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* Please note that all policy ideas presented here are meant to be discussed and debated vigourously and only represent an attempt at a starting point for the development of a Canadian Republic.
1 - Establish the Republic of Canada with a new Constitution.
2 - Remove the Monarchy of the UK from every aspect of Canadian government.
3 - All land in Canada is no longer owned by the Queen, and ownership and control is returned to Canadian property owners under a new Constitution.
4 - The federal government of Canada can own land, however all land in Canada that is not owned privately does not automatically belong to the federal government of Canada, as the situation is today.
5 - All anti-terror laws passed in Canada shall be abolished, with equality, justice and liberty for all Canadians guaranteed by a new Constitution.
6 - The income tax shall be slowly decreased until it is abolished.
7 - Consumption taxes such as sales taxes and excise taxes shall be slowly increased to compensate for the lack of government revenue from income taxes, and protective tariffs shall be enacted against wares made unfairly, such as slave/sweatshop made goods, which shall be considered to be going against free market principles of fair competition and fair remuneration for services rendered.
8 - Hemp in all its forms, including what is commonly called Marijuana, shall be legalized completely and the hemp industry shall be strongly encouraged in Canada.
9 - The executive shall be a separate branch of government and the executive will not sit in either house of the Congress. The executive shall take care to see that the laws are faithfully executed, in the spirit in which the law was created, and that they are constitutional. The executive branch shall not have the ability to issue signing statements interpreting the law differently than intended, however it will have the ability to issue signing statements on its interpretation of a new law and the intention behind it as a record for future generations to reference.
10 - 30 seconds of advertising time per hour of broadcasting time will be given to citizens voices free of charge on any topic they choose, on a first-come first-serve basis, on all television stations in Canada.
11 - Media monopolies like Bell GlobeMedia will be broken up and strict new laws protecting the independence of the press and mandating its de-centralization shall be enacted.
12 - The derivatives market in Canada shall be abolished, and speculative markets of the type shall be prohibited in Canada on the grounds of being destructive to the general welfare of the country.
13 - All bank ATM fees shall be made illegal in Canada.
14 - Much stricter regulation of the banking and financial industries shall be enacted.
15 - Strict anti-usury laws shall be passed in Canada.
16 - The laws separating the four pillars of the financial system shall be re-enacted.
17 - The statutory reserves through the Bank of Canada shall be re-enacted.
18 - Strict laws restricting capital flight shall be enacted to wrestle control over the economy away from the international money speculators.
19 - The Canadian dollar shall be taken off the international currency trading markets.
20 - Lending to the various levels of government in Canada shall be done through the Bank of Canada and a new law mandating that a minimum amount of financing be done each year through the Bank of Canada shall be passed. Furthermore, it shall be enshrined in the new Constitution that all money created in Canada will be done in a credit system of debt-free sovereign money creation and that all forms of monetarist or debt-based currency are prohibited in Canada.
21 - Massive new investment in infrastructure across Canada will be financed cheaply through the Bank of Canada.
22 - International pressure will be applied by Canada urging the closing of the Bank of International Settlements.
23 - It shall be re-established as a principle in Canadian politics that the central bank is not independent of the government and is in fact subservient to it by law.
24 - Lobbying shall be abolished in Canada and strict rules shall govern all aspects of political life to ensure that elected officials are not corrupted by material offerings.
25 - Four weeks paid vacation shall be guaranteed to all Canadian workers working full-time.
26 - Nationwide soil, water, and air tests shall be done and a new law mandating them every five years shall be enacted. All sites found to be contaminated shall be cleaned up to the fullest extent possible.
27 - Canada shall become a world leader in the development of Generation IV nuclear reactors and Helium-3 fusion reactors.
28 - Canada shall develop its own independent space program, and work in alliance with the space programs of other nations, to setup permanent bases on the moon, with several research and mining purposes, not the least of which being mining Helium-3 for use in fusion power generation.
29 - Canada will work with the United States to build a land-bridge to Russia via Alaska.
30 - Canada will construct a nationwide MagLev train system.
31 - The new Constitution of the Republic of Canada shall guarantee that all powers not expressly given to the federal government by the Constitution are given to the municipal or provincial levels, or to the people directly.
32 - The new houses in the bicameral legislature shall meet in a circle formation instead of divided down the middle. If there are informal heads of any political bloc, they shall all sit together.
33 - Citizen ballot initiatives shall be encouraged and given more force of law in all levels of government in Canada.
34 - The palatial Parliament building in Ottawa shall be turned into a museum and a new, more modest building shall be constructed to house the legislature in order to remind Canadians that our elected officials are not royalty and they do not belong in a palace.
35 - Canada will conduct its own investigation into the events of 9/11 to determine whether our involvement in Afghanistan is justified.
36 - Canada will conduct a thorough investigation into PROMIS software.
37 - The new Constitution of the Republic of Canada shall guarantee an option to vote "none of the above" in every municipal, provincial, and federal election in Canada, and if none of the above wins, a new election must be run with all new candidates.
38 - Recalls of elected officials if a sufficient number of their constituents are displeased with their performance shall be made easier.
39 - All hate speech laws in Canada shall be abolished and freedom of speech shall be guaranteed to all Canadians.
40 - Canada shall withdraw from NAFTA.
41 - Canada shall withdraw from the UN.
42 - Canada shall no longer do business with the IMF or the World Bank.
43 - Canada's debts resulting from the ideology of the Washington Consensus shall be declared null and void.
44 - Any elected official in Canada will be prohibited from engaging in private, secretive meetings such as the Bilderberg meetings, and said types of meetings shall be prohibited in Canada as anathema to our way of life.
45 - The rights of corporations shall be re-defined in the new Constitution. Corporations will be given all rights necessary to build a successful business in a free market, but they will no longer enjoy full personhood and equal protection under the law as flesh and blood humans. There will also be laws establishing that money does not equal free speech and the right to persuade politicians with money as freely as with free speech is not protected.
46 - CSIS shall be abolished and all intelligence gathering shall be given to the authority of the military in Canada. Furthermore, the bulk of intelligence gathering will shift from domestic spying to international intelligence gathering with the purpose of defending Canada from attack. Canada will assemble a committee to determine whether it is in the country's best interest to withdraw from the UK–USA Security Agreement.
47 - The federal government shall provide financial incentives to encourage students to enroll in scientific post-secondary programs, as well as tax credits and other financial incentives to encourage private investment in advanced scientific industries.
48 - A 1% Financial Transactions "Sales Tax" will be collected by the Federal government, and will be used to fund infrastructure and development projects across Canada, and shall be disbursed as follows: 50% to the Federal government, and 50% to the Provincial governments, distributed amongst the provinces according to population density. The tax will also be used to discourage excess speculation in the market, as well as high-frequency "flash trading," and to help steer more credit in the marketplace towards long-term, productive investment. Finally, the tax may also be used to help the federal and provincial governments pay down their debts.
