Well, for the past week or so, i have been working on the Canadian Peoples Party Platform and this is what I have come up with.
If this goes against any Canadian Content Rules, I have written Cosmo and #juan to see if I can post it here, and if I can't you can contact me at lover_man_86@hotmail.com.
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Canadian Peoples Party Platform:
Health care:
Universal Health Care in Canada is in trouble. There is no doubt that Canadian Health Care is not as Universal as it once was. The Americanization of Canadian Health Care cannot occur because it leaves the lowest rung of society barely fighting for survival because they cannot pay to go to hospitals to get the desired treatment. As stated by the CBC, the Canadian government spent 130 billion dollars on Health Care in 2005, with 40 billion going for private, for-profit health care.
Now the Canadian Peoples Party of Canada would not, first of all be opposed to private, non-profit health care centers, that would relieve the burden on public facilities, and would actually allow government money to flow into private clinics as long as they charge reasonable fees to their patients.
However, the Canadian Peoples Party does not believe that doctors should be allowed to double dip within the private and public system.
Finally, the Canadian Peoples Party believe that more foreign doctors and nurses should be attracted to Canada. Either into the countryside or into the larger towns and communities. Diplomas, and certificates from their home country would be accepted as good as a Canadian diploma as long as they pass a test within their first three months within Canada.
2 Sponsorship scandal, income trust scandal, and the "culture of entitlement":
The Canadian Peoples Party believes that the culture of entitlement of large Canadian parties, as seen in the case of the Conservatives of the 1980s and the Liberals of the 1990s-2000s, means that stringent laws should be put in placed so that criminal charges can be laid against MPs, if necessary as they are sitting in office by the RCMP.
The RCMP should be allowed to look at all evidence in case a scandal if it would be income trust or sponsorship.
However, an ethics commissioner is unneeded within the political process.
Real Whistleblower protection should be provided as well as more authority to the RCMP and the auditor general.
Finally, corruption and scandal should stop at the minister’s portfolio or the Prime Minister’s Office. If a scandal or corruption is found in a minister’s office or the Prime Minister’s office, the Cabinet Minister or the Prime Minister himself/herself should resign.
3 Quebec sovereignty:
The French People of Canada are one of the three people to create this entity, this Canada. Now, in the 1960s, before the Quiet Revolution there was racism against the French people in Quebec and they felt threatened by the imposing English culture.
However, the French people of Quebec is a Nation, the people have the same cultural differences, and language differences from the majority culture and should be a Nation. But the Canadian peoples Party believe that the French Nation or Quebec Nation could work within Quebec.
Through;
Bringing its cultural talents to the other provinces of Canada by more exchanges of students and emersion trips.
Bringing the Quebec people within the Constitution even if it means changing the Constitution through discussions like Meech Lake and others.
4 Gun registry and crime:
The Gun Registry that cost nearly 2 billion dollars is beneficial but also costly with regards to registering the weapons in Canada. The Canadian Peoples Party does not believe that the Gun Registry should be disbanded because it is useful in tracking weapons that are used in crimes. However, a ban on handguns, which was proposed by the Liberal Party of Canada, would not be acceptable because it punishes reasonable gun owners who rarely commit crimes themselves.
There are also illegal guns in Canada, which were missed by the Gun Registry because they were never registered or brought into the country illegally. Now, if these illegal guns haven’t been apart of a crime, they should be turned into authorities so that they can get off the street. How? By allowing a National Month Amnesty where all illegal or legal guns can be brought to the local police station, and once been turned into the police, the person who turns in the gun will receive a small cash reward.
Also, youth councils as well as National, Provincial, and Local governments should work together to get at risk youth off the streets and into work, or productive social activities like sports or Cadets.
However, the Canadian Peoples Party does not agree that 14 year old children should be charged as adults for crimes, when other restrictions of children are around 18-19 years old. Therefore, the Canadian Juvenille Act, should be changed that anyone below the age of 16 will be tried as a child unless the charge is rape, murder, or treason. Then and only then should they be tried as adults.
The Canadian Peoples Party support minimum sentences for most crimes, and hope judges stop slapping criminals on the wrist. However, it is up to politicians to put legislation that gives guidelines to Judges to follow, however, it is up to the Judge how he/she hands down the sentence in regards to the Criminal Code.
The route causes of crime should also be looked at;
Therefore, there should be a fund to combat poverty in this country. Because poverty and lack of jobs leads to the frustration that most criminals have before they go down the slippery slope of a criminal’s life.
There should also be help for criminals when they get out of prison so they can continue to reform there ways. A half-way house is no way for a criminal to prosper. They need to be taught in prison skills so that when they come out of prison they will be productive members of society. They should also go to help groups where people will help them with their problems.
