Ontario Libertarian Party
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Volume 30 Number 4 Summer 2010
Retired teacher Allen Small writes about the problem the government-run schools had trying to introduce a new sex education curriculum. He also wrote a letter to the editor challenging the Suzuki Foundation's proposal to create a "foodbelt." Our Leader, Sam Aplebaum, expresses his disgust with our Premier. Chairman Heath Thomas makes an appeal for help with his campaign to become councilor for Ward 44 in Toronto. We also review a couple of books on the financial crisis.

Volume 30 Number 3 Spring 2010
Read your invitations to the Caucus Meeting on April 25, 2010 and to the annual BBQ on May 16. Todd Howe provides some background and opinion on the planned G20 Summit in Toronto this June. Allen Small reviews Brian Lee Crowley's book, Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada's Founding Values. Jim McIntosh provides the Financial Report for 2009 and reports on Libertarians who ran in two recent by-elections.

Volume 30 Number 2 Winter 2009
This issue provides a report on the Annual General Meeting and Craig Hodgins' report on Election Plans for 2011. Karen Selick presents the case for legalizing the sale of raw milk. Allen Small advises us what's wrong with McGuinty's plans for full-day kendergarten. Jim McIntosh reports on Paolo Fabrizio's tireless activities in Barrie and we reprint one of his letters published in the Barrie Examiner.

Volume 30 Number 1 Fall 2009
John Kittredge is our candidate in the September 17 by-election in St. Paul's. Chairman Heath Thomas reflects on the recession, bailout and expected tax increases, and how it can be used to our advantage. We have a story about "Heidi's Bar" that provides an explanation for the financial crisis that is easy to understand. Craig Hodgins, our Campaign Director, explains our goals for the 2011 General Election and asks for candidates and money to help reach them. The Party is sponsoring Ezra Levant on September 26 to talk about his inquisition by the Human Rights Commission. Allen Small explains how we can use Operation Politically Homeless at this year's "Word On The Street" event to increase our name recognition and possibly gain a few new members. Read it here.

Volume 29 Number 4 Summer 2009
This issue includes a media release on McGuinty's budget, a report on the Marijuana March and Toronto Freedom Festival by Jack Morawetz, and Doug Burn's editorial on the proposed coalition of the Liberals, Bloc and NDP Parties. Zork Hun writes an open letter to his MP criciizing the stimulus spending. Jean-Serge Brisson describes Mike Kennedy's latest appeal of his smoking conviction. Read it here.

Volume 29 Number 3 Spring 2009
Paolo Fabrizio runs against PC Leader John Tory in the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock By-election on March 5, 2009. Leader Sam Apelbaum discusses the current economic crisis and compares statist versus Austrian solution and hopes it will help the libertarian cause. Deputy Leader Jean-Serge Brisson describes his weekends "doing time." Treasurer Jim McIntosh provides the Annual Financial Report and 2009 Expense Budget. And we have announcements for the annual BBQ, Pub Nights in six locations, and John Stossel's ABC special. Read it here. 

Volume 29 Number 2 Winter2008
This issue includes a report on the Leadership Convention and lists the new Executive.  Larry Stevens recommends we infiltrate the public school system to introduce courses on libertarianism.  We have the results for Libertarian Candidates in the Federal Election and George Dance writes about the spirit of liberty.  Read it here. 

Volume 29 Number 1 Fall 2008
This issue describes the Leadership Convention and lists the potential Libertarian candidates for the October 14 Federal Election.  Sam Apelbaum describes five libertarian fallacies.  George Dance remembers Vince Miller and argues for the amendments to the Constitution and Statement of Principles.  Larry Stevens explains why he's leaving the Party and Jim McIntosh argues why he should stay.  Read it here.

Volume 28 Number 4 Summer 2008
This issue has details of the Party's Leadership Convention, including amendments to the Constitution and Statement of Ultimate Goals.  Zork Hun compares his encounters with socialist officials in Thailand to Andy Barry on CBC.  Larry Stevens discusses anarchy, anarchism and government.  George Dance describes the new leader of Libertarian Party of Canada and the US Libertarian Party's presidential candidate.  Jim McIntosh explains why he believes the Libertarian Party will never need to compromise its principles.  Read it here.

Volume28 Number 3 Spring 2008
Jean-Serge Brisson is fighting the indefinite suspension of his driver's license.  Sam Apelbaum presents the Libertarian position on health care, education, the environment and poverty.  George Dance reviews the Ron Paul Revolution.  Jim McIntosh presents the financial statement for 2007 compared to 2006.  Read more.

