Maxime Bernier - libertarian - hah!!

A lot of people easily credit the word 'libertarian' to a lot of people that are not. It is not right wing, it is not people who vote for larger government. Maxime Bernier has 100% of the time voted for larger government, and so he is no libertarian.

Note in the speech referenced in the article he shows how confused he is about the libertarian idea, seeing it as a partisan Liberal vs Conservative issue. I see no evidence he would be any different than the self-described classical liberal Harper was - and we know what a disaster that has been to anyone who loves freedom.

My letter to the editor this morning to the National Post

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Don Martin credits Maxime Bernier with a “libertarian mindset”. The problem with this is the reality of his voting record which is 100% supporting of the authoritarian legislation of Stephen Harper. Talk is cheap just as it was to Stephen Harper who called himself a classical liberal and said he would cut government; before having power. If Mr. Bernier ever votes like a libertarian then he can be credited as having a libertarian mindset, but not before.

Murder by a Government Employee is Still Murder.

There has been a lot of traffic lately, especially from Conservatives, who seem to think that it is ok to execute prisoners of war. That any conduct is ok by a soldier, and that anyone trying to hold soldiers accountable to moral standards on the battlefield is not "supporting our troops".

The facts are Semrau made no attempt to provide first aid. Did not try to take vital signs. What he did was to murder a badly injured prisoner.

Unfortunately I do not have the original, computer crash, so here is the as published version.