Political Platform

[Communist_boy]

This is my platform, were I to run for PM, I was just wondering what the people of this forum think.

Section 1:

My government will allow the downloading and uploading of music and videos. This will serve to unite the people of this country. There would be a small fee each year to users of this in order to compensate for other programs; the fee would be based on income of the person rather than how much they used it. This plan includes all music, videos and documents, with the exception of software. This will be the policy as those things were made for entertainment and so therefore they will entertain the people.

Section 2:

The people of Ontario and Quebec have controlled Canadian politics for to long. We will work to redistribute the power among the country giving the West, East and North more say in the running of the country. This will help get supporters throughout the country and will hopefully do something very few parties have done, Unite the Country. The only foreseeable problem would be the constitution, however when the math is done we could control enough of the country that it would pass the amending formula.

Section 3:

Boosting military funding would allow for a viable future and also protect Canada from people who wish to do her harm. This would also serve to amend the riff that has been created between Canada and America. It is also a required step for the implementation of the land reform program.

Section 4:

We instrument land reform in which we remove land owned by Americans and sell it to the people of Canada. This will help to reduce national debt by giving the Government of Canada a firm basis. Also as a part of this we would increase production of essential goods in Canada, predominantly in the Maritimes, in order to alleviate unemployment and poverty in that region. This would also serve to assist employment insurance to be reorganized and better equip it to deal with poverty in other parts of the nation. This is also in order to counter the inevitable measures that will be taken by the US if we carry through.

Section 5:

Also we will remove the clarity act, which keeps Quebec in Canada, allowing us to gain more seats from them. This would also serve as a remedy to the deep riff with them as well. I would be viewed as improving relations.

Section 6:

We would extend provincial status to the territories in order to give them more say and benefits and gain support in the north.

Section 7:

Decriminalization of marijuana will provided more funds, though both fines and reduced cost in the courts, to go to things such as the military and health care. It could also be used as a way to reduce the number of people who use it.

Section 8:

To legalize gay marriages would be a very tricky thing to do but it is required for religious freedom. We would make steps to extend this institution to the people of the homosexual community. We would not force it on the churches, however we would allow them to choose if they want to or not.

Section 9:

Smokers who take up the habit after we are in power would be required to pay a minor fee when accessing the public healthcare system. This money could be used in order to help pay for costs within the system.

Section 10:

The GST must be used to eliminate Canada’s national debt. Since the majority of the debt is internal, we pay off the foreign debt. Then we call in all peoples possessing bonds and what not to collect or they will loose them. This will eliminate the debt, and therefore once the military and healthcare are rebuilt we can do away with the GST.

Section 11:

The gun registry is an important step however we will take it to another level. All non-hunting firearms will be confiscated. Hunting weapons will be permitted but must be registered and fully accounted for. If people wish to use another type of weapon for target practice then they will be allowed to go to a local range and rent a weapon and and the ammunition to be used. Whatever they don’t use will be turned in and they will be reimbursed.

Section 12:

The senate should no longer be appointed. We will force elections for the senate which will happen every 10 years. This will help ensure that the people of Canada are listened to justly. Also the Ethics commissioner will be made a completely separate extension that will report only to parliament, in order to clean up corrupt acts.

[Neal.F.]

Hey Commie,

Illegal downloading is a rip-off of the musicians. They have to make a living too. they do so by royalties on music sold. If you want your favourite musician to be able to feed his family, then don't rip him off!

There are costs associated with producing the music, and by acquiring the music via cyberthieves like Napster, and its clones, you sir, are aiding and abetting a criminal, and guilty by association of theft. Buy the bloody CD! Or if you really dowant to download and burn, do it via legitimate services that compensate the artist and publisher.

Land reform? Are you Carolyn PArrish? The Americans who own land here did not steal it, they PAID FOR IT, with earned dollars , in most cases, not govt. handouts. Do you agree then, that land owned by canadians in the US should be expropriated and redistributed to US citizens?

Please Explain how you would increase production of esential goods primarily in the maritimes, especially when you will have pissed offthe biggest investor in the economy, the US, by expropriating its citizens land?