And a way to stop crime, is to deport or not allow entry into this country of anyone who has a criminal record from their country of birth.
5 Social issues and "family values":
(Edited)Abortion:
1. Any person commits unlawful fetal termination who, in Canada, terminates a fetus that has developed for a period of no less than three months.
2. The three months referenced in Section 1 are to be as judged by one or more of the practicing doctors whom the bearer of the fetus had consulted during its term, or, in the absence of any such doctor, as close to three months as can be reasonably calculated by one or more doctors to be commissioned by the Court for that purpose.
3. (a) Notwithstanding anything in Sections 1 or 2, a fetus may be termined if there is reasonable cause to believe that the conception of such a fetus was caused due to a commission of a sexual offence upon the bearer of the fetus.
(b) No fetus shall be terminated pursuant to Subsection (a) if such a fetus has developed for no less than five months.
4. Notwithstanding anything in Sections 1 or 2, a fetus may be terminated if, in the opinion of two or more practicing doctors, such a termination is necessitated by the health of the bearer of the fetus and, in such a case, such a person will not have committed a crime pursuant to Section 1.
Same-Sex Marriage: Now the Canadian Peoples Party believes that the rights of Same-Sex people should be upheld, and we would oppose any curtail of benefits or rights for a minority of Canada’s population. However, the tension seems to be around a word, marriage. Therefore, the Canadian peoples Party proposes that if a person wants to go to a driect definition of marriage they should go to the church and have a wedding, and churches can decide whom they would administer to. However, if someone wants to have a ‘civil union’, they come to any federal or provincial office and they will not be barred no matter what sexuality they are.
Therefore, up to churches to allow marriage to whom they want, and to the federal and provincial governments to provide civil unions and benefits to all couples.
Child Care: The Canadian Peoples Party opposes the idea of for profit-centers to run day care for the children of this great country. The Canadian Peoples Party believes that Federal money should fund institutional daycare, as well as private centers that are not corporate for-profit daycare centers.
And in rural Canada, where institutional spaces or national day care spaces are hard to find, funding should be provided to families who do not have options to choose from.
Marijuana: Should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes and other products. However, if grow ups do not disband because of this, then any attempt to smuggle marijuana into the United States would result in a heavy handed sentence on the pot-growers and pot transporters trying to ship it into the States.
6 Taxation:
The Canadian Peoples Party believes that the Canadian Peoples are over taxed. However, one social class should not be overtaxed while the other classes benefit. The Canadian Peoples Party also thinks that a GST tax cut will not benefit anyone other than the upper-classes who have a sizable income to spend on luxuries and such. Small Business, and corporations deserve a tax cut as well.
Therefore;
It should be that the Income tax of all classes, upper, middle, and lower should be dropped 1% point. And anyone that makes less than 12,000-15,000 dollars a year, should be dropped from the tax lists.
The GST will remain as is, whether it is at 7%, 6% or 5%.
Small Businesses should receive a tax break of 1,000 dollars, and should be able to receive loans and other monetary necessities if they are trying to come out of debt.
Finally corporate tax cuts, should range from .1%-.5% of the tax rate.
8 Canada-United States relations:
Canada and the United States has had a close relationship for most of their history. Some states and provinces, New England and the Maritimes operate like they are one because they are so dependent on each other. The United States and Canada are interlinked with economics and other aspects of social life so it wouldn’t be wise to cut off any relations totally.
However, several trade tiffs have taken place, Softwood Lumber, being one of them.
So the Canadian Peoples party proposes that NAFTA should be reopened to discuss the intricate details that go into the process of tribunals and rulings by the NAFTA panel and how each country should react to these rulings.
Canada should also diversive its economy and cut American dependency from 80%+ to just around about 60-70%. The economy should diversify into other markets such as Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australia, and Africa.
However, Canada should remain friendly to America, and should cooperate on all issues, with regards to Border Security, War on Terrorism.
However, Canada should also work with America and other nations to start a War on Poverty and a War on Hunger. To end the suffering in both countries as well as around the world.
Environment:
The environment is important for all Canadians. That is why that the Canadian Peoples Party thinks that an agreement should be reached where the federal, provincial, local governments along with environmentalists as well as corporations who reside in Canada work out an agreement on pollutants that harm the environment and how to curtail these harmful pollutants that are spewed from factories and industries.
Punishment for breaking this agreement:
If a corporation violates this agreement, and doesn’t decrease its pollution of dangerous pollutants it can face a stern warning for a first offence.
Second violation would result in a 200,000 dollar fine.
