Background
The Work Less Party of British Columbia was founded by Conrad Schmidt on July 7, 2003. The 34 year old permanent resident of Canada, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was living in Vancouver working as a computer programmer, and had already founded the World Naked Bike Ride and organized events for the non-profit group Artists Against War. He was motivated to start a political party after he linked rampant consumerism's requirement for easy access to resources which he saw as creating wars, like the Iraq War, and causing environmental destruction. He witnessed people suffering work-related stress as they work to purchase unnecessary products while neglecting their families, friends and their social life. Another motivating factor was witnessing, at his place of employment, out-sourcing of work to China where, he was told, they would work six or seven days each week. Schmidt would make advocacy of a reduced work week and championing its economic, environmental and social advantages the premise of the new political party.
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