My responses to a Sun journalist’s questions for their online coverage (sticking to the word count limits given):

KEY ISSUES
I oppose the war in Afghanistan and constant killing of civilians.  The government should leave people alone.  Those who harm others should face justice and nobody else.   Stop trampling on freedom of speech, invading privacy, and eroding sovereignty.

WHAT IS DISTINCTIVE ABOUT MY RIDING
Scarborough—Rouge River contains an amazing diversity of people in terms of ethnicity and religion, all heavily restrained by licensing monopolies, taxes, prohibitions and regulations.   Nothing unique there!  But the riding also contains the famous Toronto Zoo (http://torontozoo.com/) where the animals are happily (or unhappily) caged and dependent on their keepers.

–Alan Mercer
Libertarian Candidate, Scarborough–Rouge River

Extra comments:

An example of government invasion of privacy is financial surveillance under FINTRACInfo on Scarborough–Rouge River can be found at the incumbent’s site.

September 24th, 2008