Snow leads Libertarians in Ontario election

Five candidates woo disenchanted voters | Brockville Recorder & Times - Wayne Lowrie:

May 28, 2022 - "Along with the four mainstream parties, five candidates of lesser-known parties are campaigning for votes in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes for the June 2 provincial election. Stephen Ireland is running for the Ontario People’s Front, Daniel Kitsch wants to represent New Blue, Glenn Malcolm is the Ontario Party candidate, Dave Senger is on the ballot for the Populist Party and Mark Snow is the local candidate and provincial leader of Ontario’s Libertarians.

"The five candidates are mostly trolling for votes in the same political pond. They are on the right wing of the political spectrum, oppose COVID-19 mandates, advocate smaller government and are fishing for the votes of Ontarians who have become disenchanted with the major political parties, particularly the Progressive Conservatives....

Mark Snow

"Libertarian Party candidate Snow is retired after 30 years in the Canadian military and lives on an acreage near Oxford Mills. 

"Snow is also the party’s provincial leader, meaning he has spent part of the campaign travelling the province to support the 15 other Libertarians running for election.

"Unlike the other four small parties that were formed within the last four years, the Libertarians have been around since the mid-1970s, advocating smaller government and less interference in people’s lives.

"'We believe that government has grown too big with too many regulations that interfere with property rights, individual rights, medical choices, education choices, land-use choices,' Snow said in an interview. Government red tape, a myriad of regulations and high taxation interfere with people’s ability to earn a living and retain more of their income, said Snow, who acknowledged that some rules on health and safety are necessary.

"Snow said the Libertarians would end all subsidization of green-energy projects and get rid of carbon taxes. Climate change is real and is a naturally occurring phenomenon, but 'you can’t tax your way out of climate change,' he said. Snow said that when the business case for wind and solar power is there, then business will pursue them. There’s no need for government subsidies, said Snow, adding that the party’s opposition to subsidies extends to large corporations and others that get taxpayers’ money."

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