For fringe candidates, it’s the message, not the votes - thestar.com - Carola Vyhnak, Apr. 27, 2011:
"A month ago, Blaize Barnicoat contacted the Libertarian Party of Canada to offer her services as a volunteer. Next thing she knew, she was their candidate in Durham.
“'They said, "No one’s running there, so why don’t you?"’ says the 20-year-old university student.
"Barnicoat, who’s up against heavy hitters Bev Oda and Grant Humes (Conservative incumbent and Liberal challenger, respectively) has no illusions about getting elected — she doesn’t even want the job. 'I don’t believe in sitting around in Ottawa, wasting other people’s money,' declares Barnicoat, in her third year of legal studies at the University of Oshawa Institute of Technology.
"But she says that by putting her name on the ballot she’s offering another option...."
“'They said, "No one’s running there, so why don’t you?"’ says the 20-year-old university student.
"Barnicoat, who’s up against heavy hitters Bev Oda and Grant Humes (Conservative incumbent and Liberal challenger, respectively) has no illusions about getting elected — she doesn’t even want the job. 'I don’t believe in sitting around in Ottawa, wasting other people’s money,' declares Barnicoat, in her third year of legal studies at the University of Oshawa Institute of Technology.
"But she says that by putting her name on the ballot she’s offering another option...."
Libertarian Party of Canada http://libertarian.ca
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