Oh I get it... by nationalizing the US holdings, we anger them so much that they invade, and kick every socialist ass in this country from here to Resolute Bay!

Now onto legalizing pot and taxing the hell out of it. Typical Liberal solution. tax the pennies on the eyes of the dead, to paraphrase George Harrison (the intelligent Beatle).

Seriously, the government is just hoodwinking the public when it legalizes vices. sure the balance sheet looks great, but the damage booze, drugs, smokes and gambling do to individuals and families paralyzes the health system, and costs society... but we know that government likes this, because lawyers get rich on lawsuits and divorces, and psychoanalysts practices get a big boost as well.

It's not Government of the people by the people for the people... It's government of the people by the lawyers for the lawyers.

A good way to make the governments books look goodwould be to do so legitimately, ie: Cut spending to ALL unneccesary programs and let government concern itself with only the bare minimum. Most legitimate services can be provided by private enterprise more efficiently and at lower cost. This means no more plum jobs for Liberal party hacks, but that's just too darn bad.

Close the casinos, and mop up the drug trade etc, and you'll have a better, happier country, and a lower divoirce rate.

Now moving on to your point about mokers having to pay additional to access the health care system... now where have I heard that one before? Why, mr compassion himself, Gary Mar the Alberta health minister! When did he become a fellow traveller?

Why don't we start by outlawing smoking, I mean it's banned in most public places anyway, there's hardly anywhere a smoker can light up these days. Now tat will save onhealth care. But to bill some and not others is not right. However, if health care is privatized, insurance companies may have a say in the matter.

I agree with an elected senate, but it should be elected every 4 years along with the lower house.

More on that later.

[udawg]

the government is just hoodwinking the public when it legalizes vices. sure the balance sheet looks great, but the damage booze, drugs, smokes and gambling do to individuals and families paralyzes the health system, and costs society.

Amen to that Neal. The government needs to find ways of raising money that do not end up costing society in ways that can't even be imagined. Anything that is addiction-causing should be outlawed, no ifs ands or buts.

[Neal.F.]

No if ands or "butts" ????

I would also include Pornography in outlawed addictive substances.

[westcoast99]

Don't ever run for PM, please.

Edited August 12, 2015 by Gugsy

[Neal.F.]

Gugsy, where did you get the idea that my objection to pornography was strictly on religious grounds. Read the article linked to the word PORNOGRAPHY in my earlier post.

It is NOT religious.

Porn in addition to destroying families, also treats its subjects like pieces of meat. completely dehumanizes them.

[Communist_boy]

First of all, I can tell that some of your ideas are based on misunderstanding what i said.

Downloading of music is legal. Check out this news article:

Canada deems P2P downloading legal

Second, with respect to land reform, i am not sure that i said they stole it. Also I didn't say that we would steal it back. I merely said we would aquire it back.

Third you increase the production of goods by creating Canadian companies to do the job.

Forth, Im not sure if you are aware of something known as NATO. If not here is article 5 of the treaty in response to America invading Canada:

The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security .

And article 7 outlines an 'armed attack'

This Treaty does not affect, and shall not be interpreted as affecting in any way the rights and obligations under the Charter of the Parties which are members of the United Nations, or the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.

I did not say we legalize it, i merely said we decriminalize it, there is a major difference, BTW decriminalization may also be a far better deterant as it would not be seen as such a major thing to teenagers.

About electing the Senate every 4 years, I mentioned 10 as the purpose of the senate is to review bills and once they have been passed to carry through and see what effect they have, therefore making it easier to make new laws.

And if you want to ban all addictive substances then you might as well ban computers and the internet. Cause im deffinetly addicted to them.

Cutting all but the most eccential serices, that sounds more communist than my ideas. LMAO

[Neal.F.]

Communo,

That ruling on kleagl downloading just goes to show how morally bankrupt that Canada has become since that bastard Trudeau nearly communized us, and foisted the Charter of rights and Freedomns on this country. TRhe only rights and freedoms it enshrines are the right of any group to go to court and use the state apparatus to oppress other citizens.

