisms that would normally protect him from this madness.

There is no doubt now that Ron Paul has sparked a Second American Revolution. Through the man and the message, his campaign has awakened a whole new generation, as Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Calvin Coolidge, Lysander Spooner, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine had before him.

While most libertarians are rightfully fixated on the drama of the primaries as they unfold (and, underreported, Dr. Paul takes his place among the top contenders), another critical question after, “will Paul win?” is “who will carry the torch forward?” Dr. Paul is in a class by himself, distinguished by his ability to unravel years of deceit and public education through oratory, and all in a way that is not threatening or even angry. He is a guru, a saint, a Ghandi, a Jesus, a humble steward of honest ideals in a cynical and waning empire. He is not perfect nor superhuman, but neither were Ghandi nor Jesus. He, like them, is good and effective - and that is worthy of high praise. But he has no heirs, and no peers that have breached the wall of mainstream recognition. And that is a problem.

There are potential peers. John Stossel is a great communicator and seems more committed to the cause with each passing day. Michael Badnarik may be nerdy, but having met him I can attest to his interpersonal charisma and intellect. The former Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, just endorsed Dr. Paul, but he is himself a successful libertarian politician.

These examples do not change the fact that other political movements have tons of brand-name politicians pressing their causes, and that those innately attracted to freedom philosophies tend to also be socially-awkward young caucasian males. I can’t explain it, and I’m not going to try. I don’t think it’s a rule, as history’s greatest liberators are a demographically diverse group (Frederick Douglass, Mohandas Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, et al). Until recently, libertarians had eggs but no basket. Ron Paul is our first basket. But, as the saying goes, you shouldn’t keep all your eggs in one basket. A variety of freedom-oriented candidates, such as those that Dr. Paul tried to nurture through the Republican Liberty Caucus, would give this new revolution staying power.

Heirs are a different issue. Is Dr. Paul training some young minds to carry his life’s work forward? If you chance to read this, Doc, I hope you will consider the notion. I would jump at the chance to learn how to run a professional, principled campaign and win. If this campaign meets its end without a nomination, many young and free souls would want Dr. Paul to start a school to pass on a career worth of knowledge - and up the number of congressional libertarians from one to a majority. If the man himself is not making such preparations, is anyone else taking notes?

This campaign proves something to generations of self-doubting libertarians: it can be done. We are often our own worst enemy, whether it’s because we don’t have the courage of our convictions (Jason Sorens, the genius behind the Free State Project, is now teaching at a public university) or we have succumbed to a culture of victimhood (”the slow growth of the federal state is inevitable”) or we expend our energies vigorously debating minor philosophical discrepancies rather than promoting our shared visions to others (this is the story behind most libertarian functions I have attended). Every movement takes generations to gain recognition, and most aren’t even worth recognizing. Ron Paul reminds us that we are not lunatics on the fringe. Our message is pure and true; the evidence is there to see every day. Our message is the same as it was in 1776; Jefferson told us that it would require periodic revolution to maintain liberty in the face of the more destructive impulses of human nature. Our message is relatable, communicatable, and as the Paulites love to say: Freedom is popular. It’s important that we never forget, and that the irrepressible Dr. No has plenty of peers and heirs to remind us.

The Ontario Libertarian Party condemns Niagara Escarpment Commission for its threat to close Mackies Mountain Archery. Their charge is that Mr. Mackie failed to obtain a ‘development permit application’ before building his archery. Yet again, we see how bureaucrats with a little power can ruin lives. In this case, it’s not just Mr. Mackie’s property at risk, but also the opportunities he creates for children with brain injuries.

The following is an open letter from David Honey of the Niagara Landowners Association:

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am writing to request your assistance with an issue affecting numerous children, teens and people with acquired brain injuries in this community–the potential shutdown of Mackies Mountain Archery. Robert Mackie purchased nine acres of land on Zimmerman Road in Beamsville in 1999, then created Mackies Mountain Archery there in 2002. This small archery range provides specialized training, mentoring and recreation for people with acquired brain injuries and other handicaps, plus boy scouts, beavers groups and hundreds of youth in the community. Mr. Mackie has also planted 3,300 trees on this property since purchasing it, repairing the damage inflicted on this greenbelt land by previous owners.

The Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) informed Mr. Mackie in 2006 that he had to shut down his archery range since he had not completed a development permit application. As requested, he completed the appropriate paperwork. The NEC then changed its mind and said he needed to shut down his archery range because he had not proven that the land had been used commercially before he purchased it. As requested. he researched previous records and proved that this land had been used commercially for 42 years–the previous owner had run a logging, lumber and firewood business. The NEC then changed its mind, again, and said he needed to shut down his archery range since his business had not commenced immediately from the date of purchase (he could not run his business full-time until 2002 because he was recovering from corrective heart surgery). Even the Town of Lincoln has sent a letter to the NEC stating that they have no objection to Mr. Mackie’s facility. The NEC has ignored this letter.

