Besides, I think it makes me look frugal!

Below, are my top 20 campaign priorities for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. My platform still needs to be costed out, etc, so you could say my platform is a little rough around the edges, but if by chance I do pull it off, and become leader of the Liberal Party, rest assured, by 2015, everything will be smoothed out.

Feel free to comment on any of my policy ideas.

Note: either wordpress doesn’t allow comments to be posted automatically, or I haven’t found how to allow comments to be posted without my approval.

Sure, Bay Street and our banking system isn’t Wall Street and the US banking system, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t areas of the financial system that do not need improving upon.

But as I did not know anything about the banking system, I wanted to get a basic knowledge of it, and after viewing various online sources, I felt I had a grasp of what monetary reformists were saying.

So either I have misunderstood what they’re saying, or they’re wrong. Either way, I had to terminate what I once thought was a monetary reform policy, where the government would issue its own money, funding based on population, then a single taxation system would be used to extinguish it.

While there is a capital requirement ratio, etc, I wanted to reinstate the fractional-reserve system, to be governed by the Bank of Canada. I believe Canadian banks set it at 9%, whereas the BoC would decide what the rate would be, perhaps setting it for 50%.

Anyways, I now have to trace my steps back, to see where I went wrong. I believe banks loan out a depositors money, not what some reformists believe, where banks create money out of thin air.

But on the other hand, while it is true that someone has to go into debt to get a loan, I became blind to the fact that once the loan is paid back, that money isn’t extinguished.

Yet I believed that part, which doesn’t make any sense too, without believing banks create money out of thin air. Anyways, I felt stupid for believing in what I did.

Now you may ask why am I saying this? Because I do not believe I am infallible, nor do I believe in not admitting my mistakes.

That being said, I have now implemented a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. So if you ever ask me about this, I will tell you to go fuck yourself!

You may find that to be unprofessional, for someone who wants to be leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, but that’s just how I roll.

But I will still ban all levels of government from borrowing. Only the federal government can order the BoC to issue more money, in a time of a natural disaster, etc. So by default, it will force all governments to have a balanced budget; governments will no longer be able to spend, what they do not have.

- The traveling wave reactor can run for decades on depleted uranium, which there are large amounts around the world. The reactor is slow, and creates and burns its own plutonium fuel as it goes. One load of fuel will last at least 40 years

- It is understandable to fear a level 7 nuclear meltdown, causing a release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects, but not only are traveling wave reactors safer than the common light water reactor, which are used in Japan, but these plants could be built inside a circular dome, maybe even underground, if it would alleviate people’s fears

- Build geothermal plants across the country in areas that are best suitable for electricity generation

- But no matter what type of geothermal plant will be built, the environmental impacts must first be dealt with; like using closed-loop systems, etc

- I am against the Keystone XL expansion, the Northern Gateway pipeline, and will eventually shut down all tar sands in Canada (note: if either project is approved, as much as I would love to shut it down, unless an environmental disaster happens, I will not be able to shut it down. As for eventually shutting all tars sands down, The US already does get some oil from us, through the Keystone pipeline, and until the US gets its shit in order, and starts building green technology, my hands are some-what tied. But if by chance neither project is approved by 2015, as Prime Minister, I would not approve either project.)

- Ban hydraulic fracturing, until the issue of chemicals, some of which are toxic and carcinogenic, along with the issue of using gallons of fresh water, the methane gas that escapes into the atmosphere through venting, and the pipeline leaks that has happened in the past, has been dealt with

- Eventually ban all offshore drilling. Until then, I want all oil rigs and petroleum tankers to be checked for safety standards; those that fail, will be taken out of service

- Those who would lose their job from the closure of the tar sands, hydraulic fracturing, and offshore drilling, will have the option of taking one of the new jobs that will be created under Canada’s new green energy-economy, at their current pay rate, or higher, if their new job pays more than their current one, or be paid their current salary, while they’re learning new job skills

- Ban mountaintop removal

- Coal will not be used for electricity generation in Canada, and coal in Canada will only be sold in small amounts to other countries

- The federal government passed new regulations which will require hundreds of Canadian municipalities to install or upgrade sewage treatment systems. What was missing, is requiring advanced wastewater treatment, which will include sludge dewatering like in New York City, and water reclamation like in Singapore. Municipalities will not have to use water reclamation for drinking water