It still doesn't change the FACT that you are taking someone's work without compensationg them. It is still stealing.

Please explain how Canada will benefit by taking land back from americans by any means.

If American owners can make it more productive, why would you want to?

As for NATO, let me assure you that if a rogue government such as that you propose ever came to power, steps would be taken against them. It would be simple enough to get such a Canada kicked out of NATO.

[Communist_boy]

To remove Canada from NATO would we a tremendous move. One that serve to unbalance the North Atlantic region. It wouldnt be that easy for them to remove Canada any ways, as removal requires the resignation of the party in question.

Taking land back will benefit Canada by allowing the government and the people to do with this land what it pleases rather than having to deal with American influence. As Macdonald once said, Canada for Canadians.

[Communist_boy]

And as for the Charter, you think that you should be able to discriminate against anyone at any time? That is quite barbaric, You obviously support a democracy, and the true test whether or not a democracy is succesful, lies in its ability to protect the weakest member of its society.

To say it was forced on the country is hardly true. It was voted in by the majority of citizens. if people elect the liberals, conservatives or any other party to that position where they can push acts through, then the people must suffer the consequences. It seems some havnt learned from history. And besides there must have been a reason they won by such a majority, could it be, the people like there ideas, or is that too far fetched to believe. You my friend in that position have suffered one the greatest injustices of democracy, you have been forced by the many into there viewpoint.

Here in NB some people finally realized that and took a vast number of seats from Bernard Lord, and gave them to the liberals. Theyt didnt do it because of policy, niehter one of the two parties id trust with anything more important than the managent of a paper bag. They did it because a democracy doesnt work unless it is a minority government in command.

[KrustyKidd]

the true test whether or not a democracy is succesful, lies in its ability to protect the weakest member of its society.

Well said. I have heard it before but am unsure if it is an actual quote or a common idea. It has however, in our society, become a little unbalanced. In the charter for example it gives the weak, power to antagonise the strong and thereby make them weak but not the 'new weak' the power to fight back. That is not what was intended. It needs to be written so that all are equal, not the ones that have traditionally been persecuted scince social ideas, feelings, animosity are a moving fluid rather than a stationary solid.

[Slavik44]

Here in NB some people finally realized that and took a vast number of seats from Bernard Lord, and gave them to the liberals. Theyt didnt do it because of policy, niehter one of the two parties id trust with anything more important than the managent of a paper bag. They did it because a democracy doesnt work unless it is a minority government in command.

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1. you showed why you can't be trusted as an accurate and reliable source by saying this....niehter one of the two parties id trust with anything more important than the managent of a paper bag.

This total discredits your ability to acccuratley anylize the situationa nd what went on...becuase in your anylises you are basing it orignally on a huge personal bias.

2. how do you know every one hates both parties?

your reasoning is that you don't like them, so every oen must hate them.

3.You list off why people didn't vote for the party, with out reaosning behind it...then list off why people voted the way they did, again with out proper thought and reasoning behind it.

Infact your method of giving reaosns with out proof, thought, or proper logic, is scattered through out your political platform.

Think about it, people don't vote to becuase they wan't a minority government in power, that is blatent bullsh1t. They simpley did this for the same reasons every one else does such things.

1.) The party had been in power long enough and some got sick of it.

2.) The other party gained some credibility, and so gained soem popularity.

3.) The governing party made small mistakes through out the term, that pissed off a very small percentage of each time, and it is the small things that really add up.

4.) A different number of voter turn out; If more people turn out the vote will be different, if less people turn out the vote will be different.

5.)different people showing up at the polls, fairly explainable.

While it may not be policy, it is never people getting together and saying we wan't the governing party to be a minority...that is purely ridiculos there are many other factor invovled that you ahvent even thought about or given ground to...becuase you sit there and say well this is how I feal so every voter in NB...musta felt the same way.

beyond that alot of your ideas is rehashed crap from one party or another...political reforms to senate, millitary funding, infact it your whole platform looks like you got the Canadian Alliance and NDP to have a one night stand.

