If I were Prime Minister what would I say and do?
What is important to the people of Canada – Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!
Our greatest resource is the people of Canada . We will
put working people of Canada
back to work. Any able-bodied citizen of Canada who wants to work must be
given the opportunity to work.
First and foremost, we will implement a basic living wage to
every Canadian citizen 18-years and older. With this in place, unemployment
insurance, social security and old-age benefits can be eliminated.
Every Canadian citizen has the right to healthy food,
shelter, education and healthcare.
We will put Canadians working in the agricultural industry.
We will increase our local food production so that we reduce our dependency on
imported food and hence drastically reduce food miles, the distance food has to
travel before it gets to our dinner table.
We will put our workers to building more affordable homes.
Since we are blessed with an abundance of home construction materials that are
renewable, we will coordinate sustainable natural resource development and
extraction with our local construction industry.
We will expand our education system with free education from
early childhood to post secondary education all across Canada . An
enhanced educational system will bring a happier populace, reduce social tension
and crime and reduce the need for policing and correctional institutions. We will be
proactive rather than reactive.
With our aging population, more universal health care will
be provided where it is most urgently needed. We will collaborate with the
pharmaceutical industry to deliver prescription drugs and medication in a cost
effective manner.
In order to drive our economy, we need a national energy plan. Such a plan will be principled on conservation and use of clean renewable energy. Coal fired power plants and nuclear generating stations will be phased out. The growth of renewable energy is the path to a future of clean energy. We will promote the known forms of clean renewable energy, wind, wave action, hydro-electric, solar and geothermal.
A solid national energy plan would be meaningless if we squander our energy supply. There must be a rational balance between our energy needs and energy wants. Towns, cities, municipalities, industrial and residential users of energy must plan with an eye on conservation. Green energy projects focused on sustainable, renewable as well as energy conservation must be promoted.
Transportation issues with increasing traffic jams and grid-lock
are approaching crisis levels. Lost productivity, increasing fuel
consumption and rising air pollution are all serious consequences. This can only be addressed by
proper city, urban and population planning. Creating local, walk-able people-centric
communities in every city and municipality would be our top priority in order
to address this crisis.
Climate Change is the elephant in the room. Extreme weather
is increasingly more disruptive and destructive to our lives, community and
productivity. The financial cost of not tackling the problem far exceeds the
cost of being proactive. The short term strategy would be to reduce our
dependency on fossil fuel. In the long term we can look towards the day when
all fossil fuel will be left in the ground where it belongs.
Finally,
we address the significance of the financial sector in our local and global economy.
Interest rates play a key role not only on the growth of the money supply but
also on the growth of the economy. Our current growth imperative is not
sustainable. In order to correct this, there is an urgent need for monetary
reform. The Bank of Canada will return to its charter of being the lender to
the people of Canada .
New rules and regulations will be put into place which will direct how banks, financial institutions and lenders are allowed to conduct business. There will
be in place controls and regulations in order to halt predatory lending
practices.
On foreign policy, we believe that a sound foreign policy
begins at home. We can demonstrate that a progressive democratic government and
society works best for everyone. Our foreign policy will be principled on
cooperation, mutual respect and non-intervention. Our best export to other
sovereign nations is a visible working model of a truly social democratic society based
on compassion, tolerance, sharing, openness and fairness.
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