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Stefan Klietsch

Libertarian candidate for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Environment, Climate Change, & Energy

Carbon pricing

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Support carbon taxation combined with citizen rebates.

Fossil fuel subsidies

Stefan Klietsch's promise

End them, and do not eliminate the GST from fossil fuel energy use.

Genetic Engineering

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Support for agricultural genetic engineering to improve crop yield and therefore reduce agricultural consumption of land.

Government Services & Crown Corporations

Canada Post

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Eliminate the Canada Post monopoly on letter services.

Public broadcasting

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Support for a fully public-funded CBC (notwithstanding Libertarian Party policy to the contrary).

Health

Assisted dying

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Supportive of assisted suicide, subject to strict regulations. The more ambiguous the circumstances, the more strict regulations must be.

Safe access to abortion

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Supportive of safe access to abortion.

Human Rights

Ban on blood donation

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Repeal bans upon payment for blood donations and upon homosexual blood.

Sex work

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Regulate and tax sex work.

Illicit Drugs & Overdoses

Decriminalization of drugs

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Support decriminalization, but inferior policy to regulation and taxation of supply.

Opioid crisis

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Regulation and taxation of recreational drugs would save lives by allowing safe access to would-be users.

Indigenous Issues

Indigenous rights

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Support the freedom of bands to vote on whether to accept private property freedoms for their citizens.

Indigenous self-determination

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Indigenous peoples are not necessarily nations, but just like provinces they are territorial communities whose autonomy should be respected.

International Relations

Israel & Palestine

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Israel needs to be pressured into withdrawing from illegal occupation, whether by condemnation or sanctions. One-state solution may be inevitable.

Jobs & the Economy

Employment Insurance

Stefan Klietsch's promise

EI premiums should be tied to risk of employment loss, not uniform across the country.

Minimum wage & universal income

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Universal income may deserve support, minimum wage dis-empowers low-skilled labourers.

Justice, Crime, & Law Enforcement

Guns

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Opposed to an absolute ban on handguns, but generally supportive of Canada's existing firearm laws.

Misc. topics

Camping

Stefan Klietsch's promise

No special tax credit for camping.

Taxation

Stefan Klietsch's promise

Restricting corporate income taxation to above-average corporate profits.

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Biography

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Contrarian and public policy champion, intent on saving the world!

Stefan Klietsch is seeking office in Renfrew County for the third time, having run as the 2015 Green Party of Canada candidate and having unsuccessfully sought the 2018 Green Party of Ontario candidate nomination.

He was expelled from the Green Party for my persistence in my policy disagreements with the leader Elizabeth May. The Green Party leadership shunned him for taking a principled stand for what he believes in, and so I am now aligned with a more tolerant party.

Klietsch’s family home is outside of Renfrew. After completing elementary and high school education in Renfrew, he acquired an Honours Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Ottawa. He works in Ottawa as a security guard dispatcher.

At 28 years of age, Klietsch aspires to be an objective government critic, but with particular attention to the interests of the youth of Renfrew County. He aspires to become a voice in Ottawa for those citizens currently lacking a voice.

His love for Renfrew County runs deep, and he intends to keep running for office until citizens believe it.

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