Mr. Mackie now runs the very real risk that his livelihood will be shut down by the NEC as early as November 15, 2007. It’s heartbreaking to see a business so important to the youth and handicapped people in this community being slowly driven into the ground by government bureaucrats who seem determined to stick with their original decision, despite all evidence that this decision was unnecessarily harsh. Mr. Mackie’s archery facility is wanted and needed in this community, and I would appreciate any help you could provide to resolve this matter promptly. I look forward to your reply. Thank you for your time and attention to this very important local issue.

Respectfully,

David Honey, President
Niagara Landowners Association

As you have read, time is short: the NEC may strike as early as November 15th. The Ontario Libertarian Party is deadset against this decision, and all attempts to abrogate the rights of property owners. Private property is the cornerstone of practical liberty. Mr. Mackie should not be required to get permission from the state every time he wants to modify his property – that’s why it’s his. Even if he wanted to comply with the law, as is, it would be virtually impossible considering the multiple overlapping jurisdictions of government agencies. His own town has sent a letter in his defense, and yet their democratic mandate will be overruled by an obscure provincial bureaucracy.

The Ontario Libertarian Party appeals to the Commission to reconsider its ruling. Further, the party advocates a return to full ownership of land. That means an end to zoning, ‘protected lands,’ ‘public lands,’ and all other forms of regulation alien to our tradition of liberty. Many justifications have been put forward for these impositions, the most often an invocation of the ‘communal good,’ but as we can see with the Mackies Mountain Archery case, regulations often hurt those who are most vulnerable.

The Grand View’s article, entitled Electric Car Redux, illicited another lengthy comment from me, reposted here for the benefit of reaching a larger interested audience. Respect is paid to WordPress for providing a platform for intellectual broadcast and discourse: 

In a rather delayed response, I wanted to address your question about Ron Paul’s chance of success. Yet again, it seems that electric cars provide a guide. They’re a healthier, more sound, and more efficient choice, yet they are taking the long road to acceptance.

As of now, libertarian ideas – which are what Dr. Paul espouses – are outside the mainstream. People naturally find radical ideas scary, because they are unfamiliar. They lump us in with every hair-brained, social-engineering, utopia-seeking scheme around, from ‘communism’ to ’social credit.’ But, like electric cars, liberty is not a new proposal. It is the principle that has fed every great Western civilization: Greece, with its city-states and government by lot; Rome, with its constitution and popular sovereignty; and most importantly America, which has been by far the most libertarian civilization in history.

The odds against Dr. Paul are long, but he has found a winning strategy to help Americans rediscover their civilization. He may not win, but would it hurt any of us to root for him? Every vote, every letter-to-the-editor, every rally for Ron Paul sends that much stronger a message to Washington: we’re taking our rights back. With the current regime torturing, surveying, and perjuring at home and abroad, and none of the ‘mainstream’ candidates of either party willing to repudiate these crimes, I’m thinking that it’s about time to send a message. Don’t you?

‘Rendition,’ opening in movie theatres across Canada today, is a fictional portrayal of the actual United States Federal Government’s practice of sending terrorism suspects overseas to be tortured. The movie depicts the saga of a man of arabic lineage, kidnapped on a return trip from business in Africa. His pregnant, American wife is left scraping together his whereabouts and demanding justice. Meanwhile, a young CIA agent is charged with overseeing the suspect’s brutal interrogation, and finds himself questioning the utility and morality of this barbaric practice. The film stars Omar Metwally, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Saarsgaard, and Reese Witherspoon. 

The Libertarian Party of Canada applauds the team behind this film. Viewers should remember the sorry truth: that what happens on screen is happening in real life to some very frightened people. Those victims have been denied due process, habeas corpus, and the respect of global convention. It is especially important in times of great threat that we choose not to turn on ourselves and our values. Canadians value liberty, justice, and the rule of law – goals shared by the Libertarian Party of Canada. Not only has Ottawa failed to condemn Washington for the practice of Extraordinary Rendition, but there is strong evidence that our federal government has been complicit in the practice: a United Nations report named Canada as a participant in the practice, and a Canadian citizen was disappeared to Syria and tortured in captivity with the knowledge and aid of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The Libertarian Party of Canada believes that this policy cannot be allowed to continue. It does not guard us against terrorists, and it puts every Canadian’s liberty at risk. The film ‘Rendition’ should help to raise awareness, and motivate Canadians to hold their government responsible. As the only party that opposes all forms of state coercion, our message is clear: there is something you can do. Speak, join, vote, and run with the Libertarian Party of Canada.