Fix Canada Now
By
James Bredin
Canada, in reality is a dysfunctional dictatorship where democracy is an illusion.
Canadians do not elect their prime minister. He/she is only elected leader
of a political party by the members of that party. Canadians have no direct input
into this decision. Only this prime minister, who is not elected by all Canadians,
will decide if or when Canadians are allowed an election. Parliament only sits
about 3 months a year and during the remaining months the prime minister rules the country by order in council – unquestioned
authority to push his policies.
Canadians
do not elect their governor general. He/she is chosen by the unelected prime
minister. Canadians do not elect their senators -- appointed for life (Until
75 or die) by the same unelected prime minister. Canadians do not question their
appointed Supreme Court judges who may indeed have many hidden prejudices and special interests -- feminism, homosexuality,
prisoners rights. These are the same people, dressed up like bishops, who change
and therefore make more Canadian laws than parliament.
Constitution
Canadians
need a Confederation for Tomorrow Conference and soon. The Liberals will delay this proposal forever because of what happened
to Mulroney at Meeche and Charlottetown when he and Joe Clark attempted
to amend the constitution. Both Mulroney
and Clark wanted an updated version of the present Charter and they wanted to give even more
rights to Quebec and every feminist and left wing group in town. Constitutions should not be written to cull partisan votes from favored provinces or special interest groups
and Canada should not be held to ransom by Quebec separatists.
1. This constitutional conference should be held in a small town in a remote place in the West -- away from the central-Canada pressures (Quebec with $5.5 billion in equalization (welfare) payments annually) and away from the have-not
Atlantic provinces.
2. It
should run in the belief that if we don't get it right this time, Canada could eventually join the US, all together or one province at a time. This has many
positive and many negative factors. Canadian soldiers have fought beside US soldiers
in WW1, WW2, Korea, Gulf War, Balkans and Afghanistan. The differences between Canadians and Americans are almost non existent
-- same language, customs and history. Canadians have a federal health-care system and the Americans do not. This difference could be eliminated if or when the Americans get health care from their government.
Global issues have arrived with the international global economy which cannot be hidden under a sea of constant
Liberal/socialist propaganda. Canada should be a politically functional democracy -- not a straightjacket of Liberal political policies.
3. A simple
and easy amendment formula for the constitution should be worked out -- 3 provinces -- 25% of Canadians -- which cannot be
blocked by federal politicians opposed to changes. A mandatory review of the
constitution should be held every ten years on a certain date.
4. This new Canadian Constitution should be put to all Canadians in the form of a binding referendum question. The Queen, as in the present Charter, should not be asked to sign it. This is a Canadian issue and a Canadian referendum should nail it down – not a group of politicians
standing around as the Queen signs a piece of paper and cameras click.
Special
Interest Groups
5. Special-interest
groups, lobby groups, unionists and federal bureaucrats should have no input in this Constitutional Conference.
6. It
should be a constitution for Canada
and Canadians -- not an international Charter for “everyone” in the
world, as per the present Charter of Trudeau and Chretien and loved by all international socialists.
7.
All aboriginals living in Canada should be recognized as Canadians. (They are not now.)
8. The present Charter -- which Quebec refused to sign and which gives special rights to special people -- should be abandoned.
9. All Canadians -- not "everyone" in the world -- should be equal
before the law and their governments. (Not now.)
Property
Rights
10. Canadians should have property rights in their Constitution, anywhere in Canada and should not be deprived of property without proper and legal compensation. (Not
now.)
11. Canadians
may sell their property to anyone they please whenever they please.
Supreme
Court
12. Supreme
Court judges should be questioned by provincial appointees about their competence and prejudices prior to taking up their
appointments. These provincial delegates should also have the power to turn down
these appointments with reason.
13. Supreme
Court decisions should be based on common law and case law -- not the abandoned Charter, which gave special-interest groups,
special rights.
Immigration
14. All
immigration, as in Quebec and Switzerland, should be a provincial or a municipal issue.
15. Illegal
immigrants should be kept in custody until they are deported as soon as possible. This
should not require lawyers and courtroom appearances.
16. New
immigrants (With a 5 year wait for Canadian citizenship) who are convicted of any criminal offence should be deported immediately
or on completion of their jail sentence. Illegal immigrants, who have been deported and return again, should receive a mandatory
10 years in prison and again deported.
17. Canada should have a ten-year moratorium on immigration. No more acceptance
of refugees unless each individual case is presented and discussed in parliament.
Canadian Political System
18. All elections should be by date. All elections federal, provincial
and municipal, should be held on a specified date, at the same time.
