Party Platform
- The Libertarian Party will bring real choice to the abortion debate
- The Libertarian party has a three part strategy to reform marijuana policy
Abortion is an issue that divides Canadians.
While the Libertarian Party supports safe, legal access to abortion, we also believe that the freedom of conscience of those who oppose abortion must be respected. The Libertarian Party will defend freedom of conscience and promote real choice by removing all federal government funding to the provinces for medically unnecessary abortions.
Pro-life Canadians have been ignored and mistreated by the Harper Tories for too long.
Stephen Harper has refused to allow debate on abortion and has said that he will work against any move that would prevent federal healthcare funding from being spent by the provinces on abortion. Harper has also abandoned pro-life Conservative MP Ken Epp and his private members bill that would make it a crime to kill an unborn baby while committing a violent attack on the mother.
The Supreme Court's Morgentaler decision struck down Canada's abortion law in 1988, but the decision of nine unelected judges should not permanently silence democratic debate on abortion in parliament.
Legalize the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana by adults
After 80 years of prohibition, at least 10 million Canadians have still used marijuana. Legalizing the cultivation and sale of marijuana will ensure the safe, peaceful trade of a drug that is substantially less harmful than alcohol or tobacco.
Pardon and expunge the convictions of all non-violent marijuana law offenders
600,000 Canadians have criminal records for marijuana possession. These criminal records make international travel difficult or impossible and can limit employment opportunities. The Libertarian Party would pardon Canadians with non-violent marijuana convictions.
Stop the extradition of Canadian magazine publisher Marc Emery to the U.S.A.
Canadian magazine publisher and political activist, Marc Emery, will spend the rest of his life in an American prison for selling marijuana seeds unless the Canadian governments asserts its sovereignty over drug policy and stops the politically motivated extradition trial against him by the American Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
A full party platform will be available as the campaign progresses.
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