- All products made or sold in Canada will have to either be recyclable, reusable, or biodegradable, with some possible exceptions. For a product to be considered biodegradable, it must break down within weeks or a few months, and must be environmentally friendly; it must not become hazardous to humans, animals or plant life afterwards

- Once all products are either recyclable, reusable, or biodegradable, there will be no more garbage as we know it, and all municipalities must have a food/biodegradable collection program, to go along with their recycling program, and possibly also have advanced anaerobic digestion

- Biodigesters are used in many countries around the world to process animal, certain agricultural, and human waste. All farms will either have a farm-based anaerobic digestion system, or will send their farm waste to a central source

- Work with the UN and other countries on cleaning up and protecting the world’s oceans by tackling the tons of floating garbage. It is estimated that over 70% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by marine plant life; hence why it is so important to start cleaning up the world’s oceans

- All vehicles made or sold in Canada must either be electric, solar, or a combination between electric and solar technologies. This will be so, until another clean technology can be used

- Eventually all airplanes, maritime vessels and helicopters, will only use solar and electric technology, or some other form of clean technology, once the technology can handle the energy requirements

- Pass a law mandating all homes, residential and commercial buildings that will be built in the future, be made with solar panel technology. And most residential and commercial buildings will have green roofs that are either partially or completely covered

- Give government grants for home owners to retrofit their homes with solar panels, energy efficient appliances, etc

- All of Canada’s boreal forests will be protected by law. Less than 8 percent of Canada’s boreal forest is protected to date

- Look at what areas in Canada might be suited for afforestation

- All light bulbs must be LED, as CFL light bulbs use mercury. Also look into ending other products that use mercury in them

- Pass an environmental bill into law, that when new technology makes it possible for any industry to be more environmentally progressive, said industry must do so. This will mean, it will no longer be voluntary for corporations to be environmentally progressive, nor dependent upon the government to create new environmental policies and laws each time

- Instead, the federal government will partner with municipalities on a national housing program, starting with municipalities with the biggest population

- The new CMHC program will work like this: cities will give up the land needed to build the housing, and run the housing program. Why? Because each city will have their own housing needs, something a massive federal bureaucracy cannot understand. But there will be conditions that all buildings must meet, like environmental standards

- The federal government will provide the funding, and the profits from housing will be shared 50/50

- These buildings will have commercial retail space on the ground level, which could possibly take up more floors, depending on a city’s needs, and apartments for single people, seniors and families

- A 1 bedroom will be 500-1,000sq, and families will live in a 4 bedroom apartment of 2,000-2,500sq. The rent-geared-to-income of 30% will stay as is

- Having a national public housing program will not only raise the standard of living for renters, but the federal and municipal governments will have a new revenue source

My goal is to have at least 10 million people part of public housing. Now say if the average rent was $500 per month, that would equal $5 billion per month, $60 billion per year, minus operating costs.

- CERA is a multipurpose aid force to assist provinces and territories whenever they need it, because there has been in the past, and will probably be in the future, a natural disaster happening somewhere in Canada

- When asked by a province, territory, or city, CERA will respond to a State of Emergency. To keep a clear chain of command, CERA personnel, equipment and supplies, will be under control of the local authority

- CERA will only take over when the local authority doesn’t have a well organized chain of command, or they just do not know what they’re doing

- Only the Prime Minister, or the Minister responsible for CERA can over-rule the local authority

- CERA personnel will take paramedic, firefighting, policing, riot and other forms of training related to dealing with a State of Emergency

- CERA time to time will also help out other countries when they request for assistance, like with the nuclear meltdown in Japan

- All military equipment not needed for CERA, will either be transferred over to the United Nations to assist in peacekeeping operations, or will be sold

- $1 billion of the military budget will be transferred to the annual budget of CSIS, as terrorism, whether it be religious or political, is the true threat to our national security, not invasion from another country

- As for the rest of the military budget, a small portion will be set aside for CERA, leaving the rest to be spent elsewhere

- The CJC will now hear complaints from within the legal community, and recommendations on how to improve the legal system from the general public, and from those who work within the legal system; have the power to discipline or remove judges; hold public inquiries; request the police to investigate possible criminal actions within the legal system, or appoint investigators with special powers to do so

