Paul McKeever on Winning Elections with the Freedom Party of Ontario: Philosophy in Action Podcast

[Diana Mertz Hsieh]

I interviewed Freedom Party of Ontario Leader Paul McKeever about
"Winning Elections with the Freedom Party of Ontario" on Wednesday's
Philosophy in Action Radio. The podcast of that episode is now
available for streaming or downloading here:

http://www.philosophyinaction.com/archive/2013-05-15.html

About the episode:

Can a political party based on principles of individual rights win
elections? Perhaps so – and Paul McKeever has a strategy for doing so
with the Freedom Party of Ontario.

<A HREF="http://blog.paulmckeever.ca">Paul McKeever</A> is the Leader
of <A HREF="http://www.freedomparty.on.ca/">Freedom Party of Ontario</
A>. Paul joined Freedom Party in 1992. He first ran as a candidate
for Freedom Party in Ontario's 1999 election. He became a Freedom
Party spokesperson that year in 1999, and the party leader in 2002.

Topics discussed:

* Parliamentary government in Canada
* Paul's political philosophy
* About the Freedom Party of Ontario
* Why focus on electoral politics
* Paul's role in the Freedom Party of Ontario
* The platform of the Freedom Party of Ontario
* Taking steps toward freedom
* The benefits of focusing on small issues
* Liquor regulations
* Getting media attention
* The role of a political party
* How political power is won in Canada
* Destroying the "progressive conservatives"
* Not voting for the lesser of two evils
* What's wrong with the strategy of "buying time"
* Electoral strategy
* The problems with libertarians
* Optimism about the future
* Political parties in the US

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-- Diana Hsieh (Ph.D, Philosophy)
http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com