Tim Moen
{{Short description|Canadian libertarian politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tim Moen
| image = Tim Moen at the 2016 Libertarian Party Convention.jpg
| caption = Moen in 2016
| office = 17th Leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada
| term_start = May 2014
| term_end = August 15, 2021
| predecessor = Katrina Chowne
| successor = Jacques Boudreau
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|40|2014|9|10}}
| birth_place = Northern Alberta, Canada
| residence = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| party = Libertarian
| alma_mater = Royal Roads University {{small|(MA)}}
| spouse = Tena
| children = 4
| occupation = {{hlist|Firefighter|podcaster|activist}}
| website = {{URL|timmoen.net}}
}}
Tim Moen ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|oʊ|ə|n}}) is a Canadian libertarian podcaster, blogger, activist and politician. He was the leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada from May 2014{{cite web|title=Tim Moen Elected Leader Of The Libertarian Party Of Canada|publisher=Libertarian Party of Canada|url=http://libertarian.ca/tim-moen-elected-leader-libertarian-party-canada|date=May 19, 2014|access-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806012434/https://www.libertarian.ca/tim-moen-elected-leader-libertarian-party-canada#|archive-date=August 6, 2014|url-status=dead}} to August 2021.{{cite tweet |user=moen_tim|number=1426963290337411073|date= 15 August 2021 |title=Meet the new Leader of the @LibertarianCDN party! He beat out 4 other quality candidates. Congrats Jacques Boudreau! }} Outside of politics, he is a firefighter, paramedic, business owner and filmmaker.{{cite web|url=http://timmoen.nationbuilder.com/about|title=About|publisher=votemoen.ca|accessdate=August 10, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140926033157/http://timmoen.nationbuilder.com/about#|archive-date=September 26, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Political career
Moen became the leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada in May 2014, succeeding former leader Katrina Chowne. He ran in the 2014 Fort McMurray—Athabasca by-election.{{cite news|title=First Libertarian candidate to run in McMurray|publisher=Fort McMurray Today|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/03/04/first-libertarian-candidate-to-run-in-mcmurray|date=March 4, 2014|author=Vincent McDermott}} His campaign received considerable attention from a variety of Canadian and US news outlets (such as CNN, Huffington Post and Reason.com), due to his social media memes explaining libertarianism.{{cite news|title=Federal byelection candidate gets online buzz with libertarian memes|publisher=Yahoo News|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/want-gay-married-couples-able-protect-marijuana-plants-232134970.html|date=March 6, 2014|author=Andy Radia}}
Political positions
Moen is an anarcho-capitalist.{{cite web|title=Why There's No Point in Not Being Radical: Libertarian Strategy with Tim Moen, LP of Canada| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgXhlumB_XU|date=July 12, 2018}} He supports ending all government surveillance programs, withdrawing all troops stationed abroad, legalizing cannabis, decriminalizing drugs, legalizing prostitution, and tax cuts.{{cite web|title=I am Tim Moen, leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada and candidate in Calgary Signal Hill. AMA!|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/3k3ng4/i_am_tim_moen_leader_of_the_libertarian_party_of/|date=September 8, 2015}}
Electoral record
{{2015 Canadian federal election/Calgary Signal Hill}}
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Fort McMurray—Athabasca}}
Personal life
Moen is married and lives with his wife and four children near Edmonton, Alberta.{{cite web |last1=Moen |first1=Tim |title=About Tim Moen |url=https://www.timmoen.net/sample-page/ |accessdate=August 30, 2020}} He is an atheist.{{cite web|title=Anarchast Ep. 141 Tim Moen: The Ron Paul of Canada!| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lyKfAubDVE|date=July 30, 2014}}
Moen is of Russian descent.https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/3k3ng4/comment/cuuhnjt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
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