British Columbia Libertarian Party

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British Columbia Libertarian Party
Active provincial party
Leader	Keith MacIntyre
President	Clayton Welwood
Secretary	Brandi McLoughlin
Founded	February 1, 1986 (1986-02-01)
Headquarters	Coquitlam, British Columbia
Ideology	Classical liberalism
Colours	Gold and black
Website
www.libertarian.bc.ca
Politics of British Columbia Political parties Elections

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian party in British Columbia, Canada that nominated its first candidates in the 1986 provincial election. There has never been a Libertarian elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The party had its best performance under the leadership of Clayton Welwood where, in the 2017 British Columbia general election, the party fielded 30 candidates and received 7,211 votes, or 0.4% of the popular vote. Jon Rempel had the best performance of any BC Libertarian candidate, in his electoral district of Nechako Lakes, he received 438 votes, or 4.7% of the popular vote. In 2021 they were viewed as a fringe party.^[1]

Purpose and principles[]

The BC Libertarian Party adopted the following set of principles during its 2020 Annual General Meeting.^[2]

The purpose of the Party is to bring about the election of BC Libertarian Party candidates to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly in promoting the following core principles;

1. That no individual or group is permitted to initiate the use of force or fraud against any other,
2. That the universal natural rights to life, liberty, property, expression, and the peaceful pursuit of happiness are essential to the preservation of civil society,
3. That the role of government is to protect and preserve such rights, and
4. That the citizens of British Columbia have the right to defend and be defended from those persons or institutions that seek to diminish any of the above principles.

Party platform[]

• Ending the ICBC monopoly on basic auto insurance.^[3]
• Allowing for more parental and student choice in education.^[4]
• Decentralizing decision making powers to local communities, families, and individuals.^[5]
• Abolishing provincial government monopoly on liquor and cannabis distribution.^[6]
• Adapting to a changing climate and promoting environmental policies that will have the greatest impact.^[7]
• Sweeping tax policy reform, including tripling the basic income tax exemption to $35,000 and abolishing the carbon, fuel, cigarette, liquor, and marijuana taxes.^[8]
• Reducing transportation costs through the elimination of various taxes and regulatory bodies, and opening up the market to new innovations like car sharing, bike sharing, ride sharing, and other transportation solutions.^[9]
• Removing legal barriers to ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft.
• Growing the economy by making life more affordable for all British Columbians.^[10]
• Supporting British Columbia's resource-based economy.^[11]

See also[]

• Libertarian Party of Canada
• Libertarian Party of Manitoba
• List of political parties in Canada
• Ontario Libertarian Party

References[]

External links[]

• Official website