Libertarian Party of Canada

Libertarian Party of Canada
Parti libertarien du Canada
Active federal party
LeaderJacques Boudreau[1]
PresidentCoreen Corcoran
FounderBruce Evoy
Founded7 July 1973 (1973-07-07)[2]
Headquarters409–207 Bank St. Ottawa, Ontario[3]
Ideology
International affiliationInterlibertarians
International Alliance of Libertarian Parties
Colors  Yellow
Senate
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House of Commons
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Website
libertarian.ca

The Libertarian Party of Canada (French: Parti libertarien du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada founded in 1973.[2] The party subscribes to libertarian and classical liberal tenets; its stated mission is to reduce the size, scope, and cost of government.[4] Party policies include ending drug prohibition, ending government censorship, lowering taxes, protecting gun rights, ending laws criminalising the voluntary transfer of money for sex acts between consenting adults,[5] and non-interventionism.[6]

  1. ^ @moen_tim (15 August 2021). "Meet the new Leader of the @LibertarianCDN party! He beat out 4 other quality candidates. Congrats Jacques Boudreau!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Libertarian Party of Canada – Leadership Roles". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Elections Canada". Elections.ca. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Mission". Libertarian Party of Canada. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Statement of Policy". libertarian.ca. Libertarian Party of Canada. July 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ^ Gunn, Andrea (6 June 2015). "Canada's own Rand Paul? Libertarian Party amps up for election". iPolitics. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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