Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston candidate Steve Gebhardt | The Kingston Whig-Standard - Eliot Ferguson:
May 30, 2018 - "Among the six people vying for the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston seat, Libertarian party candidate Steve Gebhardt said he has the easiest job. In part, it's because many of the people he talks to end up seeing things as he does, he said.
"'It seems everyone I talk to about the platform, being a Libertarian, ends up self-confessing to being a Libertarian,' Gebhardt said. 'That's actually how I came to be a Libertarian.'
"The Ontario Libertarian Party is fielding its biggest ever slate of candidates, with 117 people running in ridings across the province..... Gebhardt ... said he hopes his message will resonate in the traditionally Conservative rural area north of Kingston.
"'The Libertarian mantra seems to be a good fit for the area,' he said. 'There is definitely a thirst for change, and we are hoping to capitalize on that and show the people that the change can be them as opposed to having to follow an autocratic government that dictates to them how the change is going to be. We believe the people should actually be the ones dictating the change, not their representative.'
"The Libertarian party is committed to a smaller role for government.... It advocates the elimination of almost all government programs and policies that intervene in peoples' lives.
"Instead, the party espouses a greater reliance on individual freedoms above all else.
"Prior to this election call, the Libertarian party voted to eliminate its party whip, meaning its elected members will vote as individuals and not as a block.
"'It's time to change party politics and it's time to give the power back to the people who put us there as their representative,' he said. 'It's going to be a big surprise on election day.'"
"Hand in hand with the proposed reduction of government services is a big reduction in the tax revenue the government collects and spends. Gebhardt said that when the government talks about granting money to different agencies or investing money in programs and projects, it is actually spending taxpayer money.
"'The Libertarian party is all about bringing the taxpayers' money back to the taxpayer,' he said."
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May 30, 2018 - "Among the six people vying for the Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston seat, Libertarian party candidate Steve Gebhardt said he has the easiest job. In part, it's because many of the people he talks to end up seeing things as he does, he said.
"'It seems everyone I talk to about the platform, being a Libertarian, ends up self-confessing to being a Libertarian,' Gebhardt said. 'That's actually how I came to be a Libertarian.'
"The Ontario Libertarian Party is fielding its biggest ever slate of candidates, with 117 people running in ridings across the province..... Gebhardt ... said he hopes his message will resonate in the traditionally Conservative rural area north of Kingston.
"'The Libertarian mantra seems to be a good fit for the area,' he said. 'There is definitely a thirst for change, and we are hoping to capitalize on that and show the people that the change can be them as opposed to having to follow an autocratic government that dictates to them how the change is going to be. We believe the people should actually be the ones dictating the change, not their representative.'
"The Libertarian party is committed to a smaller role for government.... It advocates the elimination of almost all government programs and policies that intervene in peoples' lives.
"Instead, the party espouses a greater reliance on individual freedoms above all else.
"Prior to this election call, the Libertarian party voted to eliminate its party whip, meaning its elected members will vote as individuals and not as a block.
"'It's time to change party politics and it's time to give the power back to the people who put us there as their representative,' he said. 'It's going to be a big surprise on election day.'"
"Hand in hand with the proposed reduction of government services is a big reduction in the tax revenue the government collects and spends. Gebhardt said that when the government talks about granting money to different agencies or investing money in programs and projects, it is actually spending taxpayer money.
"'The Libertarian party is all about bringing the taxpayers' money back to the taxpayer,' he said."
Read more: http://gdspoliticalanimal.blogspot.com/2018/06/kingston-libertarian-wants-to-give.html
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