Also, the Canadian Peoples Party believes that carpooling, and walking or bike riding is not only healthy but would lessen the pollution that is spewed out of cars.
And would propose that all cars and vehicles, city, provincial and military as well undergo examination every five years to see if they are fit and healthy enough to drive on Canadian streets.
11 Electoral reform:
The Canadian Peoples party would like to revise the system that is in Canadian political system right now, past the post, and turn to a more proportional representation system that would allow for better governance of Canadian politics because the Canadian Peoples Party believes it unfair for a party to gain only 30%+ of the vote but gain over 50% of the house of commons.
With a more proportional representative system, it will allow for third-parties to have greater chance of winning seats in the house of common so their voices, and the voice of their voters will be heard.
Also Part 6 of Canada Elections Act should have section 67. (4) should have the first part of 1,000 dollar deposit withdrawn because that is a steep amount of money for a person or third-party to pay.
Senate Reform:
Five Paradox:
Our Senate performs a great deal of work for the House of Commons — without their reports, the day-to-day workings of our Lower Chamber would sometimes be at a crawl. Acknowleding its feats, however, we must also consider the Senate's fundamental flaw: One person, and one person alone, holds the prerogative to appoint Senators. Therefore, it is perceived by the Canadian people that the Upper Chamber of our House of Commons is not accountable to the people of Canada, however good our Senators' intentions may be.
We believe that we can create accountability in the Senate, without the hornet's nest that can be Constitutional reform. We would like to push for the House of Commons and the Senate to resolve that, in the future, Senators are only appointed when a Prime Minister's appointment of a Senator is accepted by the Legislature of the Province that the Senator would represent. We believe that it is imperative, in a democracy such as that of Canada, both Chambers are representative of the people.
And if the Provincial Legislature of the province cannot agree on the nomination, than a referendum would be held for the people to decide if the choice is a wise one and represents the choice of the people of the province that the Senator is nominated from.
Canada has one very important benefit when it comes to our Upper Chamber — our Senators serve for a long period of time. Even when the House of Commons can completely reverse itself in a matter of months, our Senate "remembers" the past few years, and evolves and adapts to meet the needs of the people. That is why we are in favour of extended, but non-life, terms in the Senate — we believe that Senators should sit for a maximum of twelve years per term, at which point they can resign, or have their appointment renewed by their Legislature.
If this goes against any Canadian Content Rules, I have written Cosmo and #juan to see if I can post it here, and if I can't you can contact me at lover_man_86@hotmail.com.
If you think any issues have been forgotten, just post them. Thanks, sorry for the long post in advance.
Canadian Peoples Party Platform:
Health care:
Universal Health Care in Canada is in trouble. There is no doubt that Canadian Health Care is not as Universal as it once was. The Americanization of Canadian Health Care cannot occur because it leaves the lowest rung of society barely fighting for survival because they cannot pay to go to hospitals to get the desired treatment. As stated by the CBC, the Canadian government spent 130 billion dollars on Health Care in 2005, with 40 billion going for private, for-profit health care.
Now the Canadian Peoples Party of Canada would not, first of all be opposed to private, non-profit health care centers, that would relieve the burden on public facilities, and would actually allow government money to flow into private clinics as long as they charge reasonable fees to their patients.
However, the Canadian Peoples Party does not believe that doctors should be allowed to double dip within the private and public system.
Finally, the Canadian Peoples Party believe that more foreign doctors and nurses should be attracted to Canada. Either into the countryside or into the larger towns and communities. Diplomas, and certificates from their home country would be accepted as good as a Canadian diploma as long as they pass a test within their first three months within Canada.
2 Sponsorship scandal, income trust scandal, and the "culture of entitlement":
The Canadian Peoples Party believes that the culture of entitlement of large Canadian parties, as seen in the case of the Conservatives of the 1980s and the Liberals of the 1990s-2000s, means that stringent laws should be put in placed so that criminal charges can be laid against MPs, if necessary as they are sitting in office by the RCMP.
The RCMP should be allowed to look at all evidence in case a scandal if it would be income trust or sponsorship.
However, an ethics commissioner is unneeded within the political process.
Real Whistleblower protection should be provided as well as more authority to the RCMP and the auditor general.
Finally, corruption and scandal should stop at the minister’s portfolio or the Prime Minister’s Office. If a scandal or corruption is found in a minister’s office or the Prime Minister’s office, the Cabinet Minister or the Prime Minister himself/herself should resign.
3 Quebec sovereignty:
The French People of Canada are one of the three people to create this entity, this Canada. Now, in the 1960s, before the Quiet Revolution there was racism against the French people in Quebec and they felt threatened by the imposing English culture.
