Progressive Canadian Party

Progressive Canadian Party

Leader: Sinclair M. Stevens

http://www.progressivecanadian.org/
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Aboriginal Rights
  • The party wants to take action against aboriginal poverty and inequality.
Accountability
  • Believes that government needs accountability and an end to patronage.
  • Wants Canada to honour the Kelowna Accord with First Nations; continue what was started by meeting Kyoto commitments; and keep its promises to provincial governments.
  • Proposes a contract with constituents to ensure that elected officials keep their promises.
Armed Forces/Military
  • Believes a well-equipped, highly motivated military is the key to Canada’s sovereignty and place in the world.
  • Plans to get out of Afghanistan with dignity.
  • Believes that economic aid and justice are the best weapons against terror.
Agriculture/Fisheries
  • Supports family farms as a great example of small business and would implement the “100 mile challenge” which encourages purchasing from local enterprises to benefit family farms and innovative agricultural businesses.
  • Supports the Wheat Board.
  • Would guarantee mortgages to facilitate the housing market for farmers to relieve the pressures that drive them off farms.
Arts/Culture
  • No official position.
Childcare
  • No official position.
Democratic Reform
  • Would restore income trust legislation to its previous state and work with all key stakeholders to develop legislation that makes sense for Canadians.
Economy
  •  Wants to create a stable economy that is balanced so that big business, big government or big unions don't have too much power.
Environment
  •  Sees the Kyoto Protocol as an opportunity to transform the Canadian economy, retrofit Canada’s infrastructure, clean up the air and water, and prepare Canada for the impact of global warming while trying to minimize it.
Gun Registry
  • No official position.
Healthcare
  •  Would impose a one-tier healthcare system that allows small business (i.e. doctors) to play a key role in the public system.
  • Believes that education programs will result in more trained medical staff staying in Canada to relieve the shortage.
International Policy
  •  Believes that Canada must meet its international obligations
Immigration
  • No official position.
Marijuana
  • No official position.
Post Secondary Education
  • Wants to ensure universal accessibility to education through a program of economic support.

  • Would phase in a tax based program to relieve students of debt, provided the graduate stays in Canada for a period of years and participates in the tax system.

  • The PC Party would renew funding to post secondary institutions (including universities and trade schools) for operations and not just capital projects.
Same-Sex Rights
  • No official position.
Seniors/Low Income
  • No official position.
Taxation
  • Would schedule paying off Canada’s real debt over the next 25 years.
Source:
http://progressivecanadian.ca

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Glossary

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Aboriginal peoples, Adjournment, Amendment, Back Bencher, Bicameralism, Bill, British North America Act (BNA Act), Budget, Bureaucracy, Cabinet, Cabinet Shuffle, Campaign, Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), Caucus, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Chief Justice, Closure, Coalition government, Committee of the Whole, Confidence Motion, Constitution, Democracy, Department of National Defence (DND), Dilatory Motion, Dissolution, Division of Powers, Election, Electoral System, Executive, Federation, Filibuster, First Nations, First past the Post, First Reading, Fiscal Imbalance, Fringe Party, Government, Government Bill, Governor General, Hansard, Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition (Official Opposition), House of Commons, Ideology, In Camera, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Inuit, Joint Committee, Judiciary, Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Committee, Legislative Supremacy, Legislature, Lieutenant Governor, Lobbying,

M - Z

Majority Government, Métis, Minister, Ministry, Minority Government, Motion, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Notice of Motion, Notice Paper, Order of Precedence, Order Paper, Paired Vote, Parliamentary Privilege, Party Convention, Party Whip, Point of Order, Political Party, Previous Question, Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office (PMO), Private Bill, Private Members' Bill, Privy Council, Proportional Representation, Prorogation, Prorogue, Question Period, Repatriate, Report Stage, Riding, Royal Assent, Second Reading, Seigneurial system, Senate, Senate reform, Session, Sitting, Speaker, Special Committee, Speech from the Throne, Standing Committee, Subcommittee, Supreme Court of Canada, The Notwithstanding Clause, The Privy Council Office, The World Bank (WB), Third Reading, United Nations (UN), Voting, Westminster Model, World Trade Organization (WTO), Written Questions,

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