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Friday, July 11, 2008
La-la-la-la Liberty Summer Se-mi-nar
You may have noticed a new banner ad here at the Shotgun. There are good reasons for that. The main reason is that this year's Liberty Summer Seminar--hosted by the Institute for Liberal Studies over the July 26, 27 weekend on the property of Hillside Estates B&B in Orono, Ontario (an hour and a half east of Toronto)--is being sponsored by the Western Standard.
But the Western Standard has been a part, formally and informally, of the Liberty Summer Seminar since the founding of the Western Standard. Ezra Levant, former publisher of the WS print edition, has been a speaker at the LSS twice. He wrote about the event in "A retreat to advance freedom," and "Greetings from camp capitalism." Gerry Nicholls, blogger here and senior associate with the ILS, was a speaker at the event, and wrote about it for the Sun in "Free at Last!" Current columnists Pierre Lemieux, Jan Narveson, Grant Brown, and Marc Emery have spoken at the event, and so has former columnist Karen Selick (who hasn't missed an LSS yet).
Meanwhile, here's what our friends Adam Daifallah and Tasha Kheiriddin wrote in Rescuing Canada's Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution about the LSS: "The bonds of friendship forged at events like this one [LSS] can produce a positive association with conservatism. Such events work more effectively than classroom instruction or reading a thousand policy papers ever could."
Check out a little video promo for the event, with Lindy Vopnfjord (who will come and sing again this year) singing the LSS song:
If you come to this year's event, you'll not only meet some of the above, but you'll get a chance to chat with me, Kalim Kassam, and Matthew Johnston about the Western Standard as well.
You can register for the event by clicking here. If you can't make it in person, but think the event is worth supporting, you can help fundraising efforts by going to the donation centre here.
Line-up after the jump:
Saturday, July 26, 2008
11:00 a.m. – Registration
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – Introduction
01:15 p.m. – Dr. Michael Munger (Chair, Political Science Department, Duke University)
02:15 p.m. – Moin Yahya (Assistant Professor of Law, University of Alberta)
03:15 p.m. – Break
03:30 p.m. – Jason Sorens (Founder of the Free State Project)
04:30 p.m. – Pete Eyre: TBA
05:30 p.m. – Dinner
07:00 p.m. – Larry Reed (Executive Director, Mackinac Center for Public Policy)
09:00 p.m. – Music by Lindy
Sunday, July 27, 2008
09:00 a.m. – Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – Jan Narveson (Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo)
11:00 a.m. – Break
11:15 p.m. – Film: Mine Your Own Business
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
01:30 p.m. – Closing Panel
02:30 p.m. – Wrap Up
Posted by P.M. Jaworski on July 11, 2008 in Western Standard | Permalink
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Comments
The caravan from Washington, DC can't wait!
Posted by: Janet | 2008-07-11 2:59:37 PM
The best libertarian event north of the 49th parallel (even though it's technically south of it).
Posted by: Michael Cust | 2008-07-12 3:28:54 PM
I can't wait! We've booked our flight... Had so much fun last year...
Posted by: Jodie Emery | 2008-07-15 8:13:19 PM
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