Two of the candidates who are running in the Nov. 17 by-election  may have different platforms, but one thing both the Independent  candidate Dean Williams and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate  Cory Lystang have in common is that they want a break from the  Conservative government.
    Dean Williams, who is originally from Whitecourt, said he    decided to run independently because this keeps him free from    all parties and he is able to do what he would like to see.  
    An independent vote can prove to be very influential. Because    I think what I see is a three way split, said Williams last    week.  
    Libertarian candidate Cory Lystang decided to run to bring    freedom to Canadians after the party caught his attention about    a year ago.  
    I am running. Its time we bring freedom, legalize freedom    again, said Lystang in a recent interview.  
    To bring power back to municipal and provincial government. I    discovered this party a year ago and I wanted to make a    difference, see if I could get in there and bring back voice to    Albertans, he added.  
    There are a total of five candidates to choose from in the    by-election in the Yellowhead riding. In addition to Lystang    and Williams, Ryan Maguhn is running for the Liberals, Jim    Eglinski is running for the Conservatives and Eric Rosendahl is    running for the NDP.  
    Lystang said people should choose his name on the ballot    because it is time to hold the Conservatives accountable.  
    It has become extremely clear to me that our current    government has lost touch with the reason that it exists.    Redundant laws, huge spending and outright violations on our    rights as Canadians, with no apparent accountability had almost    driven me away from politics. Until I stumbled across a party    with a message that said everything I felt, less government,    lower taxes and more freedom, The Libertarian Party of Canada,    said Lystang in an e-mail.  
    Williams said he feels that there is a lack of transparency    with the current government. He went to film school and has    professional experience as a cinematographer. He compared the    Yellowhead MPs job to what he has been doing most of his life.  
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Candidates running for Libertarian, Independent