Volume 28 Number 2 Winter 2007
Our 25 Candidates won over 9,000 votes in the October 10 provincial election.  This issue has the results for each candidate.  Leader Sam Apelbaum comments on our progress and Chairman George Dance quotes the reasons our members gave for running.  Jim McIntosh reports on the Annual General Meeting, including a summary of the presentations made by Brett Skinner, Avril Allen and Gerry Nichols.  Larry Stevens helps us to distinguish our friends from our foes.  Read more.

Volume 28 Number 1 Fall 2007
This issue announces speakers for the Annual General Meeting.  The list of candidates is updated.  Chairman George Dance decides to run as a 'paper' candidate and make a donation to cover the Nomination Deposit.  Jim McIntosh provides answers to the ArtSelect'07 committee looking for more "funding" (or taxpayer dollars) for arts and culture.   Jim considers the proposed Multiple Member Proportional voting system bad for Ontario, but it could be good for the Party.  Larry Stevens sees an opening on the right for Libertarians.  Read more.

Volume 27 Number 4 Summer 2007
This issue contains a list of members who have agreed to be candidates in the October 10 General Election.  George Dance compares customer service at public libraries with liquor stores.  Larry Stevens wonders when our childhood will end.  Doug Burn tells Big Brother to Flick Off!  We report on the BBQ and on philosopher and author Jan Narveson's ideas on the fundamental principles of Libertarianism.  Sam Apelbaum recommends a speech delivered by prominent science fiction author Michael Crichton.  Read more

Volume 27 Number 3 Spring 2007
Announcements: BBQ May 27; Barrie Pub Nights.  Larry Stevens explains how global warming affects CO2, and how property rights protects good fishing areas.  George Dance explains how you can help us in the election this fall.  We answer the question, "What about the poor?"  Jim McIntosh provides financial statements for 2006 compared to 2005. Read more.

Volume 27 Number 2 Winter 2006
George Dance shares his memories of Kaye Sargent.  We share some libertarian quotes from the late Milton Freidman.  And we have a complete report of the Annual General Meeting, including reports from the Vice-Chair, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer. Read more.

Volume 27 Number 1 Fall 2006
Jim McIntosh appeals to the Ontario Landowners.  George Dance considers changing our Statement of Principles and wants your ideas.  The Stratford Beacon Herald published Paddy McQuade's letter wondering which vice will be regulated next.  Libertarians contest the by-election to replace Gerard Kennedy.  Michael Cloud motivated Libertarians at the Libertarian Party of Canada convention last May.  Our two latest media releases were included with this newsletter Read more.

Volume 26 Number 4 Summer 2006
Read about "Operation Politically Homeless."  Stefan Molyneux assures us that life with less government is not as distant as you might think.  Jim McIntosh writes about the Tobacco Farmers' protest in Delhi on March 27.  We also provide some background on Parkdale-High Park where a by-election is expected to replace Gerard Kennedy. Read more.

Volume 26 Number 3 Spring 2006
This issue includes recent media releases regarding CUPE's threat to strike and the Ontario Organ Donation Bill; Our media releases are getting us air time on Toronto’s AM640 radio.  Also included is a tribute to Harry Brown and our financial report for 2005.

Volume 26 Number 2 Winter 2005
This issue includes a report on the Leadership Convention with a brief summary of the presentations made by three speakers.  Alan Mercer describes his by-election campaign in Scarborough-Rouge River.   George Dance explains why we have a window of opportunity in the January 23 Federal Election.  Jean-Christophe Roux discusses why we should focus on cutting government spending rather than reducing taxes.  Editor Doug Burn considers which is the lesser of two evils and sees hope for libertarian ideas.  He also describes ten web sites of interest to libertarians and political junkies.


Volume 26 Number 1 Fall 2005


Volume 25 Number 4 Summer 2005


Volume 25 Number 3 Spring 2005


Annual Party BBQ - May 15
Philip Benders Challenges Tory Leader
LPC Convention May 21 & 22

Leader’s Report
Honoring the Legacy of Ayn Rand
Community Currency
Some History of Money
Health Savings Accounts


Volume 25 Number 2 Winter 2004

Ottawa Dinner Meeting
Resisting the Smoking Police – Wednesday January 12
Community Currency—Wednesday February 9
Annual General Meeting Report:  - Fighting Back
Leader’s Report
Chairman’s Report
Pay More and Get Less: The Reality of Canada’s Medicare Monopoly
Free Speech Outlawed — Jim McIntosh


Volume 25 Number 1 Fall  2004


Volume 24 Number 4 Summer  2004


Volume 24 Number 3 Spring 2004


Volume 24 Number 2 Winter 2003


Volume 24 Number 1 Fall 2003

Best Ever Summer Seminar

VOTE LIBERTARIAN

BLACKOUT COVERAGE

The Price of Power

Playing Monopoly With Power

The Blackout and Deregulation

OPP Thugs Vs. Gun Owners

Sam Apelbaum - Party Leader

Health Canada Warning: Authority can be hazardous to your health

Educational Freedom


Volume 23 Number 4 Summer 2003

The Libertarian Flying Squad - The Fun Police

Repeal Those Laws!