[Boydfish]

To say it was forced on the country is hardly true.

Sorry Communist Boy, but Canadians haven't been very big on giving people choices for a long time, pretty much since Newfoundland & Labrador first rejected joining the Canadian confederation(The Canadians never seem to understand that the idea of being ruled by Ottawa and forced to bow to the wishes of Toronto just ain't that appealing.). That's why BC was never given a referendum on joining, despite having rejected the "pro" party in the previous election. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were created by buying up British territories and then constituted out of those territories.

Trudeau never put his Charter to the polls because he knew that it would fail to pass, just as Meech and Charlottetown failed to pass.

On to the rest...

Section 1:

My government will allow the downloading and uploading of music and videos. This will serve to unite the people of this country. There would be a small fee each year to users of this in order to compensate for other programs; the fee would be based on income of the person rather than how much they used it. This plan includes all music, videos and documents, with the exception of software. This will be the policy as those things were made for entertainment and so therefore they will entertain the people.

I don't think that the government should be seeking to solve it's financial problems by targeting any industry, really. I also think that an income based scale isn't really going to fly: I'm not telling the kid at A&B Sound how much I make to buy my daughter the latest Britney Spears album.

On the legal/moral issues surrounding it, yes, it's unfortunate that modern technology has rendered the idea of a mega-rich rock superstar somewhat obsolete, but that's technology. We don't tax recording artists to compensate/subsidise live performances. The world and technology have moved on, sorry, to paraphrase the old song, get a real haircut and get a real job.

Section 2:

The people of Ontario and Quebec have controlled Canadian politics for to long. We will work to redistribute the power among the country giving the West, East and North more say in the running of the country. This will help get supporters throughout the country and will hopefully do something very few parties have done, Unite the Country. The only foreseeable problem would be the constitution, however when the math is done we could control enough of the country that it would pass the amending formula.

Aside from the difficulties of getting elected in Canada on the above point(Do you think Ontario or Quebec will happily vote themselves out of the dominant position?), you need to understand that being elected by a region does not give you "control" of that region. You don't get elected to be a dictator, you get elected by figuring out what people want, then promising and delivering that to them.

Section 3:

Boosting military funding would allow for a viable future and also protect Canada from people who wish to do her harm. This would also serve to amend the riff that has been created between Canada and America. It is also a required step for the implementation of the land reform program.

I think that you've fallen into the trap of parroting to some degree. The CF certainly needs more funding, but more importantly, how they spend the funds they get needs overhaul before pumping in more funding. Because of excessive political interference and policies aimed at supporting a socialist agenda, very little of each dollar spent in the CF is actually spent on warfighting capability.

Section 4:

We instrument land reform in which we remove land owned by Americans and sell it to the people of Canada. This will help to reduce national debt by giving the Government of Canada a firm basis. Also as a part of this we would increase production of essential goods in Canada, predominantly in the Maritimes, in order to alleviate unemployment and poverty in that region. This would also serve to assist employment insurance to be reorganized and better equip it to deal with poverty in other parts of the nation. This is also in order to counter the inevitable measures that will be taken by the US if we carry through.

I think that even your intentions are suspect in this. "Increase production of essential goods" in the Maritimes(I'm assuming you're referring to the Atlantic provinces)?

I hate to break this to you, but the confederation pretty much produces raw materials, which means that unless you want to suck oil out of Alberta, trees out of BC and wheat out of Saskatchewan and ship it for free to the Atlantic provinces so they can re-sell it for a profit, you're not going to have much luck with this idea.

The government shouldn't try to run the economy or "force" development in any area: Encourage it certainly, remove obstacles to development, but the government isn't supposed to try and do that. That's why the arguement that senior civil servants and deputy ministers should be paid like CEOs in order to "attract the best and brightest" is a folly: I don't want the best and brightest writing policy manuals on what colour ties are appropriate for middle managers in the civil service, I want the best and brightest to go into the private sector, start, run and grow massive corporate empires and provide employment and by extention, a tax base, for the nation.

