Here are some ideas that should be implemented by the Conservatives:
1. Reform the Canada Health Act to allow elements of private health care/public-private partnerships.
2. Income tax reform - flat tax, income splitting, baby bonus, etc.
3. Abolishing or overhauling "Human Rights" Commissions, so they're true to their word, not free speech attackers!
4. Placing some sort of limit on abortions, NOT outlawing them, just putting a time limit on when one could be performed, like most other countries.
5. Ditching the middle power thing and emphasize Canada as a major energy power.
6. Reform the CRTC
7. More military spending, especially on the airforce, so Canada can be committed to major peacekeeping operations and NATO operations.
8. Continue to emphasize the need for Senate reform.
9. Establish a national infrastructure program (would be popular in urban and rural areas).
10. Call a First Minister's meeting to address the problem of inter-provincial trade restrictions, especially between Ontario and Quebec.
11. Formulate a new energy plan to make Canada energy independent, Alberta oil should be supplied to all of Canada AND be traded elsewhere (we should not import oil) - Emphasize nuclear and hydro power!
12. Abolish or reform the Canadian Wheat Board.
13. Serious action is needed to address the state of aboriginal reserves in Canada.
14. Immigration Reform! Canada need a new immigration plan, fast track skilled immigrants! I know this has been proposed, but it must go further.
15. And the shocker! Repeal official multiculturalism! Why can't Canada be a melting-pot nation? It has been proven many times that multiculturalism actually makes it more difficult for immigrant communities.
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I don't understand why people seem to think all ideas are evidently liberal or conservative, and that we should spend half our time making enemies of opposing parties rather than finding solutions. It seems to me that the ideas you put forth are worthwhile (except saying caring for "the elderly" is not worth the money... Didn't you just read about Hitler?), and your main objective is to inspire change. But I'm always concerned when people versed in history and politics are so quick to assume the current reality is somehow different from everything that has transpired up until today. If you've objectively looked at history of societies, you should have identified that in the end, the petty squabbling of political parties is not what ultimately impacts the fate of man, and years from now, whether you're a moderate-conservative or not won't matter in the slightest. You read Paris 1919, for example. In fact, you needn't look father than the course of history for your own country to see this.
It seems you want to make the country better and yet you focus so much time on reading conservative viewpoint books, what could you possibly bring to the table that's unique if you look at politics as if through a keyhole? For example, to go out of your way to point out Obama has a smaller lead than one might expect is like looking at one piece of a mosaic and concluding the entire thing is blue. Ironically you previously concluded that Obama would definitely win the presidency due to Colin Powell's endorsement. You once wrote that history was "a subfield of philosophy", a point I don't agree with, but if you believe it I have to wonder why you don't apply it to your writing.
I also have to wonder if you actually believed anything you read in "America Alone". If so, you need to get some Muslim friends...
Thanks to respinding, Kim, you brought up some interesting points!
Now, I'll make my rebuttal short and to the point.
1. I did not suggest that the elderly are not worth caring for - what I meant is that the current system is becoming too expensive, and will eventually lead to inadequate care.
2. I don't just read right-wing books - I have read Jean Chretien's Strait From the Heart, Collapse by Jarred Diamond, The Collapse of Globalism, 10 Days that Shook the World, Big Red Machine, The Perils of Empire, and I'm currently reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope.
3. When a country has a democratic history, sometimes the petty squablings of political parties impacts the fate of 'man'.
For example - During the French Revolution, the radicals, moderates, and conservatives squabled their heads off - literally, having a profound impact on the future of France - and Europe. Also Gladstone vs. Disraeli - a classic political squabling which shaped the future of the Britih Empire! Also look at Thatcher vs Labour, The Communists in Europe, Separtists vs. Liberals in Quebec, Bush vs. Gore, etc, etc, etc, all that political party stuff had a great imapct on their respective countries - and shaped the world.
3. I don't look at politics through a key hole, I have a good knowledge of the ideologies of fascists, communists, socialists, liberals, conservatives, environmetalists, etc, and I made up my mind who I support.
4. Obama has been underperforming, what I am saying is that Colin Powell's endorsement will change that.
5. I do not beleive everything in America Alone!
6. Thanks for expressing your views, I appreciate good debate! Thats why I started Blogging.
'You sure about the 'melting pot' thing Michael?
It might not melt the way you think. White birth rate is falling faster than America's property values while minority birth rate is up and will continue to climb. By all expectations ethnic minorities are going to eclipse white Canadians in a few decades and they do not necessarily subscribe to the Judeo-Christian ideology.
Look down, the aroma of the US melting pot is of refried beans and cheese, mmmmmmm.
Be careful what you wish for..., as they say.
Cheers
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