- The federal government can only create new courts with the approval of the CJC, and the abolition of federal courts will only take place after going to a referendum with a seventy-five percent approval

- Voters will serve a term of one year, and will not serve again until everybody on the voters list has had the opportunity to serve, and will not serve on more than
one government board at a time, and cannot have any association with government, or within the legal system

- Individuals who sit on the CJC, will receive double their current salary, and will be permitted to take a leave of absence from work for the time they serve on the CJC, without losing position or seniority

- Judicial Commissioners will only be removed if Parliament and the Judicial Commissioner’s own commission approve the removal. It will require a 50% plus 1 approval from the Senate and House, and all commissioners, excluding
the commissioner(s) in question, will need to approve to have said commissioner(s) removed from the Canadian Judicial Council

- The commission will require a two-thirds vote on all decisions, with all members being present for the vote; unless before hand they swear in-front of the chairman
declaring their vote

- Law Societies will be made up of one-third elected lawyers, one-third government appointees, and one-third of people randomly chosen from the voters list

- The Prime Minister will no longer appoint Justices to the Supreme Court, nor will the Minister of Justice appoint federal judges. Instead, Parliament will set out the qualifications to become a judge or justice, and anyone who meets these qualifications, will be allowed to submit their name for nomination, to be approved by both houses of Parliament

- Create a Sentencing Court made up of 15 people from the general public; 5 appointed by the government, and 5 judges randomly chosen, to be setup in every province and territory, to hand down sentences anywhere from probation, to life in prison

If an argument can be made that a Sentencing Court is not a good idea, then I will pass mandatory life sentences for all murders, rapes, pedophilia, and terrorism, (I have government corruption an automatic life sentence under government accountability)

I will also pass other hard sentences for violent crimes. I not only believe in a separation of powers from the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government (we have a parliamentary system, so the executive and legislative are one and the same) but a separation of powers within the judicial system as well.

Judges should only make sure the proceedings are fair. Now if a defendant still wishes to be found guilty by that same judge, then so be it, but I am tried of socialist judges passing soft sentences for harden criminals.

But I also do not believe the government should be handing down sentences either. Only deciding what is illegal, based around the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But if it has to be either or, then I choose the government passing down sentences for certain crimes.

- Canadians will no longer be forced to take part in the jury system

- Offer defendants the choice of having a jury made up of the legal community

- Only the Supreme Court of Canada will be allowed to over-rule an administrative decision of the Government of Canada, or any law passed by the government, but the government will have the power to either call a referendum, or place on the ballot for the next general election, asking the voters of Canada the approval to undo the Court’s ruling

- The Supreme Court of Canada will have the power to issue a warrant for the arrest of any government official that violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, once they have refused orders from the Court to undo any violations

That being said, having millions of homeless seniors is not a benefit to society, so if seniors are going to end up on welfare, (welfare, EI and the CPP are all the same, as it is government assistance) then we might as well have a livable CPP.

- Retirement benefits will no longer be based on how much one pays into the CPP, but how many hours one works over their life time of work

- For 96,000 hours worked, (which is 50 years of full-time work) said individual will receive $35,000 a year in CPP benefits

- For 86,400 hours worked, (which is 45 years of full-time work) said individual will receive $30,000 a year in CPP benefits

- For 76,800 hours worked, (which is 40 years of full-time work) said individual will receive $25,000 a year in CPP benefits

- For those who have reached the age of retirement, and fail to reach the minimum requirement for hours worked, will either have to continue working, go on welfare, or find some other means of financial support

- Eventually Old Age Security will be terminated

- CPP eligibility will be given to minors who are working, and living on their own

- This new pension plan will begin for those aged 40 and under. It may be extended to cover those over 40, depending on the costs

- Because of Canada’s changing demographics, and increased life expectancy, a reduced pension plan at age 60, will no longer be available

- For those aged 40 and under, the eligible retirement age will be raised from 65 to 70 (this excludes those who are no longer abled to work)

- Eventually employers will not be required to pay CPP premiums for employees

- For those aged 40 and under, eventually CPP premiums will be at least 10% of their monthly income, and be required to pay into the fund directly, instead of through their employer