19. The prime minister should only be allowed two terms in office.
20. All federal
politicians should have fixed terms in office -- no more than two terms in any political office -- no more Canadian Chretiens,
Cuban Castros or Mugabes in Zimbabwe. No more prime ministers for life or those attempting
to manipulate the system and stay for life.
21. Politicians
who, having served two terms in office, should not subsequently be allowed to hold a position within government administration
or a position in the private sector directly dealing with the government.
22. The Canadian
Senate should be a triple E Senate -- equal, 2 from each province, effective, and elected.
23. The Governor
General should be elected at federal elections.
24. All
Canadians should be allowed to vote for the person who wants to be prime minister of Canada -- not just his friends in his political party.
25. All
Canadians, like Australians, should be required to vote or pay an additional tax.
26. The
present "first past the post" voting system should be abandoned in favor of a "proportional representation" system. With this
system the majority of Canadians would be represented in parliament -- not the majority Liberals who only represent less than
one in four Canadians -- 41% of the 61% who bothered to vote.
Referendums
27. Canadians
should have binding referendums when a specified number of signatures can be achieved.
28. An
issue on a referendum that fails should not be allowed on another referendum for 10 years.
29. Canadians
should be allowed a binding referendum to dump or recall the prime minister if enough signatures can be achieved.
The process
to put a referendum into operation should favor the people – not the politician.
Crooked
Politicians
30. Politicians
whose conduct is under investigation should be sent subpoenas -- not an invitation as Chretien received from the APEC inquiry. Politicians who are under investigation because of conflict of interest should not
be investigated by an Ethics Commissioner or an RCMP Commissioner who were appointed by that politician as in the Shawinigan shenanigans caper.
31. The
RCMP commissioner should be appointed by a committee of provincial delegates -- not the prime minister who's ethics and criminal
activity may be under investigation.
Taxes
32. The
National debt -- $600 billion -- should be reduced to zero.
33. All government
budgets should be balanced.
34. The government
should have tax-and-expenditure limits. MPs or a prime minister who fail in this
category should have their salaries reduced by a set amount.
35. The Canadian
dollar should be on par with the US Dollar or the US dollar should be adapted as Canadian currency. If the Europeans can travel all over Europe and use the same currency, Canadians should be able to travel
this continent using the same currency or one that is equal.
36. Mulroney’s GST should be cancelled.
37. All
taxes should be collected by provincial governments who should then send a cheque to Ottawa to support the much-reduced Ottawa
government.
38. Special
treatment for special favored provinces should be abandoned.
39. Canadians
need to know about the vast number of taxpayer funded travels of politicians and bureaucrats outside Canada -- information that is now denied.
40. All elected
officials in Canada, their appointees and bureaucrats should only leave Canada for designated and preplanned international conferences -- no more constant foreign junkets
that are hidden by the Access Act.
41. All itineraries
of politicians should be available to the public immediately and on the Internet.
42. Travel
allowances for MPs should only be within Canada and only include the MP himself. This travel should be at the most
economical rate.
43. Canadians
should have a flat tax. All Canadians, rich and poor, should be taxed at the
same rate.
44. All foreign
aid either loans or grants -- should be passed by Parliament each time for each and every loan or handout.
45. All grants
to special interest parties or corporations should be directly through parliament and receive public scrutiny. All money directed to special foundations in order to indirectly fund special-interest causes, should be
brought before parliament. The Auditor General should be allowed access to all
these books.
Reduced
Federalism
46. Approximately
90% of federal bureaucracies should be abandoned or downloaded to provincial governments. The number of MPs should be reduced
by50%. HRDC, CIDA, EDC and the Ministry of Culture should be abolished immediately.
47.The issue
of bilingualism, Francophonie, callback of useless or corrupt politicians and multiculturalism should be put to the people
in the form of a binding referendum question.
Parliament
48.
Members of Parliament must be allowed to represent their constituents -- not the present system where they are merely
disciplined trained seals in the guise of parliamentarians.
49. All votes in Parliament should be free votes. The wants and the needs of constituents
should be uppermost – not party policy and agenda.
50. Pay and perks of politicians in office should be equal to lower management in
the private sector.
51. MPs should
be taxed at exactly the same exorbitant level as other Canadians for all their incomes.
Access
to Information
52.
Canadians should have access to all government information other than restricted defense information.
53.
The daily whereabouts of all MPs should be published.
54. All foreign travel of all MPs and the reasons, should be passed in open Parliament
and published immediately.
55. The names of MPs absent
from Parliament and the reason, should be published each day.
What
you see should be what you get.
56. The TV camera in Parliament should be allowed to view the whole picture -- not just
the 3 or 4 MPs strategically situated in front and behind the one speaking.
Let me know
if you see any of these changes during the next 20 years. Keep the faith.
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