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03-08-2013, 02:50 PM
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Former U.S. congressman Ron Paul, left, walks down the front steps of Parliament Hill on March 7, 2013. Paul spoke at the Manning Networking Conference Friday in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Looks like he's beating that other guy down the stairs.....
Follow along as the CBC's Kady O'Malley takes in the Manning Networking Conference, an annual gathering for Canadian conservatives run by the Manning Centre.
The conference draws the biggest names of Canada's conservative movement and this year features former U.S. congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul, who kicked off Friday's events in conversation with former Reform Party leader Preston Manning.
Paul, America's foremost libertarian, received a standing ovation Friday from Canadian conservatives gathered for an annual conference, after a speech that advocated the abolition of central banks, income tax and social programs.
more at link including CBS's typical insertions, but also some good stuff, for example:
Paul — formerly a Republican leadership candidate — is an opponent of centralized monetary policy, government support for industry, federal social programs and the regulation of illicit drugs. At home, he has advocated for the abolition of the federal health and education departments.
"Wouldn't it be correct to assume that the fruits of your labour are also yours to keep?" Paul said, interrupted by applause.
"My goodness that would be a challenging thought. What does that mean? There wouldn't be any income tax? That's right, we wouldn't have income taxes, because it would be your money.
"Then everyone would start worrying then how would you pay for the government? Well, why don't we have a lot less government and we wouldn't have to worry about that. That's what I'd like."
Preston Manning, the former Reform party leader and host of the conference, later asked Paul questions but did not challenge his views.
The current Conservative government under Stephen Harper has heavily branded its stimulus project — the Economic Action Plan — as the cornerstone of the government's agenda. Its skills programs, funding for seniors and snowmobile clubs, and various industrial sectors would appear antithetical to Paul's non-interventionist policies.
Harper himself, at a speech to the conference in 2009, explored the weaknesses of dogmatic allegiance to libertarianism.
Manning attributed the exuberant response to Paul's speech as evidence that conservatives are willing to explore tough questions.
"What you should observe from this conference is that conservatives are not afraid of self examination," Manning said.
"We don't just have conferences to self-congratulate ourselves on previously established positions, which I would argue is the dominant characteristic of the Liberal leadership conference right now."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/03/08/pol-manning-centre-liveblog.html
Former U.S. congressman Ron Paul, left, walks down the front steps of Parliament Hill on March 7, 2013. Paul spoke at the Manning Networking Conference Friday in Ottawa. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Looks like he's beating that other guy down the stairs.....
Follow along as the CBC's Kady O'Malley takes in the Manning Networking Conference, an annual gathering for Canadian conservatives run by the Manning Centre.
The conference draws the biggest names of Canada's conservative movement and this year features former U.S. congressman and former presidential candidate Ron Paul, who kicked off Friday's events in conversation with former Reform Party leader Preston Manning.
Paul, America's foremost libertarian, received a standing ovation Friday from Canadian conservatives gathered for an annual conference, after a speech that advocated the abolition of central banks, income tax and social programs.
more at link including CBS's typical insertions, but also some good stuff, for example:
Paul — formerly a Republican leadership candidate — is an opponent of centralized monetary policy, government support for industry, federal social programs and the regulation of illicit drugs. At home, he has advocated for the abolition of the federal health and education departments.
"Wouldn't it be correct to assume that the fruits of your labour are also yours to keep?" Paul said, interrupted by applause.
"My goodness that would be a challenging thought. What does that mean? There wouldn't be any income tax? That's right, we wouldn't have income taxes, because it would be your money.
"Then everyone would start worrying then how would you pay for the government? Well, why don't we have a lot less government and we wouldn't have to worry about that. That's what I'd like."
Preston Manning, the former Reform party leader and host of the conference, later asked Paul questions but did not challenge his views.
The current Conservative government under Stephen Harper has heavily branded its stimulus project — the Economic Action Plan — as the cornerstone of the government's agenda. Its skills programs, funding for seniors and snowmobile clubs, and various industrial sectors would appear antithetical to Paul's non-interventionist policies.
Harper himself, at a speech to the conference in 2009, explored the weaknesses of dogmatic allegiance to libertarianism.
Manning attributed the exuberant response to Paul's speech as evidence that conservatives are willing to explore tough questions.
"What you should observe from this conference is that conservatives are not afraid of self examination," Manning said.
"We don't just have conferences to self-congratulate ourselves on previously established positions, which I would argue is the dominant characteristic of the Liberal leadership conference right now."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/03/08/pol-manning-centre-liveblog.html