- Eventually the CPP will not be compulsory

- Workers over seventy years of age, still working, and part of the CPP, will no longer be exempt from paying into the pension fund

- Eventually people will no longer pay EI premiums. Instead, after an individual who was on EI, will have to reimburse the government, minus any community service hours they worked, pro-rated at the minimum wage

- The no fault of their own EI restrictions for collecting on regular benefits will no longer apply

- Eventually employers will not be required to pay EI premiums for employees

- Under EI, a person’s full rent will be covered if they have lived at their current residence for at least 3 years

- Those who have lived at their current residence for less than three years, will have their rent covered up to $800 per month

- Monthly transit passes will be covered, if needed, and will be given $300 per month to buy food

- For those who have a house, but have mortgage payments, and need the government to assist them on their payments, the government will own the percentage of the amount payed for by the government, and before the house can be sold, or transferred to someone else, the government must first be repaid

- Once someone starts working full-time again, they can stay on EI for another two months

- Those who are working part-time, and their salary is not enough to leave EI, will only have their rent covered for a maximum of 3 months. After that, only 75% of their rent will be covered, and 3 months after that, 50%

- Those on EI will have to meet certain conditions: anyone who commits a crime while on EI, will be banned for life, and after three months of being on EI, that person is then expected to take job training, education, community service: cleaning up the neighbourhood, community watch, charity work, or to take a temporary, part-time or full-time job, when there is an opportunity, or that person will be banned for life

- The RCMP will now solely be responsible for investigating all internal affairs of local police departments

- Create a Sexual Harassment Commission, to review RCMP policies on sexual harassment, and ask all current and former female officers to speak with the commission, on their personal experience within the RCMP, with anonymity

- Create an RCMP ombudsman appointed by Parliament

- All police officers when on duty, and dealing with the general public, must wear a small visual/audio device

- Ban police officers from using tasers on the general public

- Reform police boards, where there would be four people randomly chosen from the voters list, and five members appointed by municipal governments, one of which will be the chairman of the board

- Police boards will have the power to hold public inquiries; discipline or fire peace officers, and will hear complaints and recommendations on how to improve the policing system from the general public, and from those who work within the policing system. The police board will only have the power to make recommendations to city council on making any changes within the policing system

- Police boards will appoint a Police Complaints and Investigations Commissioner, mandated to conduct independent investigations of the police when there are incidences involving the general public. The commissioner will also have the power to charge peace officers with a criminal offence

- Either remove all agricultural boards, like with the Canadian Wheat Board, and mandate a minimum set % for farmers, so when they go to sell their products on the free market, farmers are guaranteed a profit when they go to sell their product, or continue with the current system setup for most of Canada’s agricultural industry, and not only reinstate the CWB, but monopsony the entire Canadian agricultural industry

- If the entire agricultural system is to be monopolized, then farmers will be paid 30% from last year’s market prices, upon each delivery, and will be paid an extra 20% at the end of the year, from any profits the government makes from total sales of the year

- Because food is essential to life, and because market fluctuations will either force a farmer to try and produce alternative crops, or sell their farm to be developed over, which then destabilizes the food supply, farmers will only be able to change crops, with government approval, and when a farm is sold or transferred, that farm must stay as is, unless there is federal approval to do so otherwise

- Farmers will now have the option of selling their farm to the government at market prices, and if they so choose, a job managing the farm

- Only if the government wants a different kind of crop, will the costs of changing a crop be covered

- Ban genetically modified crops. The research on genetically modified foods, and genetically modifying crops used for clothing, will be allowed to continue

- Farm owners using genetically modified crops, will be compensated to transition back

- If farmers wish to use pesticides, they will have to be non-toxic pesticides, unless it can be proven that toxic pesticides are needed

- All factory farms will be free-range. Farms can still be fenced-in, but there must be enough free space to roam around, and farm animals must be free to move about

- The use of antibiotics and hormones in animals, and livestock feed will be reviewed

- Aquaculture farms will all be land-based recirculating systems, which must meet the highest of environmental standards

- Aquaculture farms that raise carnivorous fish, must either use a vegetable or insect-based dietary protein as fishmeal

- Aquaculture farms cannot have a high density of fish per tank, unless it is schooling fish