2. Business Tax
Significantly increase business taxation.
Increase business taxation.
Keep business tax cuts in the budget.
Reduce business taxation.
Significantly reduce business taxation.
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3. Government Ethics
Create a ministry of government honesty.
More Auditor-General funding, independent ethics commissioner and Federal Accountability Act.
Independent ethics commissioner and Federal Accountability Act.
Government transparency is fine the way it is.
We need less government transparency.
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4. Crime
Minimal sentencing for criminals.
Rehabilitation and prevention, not punishment for criminals.
We need a balanced system with harsher penalties for repeat offenders.
Add more law enforcement officers, increase minimum sentencing, and dangerous offender registry.
Vary harsh punishments for criminals. Reinstate the death penalty!
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5. Parliament and Senate
Proportional representation combined with constituency-based MPs.
More free votes, referendums, and start exploring a Triple-E senate.
Review current electoral system. Look at democratizing senate.
Make some changes to allow more free votes.
Make the government less democratic!
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6. Education
Education is a right. Make university free!
Reduce tuition fees with increased federal funds for education.
Some new funding for education.
Tuition grants with some new funding to support research.
No federal funding for post-secondary education. Make it a provincial responsibility.
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7. Trade
Dismantle free trade agreements and increase tariffs on foreign goods.
Stand up to the US and WTO on issues like softwood lumber.
Approach open markets with caution.
More free trade, and remove inter-provincial trade barriers.
All markers should be open!
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8. Gun Control
We need more gun control. The gun registry is not enough!
Cap cost of gun registry, focus on crime prevention.
Maintain registry, but cap the costs and initiate a public inquiry into overruns.
Get rid of gun registry, hire more law enforcement officers!
Get rid of gun registry, and reduce other forms of gun control.
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9. Immigration
Immigration is great. Take in more than 1 million per year.
Immigration is great. Take in 1% of our population per year. Speed up immigration process.
Keep immigration at current levels.
Reduce immigration while focusing on skilled immigrants. More integration.
Significantly reduce immigration.
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10. Environment
The environment needs to be our top national priority.
We need more environmental legislation. Go beyond Kyoto to fight climate change.
Implement Kyoto. Tax incentives for clean technologies.
Use tax incentives to reduce pollution. Kyoto is too much.
The environment is fine. Global warming is fiction, not fact.
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11. Illegal Substances
Fully decriminalize marijuana.
Decriminalize simple marijuana possession.
Keep drug laws as they are.
Tougher laws and increased enforcement for illegal substances.
Begin a full-blown war on drugs.
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12. Defence
Drastically cut defence expenditures.
Decrease defence spending.
Keep defence expenditures the same.
Increase the defence budget.
Significantly increase the defence budget.
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13. Foreign Aid
Focus entire foreign policy on foreign aid and assistance.
Give 0.7% of GDP towards poverty relief, while looking at forgiving foreign debts.
Increase foreign aid, look at forgiving some foreign debts.
Keep spending on foreign aid the same.
Countries should rely on individual donors for aid.
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14. Personal Tax
Increase income tax for wealthy.
No increase on income tax, use surplus to fund social programs.
Reduce income tax using budget surplus.
Reduce income tax, cut the GST.
Significantly reduce income tax.
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15. Provincial Powers
Significantly increase federal control.
Increase federal control.
Keep federal and provincial powers as they are.
Devolve some powers to the provinces.
Provinces should operate like semi-independent nation states.
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16. Health Care
Health care should be 100% public.
Publicly financed and delivered health care is a human right.
Keep commitment to public healthcare. Continue to reduce waiting times.
Establish maximum acceptable wait times.
Increase privatization of health care.
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17. Same-Sex Marriage
Take action against religious figures who refuse to wed same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriage is a fundamental human right.
Same-sex marriage should continue to be allowed in Canada.
Allow free vote in House of Commons to decide on same-sex marriage issue.
Hold a national referendum to decide on same-sex marriage issue.
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18. Family
The state should raise all children.
National public daycare system to ensure quality childcare.
Allow public and private day cares.
Tax incentives for stay-at-home parents, choice of daycare provider.
Generous tax incentives for stay-at-home parents, large child tax credit.
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