By David MacGillivray
With promises of fighting ill-health while smashing the debt, the Natural Law Party (NLP) is hoping their message is picked up by the mainstream political parties.
Citing studies in peer review journals, the NLP wants to show that integrating natural medicine, establishing preventative medicine hospitals, and covering Yogic Flying under OHIP is the cure for Centretown’s ills.
Wayne Foster, the NLP candidate for Ottawa Centre, says “people are looking for alternatives. My feeling is the other candidates are listening as well.”
Foster, 40, works in public relations and is a computer consultant. He has been a member of the NLP for seven years, and has run both federally and provincially as a candidate. He is one of 73 NLP candidates in this election.
In addition to improving the health of the province, Foster says the NLP is committed to creating a University of World Peace in Ontario.
The university would study methods for reducing violence in schools and the newest theories of conflict resolution.
The Natural Law Party met recently with philanthropists in Toronto to talk about the idea and raise some support for the idea.
The third plank in their platform is the introduction of Yogic Flying, a form of meditation. The NLP believes with enough people meditating, the quality of life for the rest of the population.
The party works under the theory that if enough people reach a state of deep meditation and peace, they create a “field” of goodwill. That goodwill will then spread to the rest of the populace through the unified field of consciousness they believe everyone shares and improve the health and quality of life of the populace.
“Government reflects the quality of life of the people. Governments can only accomplish what the people let them accomplish,” says Foster.