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[http://www.ontariolibertarian.ca/fullslate http://www.ontariolibertarian.ca/fullslate]

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Libertarians – we are planning to run a full slate of candidates in the next general election. Our Party has never done this before. We think this is the most important step for us in order to raise our profile among Ontario voters. Once we run a full slate, we will then be in a position to make serious requests for fair coverage by the media, and also to request a place in the televised Leader’s Debates.

It is generally accepted that for a party to be seen as credible, it must have a candidate in every riding. The difficulty is that being a full time active candidate is a barrier for many people, both in our Party and in other parties much larger and more organized. We have seen how the other parties do this. We even saw in the last Federal election how an assistant bar manager from Ottawa was put on the ballot in a riding near Montreal, and she even won the election – while she was on holiday in Las Vegas.

The minimum needed from a person willing to have their name appear on the ballot is their signature on a few forms which the Party will provide. The party can actually do all the rest, including the collection of signatures, finding an official agent and auditor, preparing all the paper work, interacting with Elections Ontario, and even putting up signs in the riding. All we really need is 107 members willing to have their name appear on the ballot along with the word "Libertarian." 

Of course we hope to have as many candidates as possible run in the riding where they live, and we hope that as many of them as possible can take media calls, or participate in all candidate meetings. Of note, candidates from the bigger parties are now routinely refusing to participate in all candidate meetings – even though their party wants to govern the province.

So, over the next few months, we will be taking the steps necessary to get all the pieces together to run our very first full slate of candidates. We hope you will want to help, if not as a candidate, then in some other volunteer capacity.  We look forward to this very historic achievement for our Party.

If you have any questions, contact our Campaign Director – Jeff McLarty, and he will answer any questions you might have.