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B `Stephanie Levesque
Libertarians are out there, but they don't
know they ` are Libertarians,said the
• Huron - Bruce candidate campaigning under
that political party's banner. .
Joe. Mundt,, 43, of R. R 3 Brussels is
' running his third election campaign al-
though only his first in. Huron -Bruce. -
A believer in freedom of individuals with
government only providing a "good" ' justice
system and an army of outside aggression,.
Mr. Yundt said he is providing an alternative. •
to the main three political parties in. Canada. .
Formerly a pprofessional. engineer in
Brampton, whetheeltwice ranas a Libertar-
ian
ie r-
r p I< ; bras
ian candidate, ' Mr. Yundt came to Huron
County three years ago to farm;..
He has, 40 head of cattle on his farmand:
grows..beans as well as mired grains.
The Libertarian caididate said he was
raised in the Monkton area in Perth County
..and while growing up had always had the
notion that Canada was a free country. Mr.
Yundt said he grew up andfound. . out his
country isi free. ,
I; cant;. * cow and sell the Milk to`.
you," said''. . •Yundt adding that "people
for less
with guns. would put himin jail ie he sold,.
milk without a quota for not having the
milk pasteurized. ;
When it, was pointed out that dairy
farmers ,
,." themselves orginally wanted the.
quota system, . Mr.. Yundt countered that
milk quotas were initially set up to protect
the producers,
He compared it to his own
profession, which hit • ' an association to
protect engineers',
'Issues
When dealing with''pecific issues, Mr. •
Yundt often repeatedhis philosophy, based
on the writings of Ayn Rand, on having less
government. ent.
• He termed the federal deficit "a solutel
b Y
ridiculous" and said it could be. paid off by
selling crown corporations like: Canadair:
As for the government job creation pro-
grams; Mr.-Yundt simply .says' that's, not the
government's .business. a .
"Theovernment can't :create :