Second-class Canadian

Unfortunately even the Libertarian Party seems too eager to lower taxes. That said, I like their plan to cut spending though.

Few saw the orange wave coming, and even after that few accepted that it could repeat itself in the next election. Strategic voting only leads to stalemate. A split vote is a small price to pay to shake things up a bit.

I actually prefer FPTP. Just take the party names off the ballot though please.

Why give the CPC my vote? The Libertarian wing of the CPC is a fringe element within that party. Should the CPC win a smaller majority this time around and more votes go Libertarian, that would put more pressure on the government to shift at least somewhat more libertarian come the following election.

Why would English people in Ontario protest? Even not all Franco-Ontarians would protest since this might mean some Federal offices in south-eastern Ontario would go monolingual French. In Quebec, almost everyone but the Anglo know French. So really the only opposition I could see would be among monolingual Anglo-Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians living in predominantly Anglo communities.

Though a left government might be a good thing. Consider the Reform days. The Progressive Conservatives wouldn't budge initially, but once they saw the Reform Party wasn't budging either and Liberals were winning, finally the PC's budged a little. Hypothetically, if the Libertarians did the same, after an election or two the Conservatives would smarten up again. It may be a tough pill to swallow, but sometimes necessary for the progress of the country.

Supposing the CPC ended up as a minority in Parliament with a couple of Libertarians making a majority coalition, that would be about the right combination to temper the CPC side a little. That would be a good thing.

The CPC is pretty big government relatively speaking.

I'm a French-speaker who was raised Catholic. I have nothing against French Catholics establishing their own schools where numbers warrant. I know Scott Reid (Conservative MP) had proposed a fair solution in his book 'Lament for a Notion.' That however is different from a Constitutionally guaranteed privilege(sometimes at extra cost when numbers don't warrant it) to specific groups to the exclusion of others. How is that anti-Christian?

Why would Quebec say that when both the PQ and Liberal Party of Quebec requested this for themselves? The only twist I added is Ontario making the same request for itself. The main opponents I see in this would be Anglo-Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians. Fraanco-Quebecers and Anglo-Ontarians would likely support this for the most part.

I agree with much of what you said above, but one point: The OECD report I was referring to was comparing not second-language speakers but rather native speakers each learning to read and write in their own language. British children catch up to their European counterparts at the age of twelve.

Given that the Libertarian Party is not likely to form a government in this election anyway, even if I disagree with it on some points, it still doesn't negate the value of a Libertarian MP in Parliament, as long as the Liertarian candidate is the best candidate in the riding of course. As for the Freedom Party, its platform is even more ambiguous than that of the Libertarian Party's, making comparisons very difficult.

Plus their platforms intends to give indigenous peoples a significant degree of sovereignty, much more so than the other parties it would seem.

Your thoughts on the platform of the Libertarian Party of Canada? https://www.libertarian.ca/platform/ I don't agree with everything in their platform, plus their platform is somewhat ambiguous, but when comparing party "packages," it still has some good things in it. It proposes significant reductions in Federal government expenditure and seems to support more religious, linguistic, and other freedom than the other political parties. Though some of its ideas are somewhat extreme, having a few Libertarian MPs in Parliament would not necessarily be a bad thing in terms of allowing them to at least share new ideas with the Cabinet. Even assuming the extremely unlikely scenario that it's members formed a government, though it would significantly reduce funding for social programs on the one hand, it would also allow us through reduced taxes to give to the charity of our choice on the other. Your thoughts on the Libertarian Party of Canada?