However, the French people of Quebec is a Nation, the people have the same cultural differences, and language differences from the majority culture and should be a Nation. But the Canadian peoples Party believe that the French Nation or Quebec Nation could work within Quebec.
Through;
Bringing its cultural talents to the other provinces of Canada by more exchanges of students and emersion trips.
Bringing the Quebec people within the Constitution even if it means changing the Constitution through discussions like Meech Lake and others.
4 Gun registry and crime:
The Gun Registry that cost nearly 2 billion dollars is beneficial but also costly with regards to registering the weapons in Canada. The Canadian Peoples Party does not believe that the Gun Registry should be disbanded because it is useful in tracking weapons that are used in crimes. However, a ban on handguns, which was proposed by the Liberal Party of Canada, would not be acceptable because it punishes reasonable gun owners who rarely commit crimes themselves.
There are also illegal guns in Canada, which were missed by the Gun Registry because they were never registered or brought into the country illegally. Now, if these illegal guns haven’t been apart of a crime, they should be turned into authorities so that they can get off the street. How? By allowing a National Month Amnesty where all illegal or legal guns can be brought to the local police station, and once been turned into the police, the person who turns in the gun will receive a small cash reward.
Also, youth councils as well as National, Provincial, and Local governments should work together to get at risk youth off the streets and into work, or productive social activities like sports or Cadets.
However, the Canadian Peoples Party does not agree that 14 year old children should be charged as adults for crimes, when other restrictions of children are around 18-19 years old. Therefore, the Canadian Juvenille Act, should be changed that anyone below the age of 16 will be tried as a child unless the charge is rape, murder, or treason. Then and only then should they be tried as adults.
The Canadian Peoples Party support minimum sentences for most crimes, and hope judges stop slapping criminals on the wrist. However, it is up to politicians to put legislation that gives guidelines to Judges to follow, however, it is up to the Judge how he/she hands down the sentence in regards to the Criminal Code.
The route causes of crime should also be looked at;
Therefore, there should be a fund to combat poverty in this country. Because poverty and lack of jobs leads to the frustration that most criminals have before they go down the slippery slope of a criminal’s life.
There should also be help for criminals when they get out of prison so they can continue to reform there ways. A half-way house is no way for a criminal to prosper. They need to be taught in prison skills so that when they come out of prison they will be productive members of society. They should also go to help groups where people will help them with their problems.
And a way to stop crime, is to deport or not allow entry into this country of anyone who has a criminal record from their country of birth.
5 Social issues and "family values":
(Edited)Abortion:
1. Any person commits unlawful fetal termination who, in Canada, terminates a fetus that has developed for a period of no less than three months.
2. The three months referenced in Section 1 are to be as judged by one or more of the practicing doctors whom the bearer of the fetus had consulted during its term, or, in the absence of any such doctor, as close to three months as can be reasonably calculated by one or more doctors to be commissioned by the Court for that purpose.
3. (a) Notwithstanding anything in Sections 1 or 2, a fetus may be termined if there is reasonable cause to believe that the conception of such a fetus was caused due to a commission of a sexual offence upon the bearer of the fetus.
(b) No fetus shall be terminated pursuant to Subsection (a) if such a fetus has developed for no less than five months.
4. Notwithstanding anything in Sections 1 or 2, a fetus may be terminated if, in the opinion of two or more practicing doctors, such a termination is necessitated by the health of the bearer of the fetus and, in such a case, such a person will not have committed a crime pursuant to Section 1.
Same-Sex Marriage: Now the Canadian Peoples Party believes that the rights of Same-Sex people should be upheld, and we would oppose any curtail of benefits or rights for a minority of Canada’s population. However, the tension seems to be around a word, marriage. Therefore, the Canadian peoples Party proposes that if a person wants to go to a driect definition of marriage they should go to the church and have a wedding, and churches can decide whom they would administer to. However, if someone wants to have a ‘civil union’, they come to any federal or provincial office and they will not be barred no matter what sexuality they are.
Therefore, up to churches to allow marriage to whom they want, and to the federal and provincial governments to provide civil unions and benefits to all couples.
Child Care: The Canadian Peoples Party opposes the idea of for profit-centers to run day care for the children of this great country. The Canadian Peoples Party believes that Federal money should fund institutional daycare, as well as private centers that are not corporate for-profit daycare centers.
And in rural Canada, where institutional spaces or national day care spaces are hard to find, funding should be provided to families who do not have options to choose from.
Marijuana: Should be legalized and taxed just like cigarettes and other products. However, if grow ups do not disband because of this, then any attempt to smuggle marijuana into the United States would result in a heavy handed sentence on the pot-growers and pot transporters trying to ship it into the States.
