BC Libertarian Party chooses new leader

May 10, 2021 | 10:30 AM

A Penticton businessman is the new leader of the BC Libertarian Party (BCLP).

The membership voted Keith MacIntyre to the role after Donald Wilson announced he was stepping down from the role. The change was made at the party’s annual general meeting on May 8, 2021.

Other changes to the executive council include:

• Deputy Leader: Sandra Filosof-Schipper

• Treasurer: Dylan Davison

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• Secretary: Brandi McLauchlan

• Ethics Committee Chair: Andrew Coombes

• Directors: Maizy Thorvaldson, Rachel Whitehouse, and Josh Hardy

MacIntyre ran for the party in the Penticton riding in the 2020 provincial election, garnering a record number of votes for a Libertarian candidate in B.C. (717).

MacIntyre, the owner of Big Bear Software, said he is honoured to be chosen party leader.

“I saw the party come together and exceed all expectations during the last provincial election. We can build off of that momentum and field a full slate of 87 candidates in the 2024 provincial election,” MacIntyre said.

MacIntyre claims the BCLP is the only provincial political party that actually cares about freedom.

“We have been against restrictions and lockdowns from the beginning and will continue to challenge the provincial government when they overstep their authority.”

MacIntyre said he’s seeing municipal governments starting to fight back against “the government supremacists that are ruining our province.”

“In Penticton where I live, the Horgan government is bullying the municipality on three separate fronts: forcing a homeless shelter, closing an addiction centre, and demanding a million dollars after the fact for a Primary Care Network. We need to stand up as citizens and show the government that we can do better than they can,” MacIntyre remarked.

MacIntyre is calling for the size of the government to be vastly reduced.

“They are addicted to tax dollars and need an intervention.”

Sandra Filosof-Schipper takes on the role of deputy leader after serving as a director of the party since 2018. Filosof-Schipper has led the party’s policy team during the past year and ran as a candidate in Vancouver-Fairview in 2020.

Sandra Filosof-Schipper, deputy leader of BC Libertarian Party (Submitted photo)

Filosof-Schipper is a business owner and understands first-hand the challenges that small businesses have faced with the restrictions imposed during the past year.

On its website, the British Columbia Libertarian Party says it was founded in 1986 to advocate for individual liberty, lower taxes, free markets, and social tolerance.

by Pete McIntyre

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