{"id":400,"date":"2025-04-07T16:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travispatron.ca\/?p=400"},"modified":"2025-04-27T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T19:05:25","slug":"confirmed-as-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/?p=400","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed As Candidate (45th Federal Election)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I was confirmed at the Elections Canada office in Weyburn as a candidate in the ongoing 45th Federal Election:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Confirmation-Of-Nomination.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Confirmation-Of-Nomination.png 727w, https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Confirmation-Of-Nomination-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time I ran for the Nationalist Party was in 2019 during the 43rd Federal Election. Elections Canada let Gus Stefanis run the party without my permission during the 44th Federal Election, and now the true leader is back after spending time in the <strong>belly of the beast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am running as an &#8216;Independent&#8217; because, at the discretion of the returning officer, the registration status of the Canadian Nationalist Party could not be determined at the time of nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I maintain our party is alive and well &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude toward everyone from Estevan and Weyburn who signed as electors consenting to my candidacy. Elections Canada requires at least 100 signatures from people in the district of Souris-Moose Mountain to validate the candidacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Map-Of-Souris-Moose-Mountain.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Map-Of-Souris-Moose-Mountain.png 924w, https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Map-Of-Souris-Moose-Mountain-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Map-Of-Souris-Moose-Mountain-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a special thank you to Bridget from the bookstore for acting as witness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ballots are being cast on Monday, April 28<sup>th<\/sup>, although I maintain liberation will not be won at the polling station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Canadian-Red-Ensign-Flag1957.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Red Ensign, Canada&#8217;s National Flag (1957-1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the coming weeks I will be sharing a number of policy ideas and organizing with those who are keen on putting them into motion.<br><br>The only thing I ask is that electors not think in terms of $dollars. We have our own unique denomination and the currency is none other than <strong>sheer willpower<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada need not wait for the ballot box. Liberation is found with those who take personal responsibility and that is what our country needs more than anything right now: honest, humble people who seek the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good, hard working, old-stock Canadian blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who don&#8217;t work, don&#8217;t eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada will never be the same after this election and neither will I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I look forward to seeing you all soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to celebrate this occasion, I will conclude this update with a poem I wrote in 2022 while being imprisoned in \u201cthe hole\u201d at the Regina Provincial Correctional Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to share it publicly because it helps to explain my motivation for political activism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sun-cross-ensign-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sun-cross-ensign-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sun-cross-ensign-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sun-cross-ensign.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Empire Of The Son<\/strong><br><br>\u201cIn order to know God,<br>he chose the art of statecraft,<br>the highest calling of creation;<br>for what better way to prove divinity<br>than building a civilization<br>standing the test of time?\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was confirmed at the Elections Canada office in Weyburn as a candidate in the ongoing 45th Federal Election: The last time I ran for the Nationalist Party was in 2019 during the 43rd Federal Election. Elections Canada let Gus Stefanis run the party without my permission during the 44th Federal Election, and now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travispatron.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}