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Given how little difference there actually is between public and private media in Canada today, how would you reduce the redundancies between the two? I could see a few possible solutions: 1. Cut public media funding altogether. 2. Shift funding from English and French to sign...

How to regulate the online advertizing of sexual services. I think we can draw a parallel between purchasing sexual services and consuming alcohol. Given the harm alcohol can cause, one can make a rational case for its prohibition in principle, presumably if the prohibition were reasonably...

Why do we ignore no-to-low-cost strategies to promote reconciliation with Canada's indigenous peoples? With on-reserve schools being funded from $2,000 to $3,000 less per child than comparable off-reserve schools, many indigenous children speaking a mother tongue that is fundamentally different...

Why adultery should be a fineable offence. It may seem strange at first read, but I believe one can make a strong case for making adultery a fineable offence with a few caveats. Imagine if adultery were a fineable offence with the fine doubling for each repeat offence but the police being...

This election, will you at least consider your local independent or fringe party candidate? I could see the Green Party and Libertarianism Parties fielding some worthy candidates this election, along with possibly a few independent candidates. They just need to be given a chance to be heard...

Perhaps with the exception of those who are medically incapable of acquiring it, should proven literacy be a requirement to earn the right to vote? In exchange for that, I'd even be willing to reduce the voting age to fifteen, but maybe raise the age to be elected to 21, and even extend the...

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/ndp-leader-tom-mulcair-target-of-new-conservative-attack-ads-1.3176663 Since when is changing from one party to another a shameful act? Are the Conservatives off their rocker? I want this campaign to be about polucy, what each party has to offer. It's quickly...

I remember reading or hearing a few years ago that immigration marriage fraud is actually a big problem in Canada. How should we discourage it?

He opposed Ignatieff's bid for Prime Minister due to his residency abroad yet never proposed changing the law to prohibit Canadians who have lived abroad from running for Parliament. He opposes Mulcair's dual citizenship even if it is for the security it gives him to remain with his wife and...

I've read a few times on Canadian Content that we should be allowed to deny entry to Canada for any reason and deport a person for any reason. Those who say this, do they really mean it? Imagine a white CBSA agent denying entry to a black man because he thinks all blacks are criminals, or an...

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/topstories/latest-ndp-ad-a-compelling-bit-of-anti-conservative-narrative-1.3154261 It seems the NDP ads are becoming just as bad as the CPC ones. Instead of "As your MP I would do x, y, and z", it's now "Vote for us because the alternative is even worse." No wonder...

Are Canada’s ‘Official Languages’ Still Relevant in Canada Today? - The Centre for Constitutional Studies An interesting perspective within the context of reconciliation. AFN asks Ottawa to declare all aboriginal languages official - The Globe and Mail Another interesting article on the matter.

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/topstories/truth-and-reconciliation-canadians-see-value-in-report-skeptical-government-will-act-1.3144271 "7 of 10 Canadians agree with TRC's characterization of residential schools as 'cultural genocide'"

I remember being attracted to the Reform Party's stance on free trade and what I knew of its language policy in its time, but hesitated to vote for my local Reform candidate for two reasons. For one thing, I still voted for the party and not the candidate, and so considered the party. Another...

https://www.libertarian.ca/platform/ I don't agree with all of it and the parts I do agree with are somewhat vaguely worded (though I'm sure the local candidate could fill in the details). It seems to contain things in it that both the right and the left can agree on. For the left, it's very...

It's amazing that none of the leaders are making literacy a major campaign issue. According to Statistics Canada 2011, around 50% (and 60% on reserves) of Canadians over 16 are functionally literate in neither official language. How does this class of Canadians find well-paid employment? It...

The right v. the obligation to bear arms. Reading how an NRA member's statement that gun crimes usually occur in 'gun-free' zones, I got the impression that he's implying that if I choose to not be armed, then I have none to blame but myself if I'm ever attacked. In Canada, where many places...

Proposal for a candidate-party ballot. Given that some prefer to vote for a party brand while others prefer to vote for a candidate, what would be your thoughts on a candidate-party ballot? What I mean by this is that the ballot would include the names of all local candidates and all...

Given how high the NDP is in the polls and that that party is most in favour of abolishing the senate, reforming election laws and voting systems, and seems to be the most open to opening the Constitution, promote more centralization, etc., constitutional reform is almost inevitable under an NDP...

Contrary to popular opinion, education is both a Federal and a Provincial matter. At present, though the Federal Government has the Constitutional right to create its own curriculum and tests for public schools on reserves and on military bases at home and abroad, and for the children of...