The Ontario Libertarian Party is proud to be known as "The Party of Choice." Choice is what we stand for, and promoting choice is why we exist.
Choice, according to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, means both "an act or instance of choosing between alternatives" and "a range from which to choose. To “choose" means to "select from a number of alternatives," "decide," "like," and "prefer."
Electric Energy in Ontario is supplied to customers primarily through government-mandated monopolies. A few years ago we were threatened by or actually experienced rolling brown-outs due to lack of capacity. (What other business asks you to NOT use so much of its product or service?) In 2010 - 2011 we have a surplus which is being sold to energy traders at a discount who then sell it to other jurisdictions at a profit.
Because Libertarians oppose government operated health care, education and other state services, many people conclude we have no sympathy for the underprivileged. Nothing could be further from the truth.
There is lots of talk about "less government" these days. But when you look at what some people are talking about, it is easy to understand why their schemes are just that: talk!
A Libertarian government would introduce a system in which owners have full control of their property to the extent that their actions do not infringe on the rights of others.
Pollution of another person’s property, including their body, is a violation of individual rights. Pollutants refer to substances that are harmful or unwanted from the point of view of the injured party, and can include noise, odours, toxic and non-toxic substances, radiation and litter.
No one has yet suggested, in this country, trying to nationalize the food industry, and the results of attempting to do so in those unfortunate countries which have tried it surely constitute a complete refutation of any idea of doing so. Food is a lot more essential to life than medical services, but somehow the "front-line" nations of the world have managed to convince themselves that nationalization to some degree, at least, is the way to go in medicine, even though the tragic consequences of the same kind of program in the food business speak very loudly for themselves.
No two pieces of legislation have done more to increase costs and tensions in the workplace. They are based on the unproven assumptions that the hiring and pay scales of visible minorities, women, etc. are the direct result of racist and sexist attitudes of all employers.
Libertarians believe the people best suited to raising children are their parents. Unfortunately, with taxes so high in Ontario, both parents are forced to work outside the home to keep the family financially secure. This has created a growing need for day care.
Public education has been provided by governments in Ontario for more than 130 years. A long history of government involvement makes it difficult for most to envision an Ontario in which there is no government role whatsoever in providing this important service. Nonetheless, the policy of the Ontario Libertarian Party is to create conditions in which quality education can develop by completely ending all government participation and allowing education to be a matter of individual choice.
When governments decree all will have free medical care, the laws of nature seem to have been abolished. There is at last something for nothing for everyone.
Time passes. Needs keep growing by leaps and bounds. They become difficult to satisfy. Meanwhile, the taxpayers reach their limit of tolerance for demands to hand over ever more of their money to satisfy the wishes of others. No more can be extracted from them. The easy times are over.