6 Taxation:
The Canadian Peoples Party believes that the Canadian Peoples are over taxed. However, one social class should not be overtaxed while the other classes benefit. The Canadian Peoples Party also thinks that a GST tax cut will not benefit anyone other than the upper-classes who have a sizable income to spend on luxuries and such. Small Business, and corporations deserve a tax cut as well.
Therefore;
It should be that the Income tax of all classes, upper, middle, and lower should be dropped 1% point. And anyone that makes less than 12,000-15,000 dollars a year, should be dropped from the tax lists.
The GST will remain as is, whether it is at 7%, 6% or 5%.
Small Businesses should receive a tax break of 1,000 dollars, and should be able to receive loans and other monetary necessities if they are trying to come out of debt.
Finally corporate tax cuts, should range from .1%-.5% of the tax rate.
8 Canada-United States relations:
Canada and the United States has had a close relationship for most of their history. Some states and provinces, New England and the Maritimes operate like they are one because they are so dependent on each other. The United States and Canada are interlinked with economics and other aspects of social life so it wouldn’t be wise to cut off any relations totally.
However, several trade tiffs have taken place, Softwood Lumber, being one of them.
So the Canadian Peoples party proposes that NAFTA should be reopened to discuss the intricate details that go into the process of tribunals and rulings by the NAFTA panel and how each country should react to these rulings.
Canada should also diversive its economy and cut American dependency from 80%+ to just around about 60-70%. The economy should diversify into other markets such as Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australia, and Africa.
However, Canada should remain friendly to America, and should cooperate on all issues, with regards to Border Security, War on Terrorism.
However, Canada should also work with America and other nations to start a War on Poverty and a War on Hunger. To end the suffering in both countries as well as around the world.
Environment:
The environment is important for all Canadians. That is why that the Canadian Peoples Party thinks that an agreement should be reached where the federal, provincial, local governments along with environmentalists as well as corporations who reside in Canada work out an agreement on pollutants that harm the environment and how to curtail these harmful pollutants that are spewed from factories and industries.
Punishment for breaking this agreement:
If a corporation violates this agreement, and doesn’t decrease its pollution of dangerous pollutants it can face a stern warning for a first offence.
Second violation would result in a 200,000 dollar fine.
Also, the Canadian Peoples Party believes that carpooling, and walking or bike riding is not only healthy but would lessen the pollution that is spewed out of cars.
And would propose that all cars and vehicles, city, provincial and military as well undergo examination every five years to see if they are fit and healthy enough to drive on Canadian streets.
11 Electoral reform:
The Canadian Peoples party would like to revise the system that is in Canadian political system right now, past the post, and turn to a more proportional representation system that would allow for better governance of Canadian politics because the Canadian Peoples Party believes it unfair for a party to gain only 30%+ of the vote but gain over 50% of the house of commons.
With a more proportional representative system, it will allow for third-parties to have greater chance of winning seats in the house of common so their voices, and the voice of their voters will be heard.
Also Part 6 of Canada Elections Act should have section 67. (4) should have the first part of 1,000 dollar deposit withdrawn because that is a steep amount of money for a person or third-party to pay.
Senate Reform:
Five Paradox:
Our Senate performs a great deal of work for the House of Commons — without their reports, the day-to-day workings of our Lower Chamber would sometimes be at a crawl. Acknowleding its feats, however, we must also consider the Senate's fundamental flaw: One person, and one person alone, holds the prerogative to appoint Senators. Therefore, it is perceived by the Canadian people that the Upper Chamber of our House of Commons is not accountable to the people of Canada, however good our Senators' intentions may be.
We believe that we can create accountability in the Senate, without the hornet's nest that can be Constitutional reform. We would like to push for the House of Commons and the Senate to resolve that, in the future, Senators are only appointed when a Prime Minister's appointment of a Senator is accepted by the Legislature of the Province that the Senator would represent. We believe that it is imperative, in a democracy such as that of Canada, both Chambers are representative of the people.
And if the Provincial Legislature of the province cannot agree on the nomination, than a referendum would be held for the people to decide if the choice is a wise one and represents the choice of the people of the province that the Senator is nominated from.
Canada has one very important benefit when it comes to our Upper Chamber — our Senators serve for a long period of time. Even when the House of Commons can completely reverse itself in a matter of months, our Senate "remembers" the past few years, and evolves and adapts to meet the needs of the people. That is why we are in favour of extended, but non-life, terms in the Senate — we believe that Senators should sit for a maximum of twelve years per term, at which point they can resign, or have their appointment renewed by their Legislature.