Section 5:

Also we will remove the clarity act, which keeps Quebec in Canada, allowing us to gain more seats from them. This would also serve as a remedy to the deep riff with them as well. I would be viewed as improving relations.

As the Clarity Act doesn't apply to BC(Since we entered on an act of our Legislature, our entry and continued membership in the Canadian confederation is at the will of the Legislature. If it has the power to bring us in, it has the power to remove us, period.), I don't really care about it. I don't think that it keeps Quebec in Canada, as Quebec is simply put, Canada(Hence it's original name "Lower Canada"). What keeps Quebec in the Canadian confederation is the ~10 billion dollars it takes to make it semi-viable as a province. They wouldn't leave if we offered to throw them out.

By the way, small usage correction for you, the word you're looking for is "rift", not "riff".

Section 6:

We would extend provincial status to the territories in order to give them more say and benefits and gain support in the north.

What exactly does "provincial status" give them that they don't already have? They would not get any more seats in the Canadian Parliament, they don't have the population. The Canadians abhor the idea of a EEE Senate(Mainly because it would make the Canadians merely two provinces in the confederation rather than the masters of it.), so that's not going to change either.

Section 7:

Decriminalization of marijuana will provided more funds, though both fines and reduced cost in the courts, to go to things such as the military and health care. It could also be used as a way to reduce the number of people who use it.

Not a bad idea per se, but you'd have to be very careful with this. You don't just create a new tax to fund infrastructure, you need to project what your revenue needs are for the items you're suggesting, then project revenues from the tax, taking into account economic loss created by the taxation. You'd need to adopt an overall taxation package to figure out the feasibility of this plan.

Section 8:

To legalize gay marriages would be a very tricky thing to do but it is required for religious freedom. We would make steps to extend this institution to the people of the homosexual community. We would not force it on the churches, however we would allow them to choose if they want to or not.

Why does the government still need to be involved with marriage? Avoid the hassle, dump government involvement with it and avoid pissing off either side of the equation. There are no more legal, moral, taxation or society restrictions on being wed or unwed in any circumstance, so why not just turn it over churches? Done deal.

Section 9:

Smokers who take up the habit after we are in power would be required to pay a minor fee when accessing the public healthcare system. This money could be used in order to help pay for costs within the system.

Unenforceable. If I finish a cigarette, then walk into the hospital, I can answer honestly that I just "quit". Of course, I quit smoking over two years ago, so if you draw a line somewhere, does that mean I have to pay anyhow?

As well, I hate to point this out to you, but Health Care is not in the purview of the Canadian government. Despite a constitutional prohibition on it, they continue to interfere, but that doesn't make it right.

Section 10:

The GST must be used to eliminate Canada’s national debt. Since the majority of the debt is internal, we pay off the foreign debt. Then we call in all peoples possessing bonds and what not to collect or they will loose them. This will eliminate the debt, and therefore once the military and healthcare are rebuilt we can do away with the GST.

I'd keep your hands off the bond system, it works, it's harmless and it's a good tool for teaching people to save their money.

The GST can no more be used as you describe than can any other tax: All of them go into the General Revenue Fund are then are distributed. I'd suggest that you don't know enough to dink around with national economies(Don't feel bad, neither do I.).

Section 11:

The gun registry is an important step however we will take it to another level. All non-hunting firearms will be confiscated. Hunting weapons will be permitted but must be registered and fully accounted for. If people wish to use another type of weapon for target practice then they will be allowed to go to a local range and rent a weapon and and the ammunition to be used. Whatever they don’t use will be turned in and they will be reimbursed.

Unworkable and you'd find dead Canadian soldiers and cops mailed back to Canada from Saskatchewan and points west. The current system is collapsing and you want to throw good money after bad?

At best, you'd trigger a civil war and at worst you'd trigger another world war.

Section 12:

The senate should no longer be appointed. We will force elections for the senate which will happen every 10 years. This will help ensure that the people of Canada are listened to justly. Also the Ethics commissioner will be made a completely separate extension that will report only to parliament, in order to clean up corrupt acts.