Liberty Summer Seminar

The Road Ahead. Not

Leader’s Report

A Short History of Recent Ontario Elections

A Look Back At Election ‘90

Economic Myths and Facts

Ontario Government Revenues and Expenditures:


Volume 23 Number 3 Spring 2003

Spring Has Rites!

Election Kick-off Rally

Campaign Manager Elected

Leader’s Report - By Sam Apelbaum

Help Re-Register The LPC

Leader’s Report - By Sam Apelbaum

Chairman’s Report - By George Dance

‘Revolutions’, A Novel

Jaworski Reconsiders ‘Voluntary’ National ID Card Option

Self-Defence and Politics - by John Shaw

Stop The Presses! Canada’s ‘National Newspaper’ Publishes Kyoto Critique

Treasurer's Report – Jim McIntosh


Volume 22, Number 4 Summer, 2002

 

Never A Dull Moment  - By Mary Lou Gutscher

Convention Notice

No Cigar For This Washington Intern By Peter Jaworski

Leader’s Report - Sam Apelbaum

Talking Trash By George Dance – Party Chairman

On Being a Libertarian Candidate - By Jim McIntosh

City of Toronto Should Butt Out - By Emily Monroy

Youth For Liberty Summer Camp - By Peter Jaworski

A License to Parent? - By Emily Monroy


Volume 22, Number 3 Spring, 2002

 

Spring has Rites

Y4L Spring Camp

Convention Notice

Pub Nights

Let's Keep Volunteering Voluntary

Leader's Report - Sam Apelbaum

Government Or Anarchy - George Dance

Milton Friedman On School Vouchers - Peter Jaworski

Give Yourself a 75% Tax Break Marcel Dignard

New Selection of Essays by Jan Narveson

Treasurer's Report - Jim McIntosh


Volume 22, Number 2 Winter, 2001

 

The Harris Legacy - By George Dance

The Harris Legacy – By John Shaw

Leader’s Report – Sam Apelbaum

Election Campaign Project Plan – By Jim McIntosh

Libertarianism and Canada's Claim to Moral Superiority - excerpt from a Speech by Prof Bruce Freed

FINTRAC – A Danger To Us All - Robert Shapton

Get Involved - By Mary Lou Gutscher

Thank The CRTC for Internet Screw Ups - An Open Letter By John Shaw


Volume 22, Number 1 Fall, 2001

Notice of Annual General Meeting 
Youth for Liberty Summer Camp  
International Walk for Capitalism
WTC Disaster Reveals Best and Worst of Tribalism
Leader's Report
9/11 Causes Us To Prioritize
Questioning the Ontario Health Care Questionnaire
The Welfare State Is A Fraud
Ontario's Education System Fails Students and Taxpayers  


Volume 21, Number 4 Summer, 2001

Election Planning Dominates June Dinner Meeting Agenda

Red Deer Oil Worker To Form Alberta Libertarian Party

Youth for Liberty Summer Camp July 28-29

Libertarian Party Events

What Are Politicians Worth?

Party Of Choice

Free Trade And Its Enemies

OCAP = Extortion - An Open Letter

"Whose Head Is It Anyway?"

Health Care on Critical List


Volume 21, Number 3 Spring, 2001

Celebrate Spring With a Day in the Country

Campus Libertarians Go Head-to-Head With Anti-Globalists at FTA

Please Find Enclosed

Crisis in Public Education

Leader's Report

Chairman's Report

Treasurer's Report

Costa Rica - A Hot-Bed Of Libertarian Activity

Government Pays You to Smoke!

Election Campaign Planning

Campaign Director Wanted

In Memory of Cliff Sargent


Volume 21, Number 2 Winter, 2000

Your "Party of Choice"

New Party Member Kicks Butt

US Election Browne Out?