Given that Quebec governments of different party stripes have long requested that Federal institutions serving only residents of Quebec submit to Provincial language laws, should Ontario join Quebec in making the same request? The way I see it, this would save on translation costs in all Federal offices that serve residents of only the province in which they operate. In Ontario's case, we could request that all Federal institutions operate unilingually in either English or French according to which has the greatest demand. For example, a Federal office that serves the residents of only the local community in a predominantly French-speaking south-eastern Ontario town would operate unilingually in French, while one that serves a predominantly English-speaking town would operate unilingually in English. While they would not be prohibited from serving bilingually, they would no longer be constitutionally or legally or officially obligated to do so. Likewise, while bilingualism would still be an asset to any applicant (all other qualifications being equal), no position could be designated bilingual-required. This could also mean that bilingualism in a sign language could be just as much of an asset in a predominantly English-speaking community as in French for example, while still not being required if no bilingual applies for the job. Given that according to a report published by the Fraser institute, Canadian taxpayers pay around 2.4 billion dollars yearly for official bilingualism at all levels of government, making Federal institutions in Ontario and Quebec officially unilingual would certainly save at least some of that money. Additionally, given how Franco-Quebecers and Anglo-Ontarians are usually butting heads, seeing them fighting as allies on this would make for a refreshing change . Your thoughts on this?

The Green Party platform proposes a bicameral UN, adding a democratically elected parliament to it and eliminating vetos. Even if we ended up with a majority Green government, it couldn't implement it but could at least talk about it.

Again, I never intended for a fool proof system, just one that would make it difficult. Instead of inspectors, we could have a complaints hotline. It would reduce the need for inspectors. Again, this would allow abuses on occasion, but would be dofficult. Or instead of defining what it can buy, it could define instead what it can't buy.

Perhaps.

I wasn't thinking of a foolproof system. Those who have no other income would be prevented from spending their basic income on drugs. As for who could participate, it would seem to me that almost everything in a supermarket would be acceptable. It could be based more on a complaints system. Again, it would open the door to abuse to a degree, but the worst offenders would be taken out that way. Perhaps saving only in a five-year locked investment could be allowed. If you can save money from the basic income for that long, then you're probably able to control your finances. That would serve as a reasonable loophole to convert money from the government debit card into paper money.

The prelingually profoundly deaf learn to pronounce through visual cues, meaning that the more phonetic the orthography is, the easier it is to learn to pronounce, and sinse the written language is a visual representation of the aural language, being able to do so accelerates literacy acquisition.Additionally, dyslexics benefit significantly from auditory cues in learning to read, something Deaf dyslexics can't do. According to a 2005 OECD study, English orthography is the most difficult to learn t read and write among major European languages, around three times more difficult than the Finnish and Greek orthographies, with French orthography being the second most difficult. While none of this guarantees Deaf illiteracy, it definitely reduces the odds of success at least somewhat.

Though emigration. How else? I'm thinking of it and I'm not the first. I remember a Canadian military member resigning and moving to Australia because his spouse could not obtain citizenship here. She spoke English, but I don't know the details as to why Canada didn't welcome her. I doubt it had to do with literacy in an official language though in her case. Either way, it's only common sense that stricter immigration laws will encourage emigration.

That's counting on them using the money wisely. When dealing with addicts, they'l make stupid decisions while knowing full-well at the time that they are making stupid decisions. For them, giving them money they need but in a more controlled manner becomes the issue without stigmatized them with coupons the rich don't use. The Green Party's proposal in a modified form might just do that. The rich would pay more in taxes but get a big chunk back so it comes to the same thing.

I work in the production of second-language instruction materials between three languages, so nowhere near any reserve. Also, since it involves second language educational materials, it would be useless to anyone who is illiterate in the mother tongue. That said, had you been right, that would also have made me more knowledgeable about indigenous matters beyond statistics I'very read in books on the subject. Though literacy is a matter I consider important, and I do in fact give to relevant charities, I also think the government wastes much money, considering spending on the separate school system and official bilingualism to be its most unfair subsidies that should be cut, especially if we're going to be under funding schools on reserves.

And some positions considered very conservative here might be considered accepted by all parties there.

How could it be so bureaucratic if it's just all programmed on a debit card and an interactive machine? It would all be automated. To make sure the money is not blown all at once, make the deposits weekly rather than monthly