If you make the senate elected, but essentially still weighted by population, you've got a redundant Parliament. It needs to be equal by province, not region(Albertans can no more represent British Columbia than could a Canadian.).

Having the Ethics commissioner report to Parliament is really not going to help: The ruling party would listen, nod, smile and do nothing.

Overall

I realize that you're a little young and this is probably a first attempt, so don't feel bad that it really didn't do too well.

You need to try and develop policy based on what your end goal is, rather than try to develop policy on what you and a small percentage of Atlantic Canadians might like.

You also need to gain some understanding of areas outside of your areas of experience, which, granted, is pretty much everything.

Rework it and try again!

[sir_springer]

Commie...

Please understant that whatever I say here is not to be taken personally.

Section 1:

My government will allow the downloading and uploading of music and videos. This will serve to unite the people of this country. There would be a small fee each year to users of this in order to compensate for other programs; the fee would be based on income of the person rather than how much they used it. This plan includes all music, videos and documents, with the exception of software. This will be the policy as those things were made for entertainment and so therefore they will entertain the people.

I hope the government has better things to do than tend to "entertainment" of the people.

Leftwingers simply cannot resist poking their noses anywhere and everywhere that they think there's some sort of problem, real or imagined. Thus, we have we have today in Ottawa: A government that is effectively some sorry sort of jack of all trades, master of nothing whatsoever. And it's spending truckloads of money in the process while giving taxpayers pretty much zero bang for the their bucks.

Let the music industry look after their own problems. There are copyright laws there for them. The best solution will evolve from their ranks, not from a bunch of bureaucrats who don't know diddly squat about any of it, nor could care less because they personally have nothing invested nor at stake in any of it.

Just what we need. Another bureaucratic toilet like the gun registery that cost billions and produces absolutely dick.

Section 2:

The people of Ontario and Quebec have controlled Canadian politics for to long. We will work to redistribute the power among the country giving the West, East and North more say in the running of the country. This will help get supporters throughout the country and will hopefully do something very few parties have done, Unite the Country. The only foreseeable problem would be the constitution, however when the math is done we could control enough of the country that it would pass the amending formula.

A EEE Senate would solve the inequities of the current system. Unfortunately, the Amending forumula written into that POS called a "constitution" pretty much makes this impossible. Ultimately, real change in this area will require a government with a serious majority to finally take this problem by the gonads and deal with it once and for all. I can only imagine such a government being a "conservative" one. The Liberal Left don't have the nuts for it.

[section 3:

Boosting military funding would allow for a viable future and also protect Canada from people who wish to do her harm. This would also serve to amend the riff that has been created between Canada and America. It is also a required step for the implementation of the land reform program.

I'm all for a Department of Defense that can actually fulfill its mandate.

More on your land reform notions to follow.

Section 4:

We instrument land reform in which we remove land owned by Americans and sell it to the people of Canada. This will help to reduce national debt by giving the Government of Canada a firm basis. Also as a part of this we would increase production of essential goods in Canada, predominantly in the Maritimes, in order to alleviate unemployment and poverty in that region. This would also serve to assist employment insurance to be reorganized and better equip it to deal with poverty in other parts of the nation. This is also in order to counter the inevitable measures that will be taken by the US if we carry through.

This is incredibly scary stuff, partner. I was immediately reminded of Mugabe in Zimbabwe. No offense intended, but this sort of extremism is born of naivite blended into some pretty wild-eyed idealism.

One of the essential elements of democracy and freedom is property ownership...whether or not this is recognised by our POS constitution is beside the point.

This particular idea ultimately would lead to insurrection by the people...because any government that thinks confiscation of property is legal just because they said so, is a damn dangerous government, and one most free people in a modern democracy will not tolerate. Nor should they.

Nationalism of this nature is the hallmark of tyranny. Go spend some time studying your history, partner.

Section 5:

Also we will remove the clarity act, which keeps Quebec in Canada, allowing us to gain more seats from them. This would also serve as a remedy to the deep riff with them as well. I would be viewed as improving relations.