Leader's Report

The Popularity of Libertarian Principles

Chairman's Report

Upstart Marijuana Party Wins 0.52% of Federal Election Votes

Treasurer's Report

Queen's Park Gives Green Light to Asset Seizures

A Martyr's Death

AGM Report

Webmaster Q&A


Volume 21, Number 1 Fall, 2000

Land Owners Are Not Servants

Former MP to Address Proportional Representation

Record Turnout for ISIL Conference

Leader’s Report Sam Apelbaum

Chairman’s Report George Dance

Who’s Next? You Choose

Browne Ties Buchanan In Presidential Poll


Volume 20, Number 4 Summer, 2000

Calendar of Events

ISIL's 20th Anniversary Conference - London Ontario

Learn How "Species At Risk Act" Puts Your Rights At Risk - June 8 dinner meeting

LPC Convention Report

Leader's Report

Marc Emery In The News

Chairman's Report

New List Serve Scheduled for Late June

Dr. Liuk 'Kicks Butt'

Libertarian of the Century

Talking Points: The Environment

Libertarian Presidential & VP Candidates To Be Nominated at US LP Convention


Volume 20, Number 3 Spring, 2000

 

A Day in the Country

Stand Up to the Health Fascists

Post This on Your Fridge, Upcoming Events

Leader's Report Sam Apelbaum

Chairman's ReportGeorge Dance

ISIL's 20th Anniversary World Libertarian Conference

Help Revive the Libertarian Party of Canada

Operation Politically Homeless - Kimberly Crawley

Treasurer's Report - Jim McIntosh


Volume 20, Number 2, Winter 1999

Convention Builds Momentum for 2000 Many new faces, hotly contested elections, a renewed sense of optimism going forward.

February 10 Launch for Dinner Meetings Get out and meet fellow members at monthly diner meetings

Leader's Report – Sam Apelbaum

Chairman's Report – George Dance

Convention Report

Treasurer's Report - Jim McIntosh

 


Volume 20, Number 1, Fall 1999

 


Volume 19, Number 4, Summer 1999

World Libertarian Conference Comes to Ontario in 2000

Campaign Barbecue

Leader’s Report

by Sam Apelbaum, Party Leader

Chairman's Report George Dance, Party Chairman

Election Report Sam Apelbaum, Party Leader

Treasurer's Report - Jim McIntosh


Volume 19, Number 3, Spring 1999

Party Appoints Campaign Director

Canadian Tax Revolt Leader Cites LP

Pre-election Report
by Sam Apelbaum, Party Leader

Smokin' by George Dance, Party Chairman

Canada's Own War of Independence?

Lady Godiva - Y1K Libertarian

Jesse Ventura - Libertarian Governor

Santa Claus - Judgmental, Generous and Libertarian

Meet the Candidates
  * Gayle Remisch, London
  * John Genser, Schomberg


Volume 19, Number 2, Winter 1998

Oxford Libertarians Host AGM

A Fundamental Distinction
by Sam Apelbaum, Party Leader

Looking South for Inspiration
by George Dance, Party Chairman

 Famous Libertarians

Meet the Candidates -
* Paul Barker, Toronto
* Jean Serge Brisson, Ottawa

CRTC Public Hearing on "New Media"

Who Said That? See if you can name the author of these quotations - a quiz.


Volume 19, Number 1, Fall 1998

 Economic Crisis & Other Absurdities
by Sam Apelbaum, Party Leader

OLP Founder Bruce Evoy
by George Dance, Party Chairman

The Libertarian Reader:
A Book Report
by Doug Burn

We're Not Alone
by Doug Burn

OLP Picnic
by Jim McIntosh

AirCare Program Just Blows Smoke
Fraser Institute Press Release


Volume 18, Number 4, Spring 1998

  • Parent Teacher Night -- With A Difference! by Doug Burn
  • Darkness and Light by Sam Apelbaum, Party Leader
  • Applied Liberty by George Dance, Chairman

Volume 17, Number 3, Winter 1995

  • "Common Sense" Revolution in Ontario: With mammoth spending cuts that do not add up to savings, a debt that continues to increase, and a tax cut promise that is increasingly under attack and increasingly hard to deliver, the Tories' economic revolution appears to be beginning to spin out of control.
  • Bill 26 - A Health Hazard: The Savings and Restructuring Act threatens the privacy of patients and drastically restricts the mobility of doctors attempting to set up or relocate a practice.
  • Ad Campaign Launched: in the Globe and Mail.
  • A Message from the Leader: Our Leader explains why we have an unprecedented opportunity to achieve political success, and what we must do to seize this opportunity.

Volume 17, Number 2, Summer 1995

  • The 1995 Provincial Election: Many Libertarians performed well in this election. But this election does not call for congratulations. Rather, it calls for firm resolve: for the sake of our province, our futures, and our children's futures, we can and must do better.
  • A Common Sense Look at the "Common Sense Revolution": The PCs won on a quasi-Libertarian economic program. That a major party can adopt Libertarian views is promising; that it can win with them, even better. But can the PCs follow through? Indications are that they will not.
  • News & Events
    George Dance Succeeds to Leadership
    Annual Meeting October 28
  • Association News