Nope. I like the Clarity Act (initially written by Stephen Harper). It prevents the sort of crap with which the likes of Pariseau et al were trying to scam Quebeccers. If a province wants to separate, then a referendum should bloody well ask exactly that question, not the sort of drivel and deliberate misdirection as showed up on that ballot in 1995.

Section 6:

We would extend provincial status to the territories in order to give them more say and benefits and gain support in the north.

You're entertaining politics as though it were a vote buying spree and little else. To "gain support" is little rationalization for what you're proposing. PEI has about two to three times more population than the entire territories. I suggest a tad more homework on this one.

Section 7:

Decriminalization of marijuana will provided more funds, though both fines and reduced cost in the courts, to go to things such as the military and health care. It could also be used as a way to reduce the number of people who use it.

Personally, I find it bizarre that a government that currently is spending billions on dealing with the consequences of smoking and drinking, should now be trying to add marijuana into the mix. (And I've smoked enough of that in my own youth, and witnessed its effects on enough people, to know that it's not harmless.

Section 8:

To legalize gay marriages would be a very tricky thing to do but it is required for religious freedom. We would make steps to extend this institution to the people of the homosexual community. We would not force it on the churches, however we would allow them to choose if they want to or not.

Required for "religious freedom"??? Please explain.

IMHO, it is only a matter of time before the gay community takes the churches to the Supreme Court to force them to handle s/s marriage...and they get their way, which I think would be a travesty upon the institutions of religion. Civil unions are good enough.

Section 9:

Smokers who take up the habit after we are in power would be required to pay a minor fee when accessing the public healthcare system. This money could be used in order to help pay for costs within the system.

Oh?

And what about all those people porking out on junk food to the point that obesity is now rampant among even our youth, which is promising to put a load upon the healthcare system hugely surpassing anything smoking ever has. Or what about drinkers? Or what about people who engage in dangerous activities? Or what about people who drive cars? Or what about people who play hockey?

In essense, what about people who are just "living"?

You going to tell me that one segment of our society deserves a cut on healthcare because they...what? Live cleaner lives? By who's standards? Yours? The governments? Doctors? Who?

No offense, but this is yet another example of leftwing thinking in which blanket solutions are applied to cultural/social/economic based problems or realities in order to foster some sort of utopian idealism. It's called "social engineering"...or more to the point, "re-engineering".

Section 10:

The GST must be used to eliminate Canada’s national debt. Since the majority of the debt is internal, we pay off the foreign debt. Then we call in all peoples possessing bonds and what not to collect or they will loose them. This will eliminate the debt, and therefore once the military and healthcare are rebuilt we can do away with the GST.

We need to eliminate the debt, to be sure.

I would suggest you spend a tad bit of time pondering how we got there in the first place. Trudeau got the ball really rolling with his "Just Society" agenda.

All those people holding bonds have money owed to them for those bonds. How do you suggest the government handle this? Confiscate the bonds anyway, tough luck? Print the money to give back to them?

Need some more thought on this one, partner. Lots more.

Section 11:

The gun registry is an important step however we will take it to another level. All non-hunting firearms will be confiscated. Hunting weapons will be permitted but must be registered and fully accounted for. If people wish to use another type of weapon for target practice then they will be allowed to go to a local range and rent a weapon and and the ammunition to be used. Whatever they don’t use will be turned in and they will be reimbursed.

This one is so much crap I can't speak. The gun registry is a useless POS, contributes absolutely nothing to safe streets or crime prevention, and costs a bloody fortune.

Registration equates to confiscation...as is emplified by your own thinking.

Registration of firearms is, in fact, the single greatest threat to the freedom of this nation and its peoples. PERIOD!

Section 12:

The senate should no longer be appointed. We will force elections for the senate which will happen every 10 years. This will help ensure that the people of Canada are listened to justly. Also the Ethics commissioner will be made a completely separate extension that will report only to parliament, in order to clean up corrupt acts.

EEE Senate.

Yep to the Ethics commisioner.