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Consulting with Canadians

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1. The Canadian economy is on the right track – we are on the road for both economic recovery and balanced budgets. But the global economy is fragile and too many Canadians are still looking for work. Without throwing Canada off track for balanced budgets, what cost-neutral or non-spending steps can the federal government take in the next budget to help create jobs and promote economic growth?

ChristianGovernance doesn’t want the federal government simply to pursue cost-neutral measures. You need to reduce the deficit. As in our submission to the Finance Committee, start by shutting down the enslaving Indian Act and setting Aboriginal people free to be entrepreneurial and to abandon dependency, cut funding to all NGOs, so that only those with a real membership base survive. Eliminate Marxist graduated taxation. Shift from income and corporate tax to dependence on sales tax to end this attack on wealth creation. Introduce income splitting to end discrimination against single-income married couples and their families, which produce the best outcomes for children which, in turn, reduces government costs on the justice system and social welfare. Finally, increase the tax credit for charitable donations, encouraging voluntary social supports and reducing expensive and destructive dependence on the state for social assistance.

2. Canada is on track for balanced budgets in 2015-16. Is this timeframe appropriate? Should the federal government try to get back to balance sooner? Or should the timeline be delayed until later on?

Sooner.

3. Government should always carefully manage taxpayers’ money to ensure the best value for money. The federal government is always focused on keeping spending in check and ensuring spending is as efficient and effective as possible. In what areas do you think the federal government can be more efficient and effective?

Sharply reduce the size of the bureaucracy, with a commensurate drop in the responsibilities of the federal government. We have far too many “police” and regulators in this country who undermine our freedoms, discourage business and hike the costs of goods and services to consumers. Eliminate most of them, and streamline their responsibilities, in areas such as food safety, environmentalism and consumer products. Ending the War on Carbon and other strictly ideological agendas in the environment ministry could probably cut the size and cost of that department by at least 60%. Repeal the Indian Act and gut Aboriginal Affairs of all dependency-perpetuating sectors. Streamline taxation – flat tax and sales tax – so that you can reduce the processing, compliance and enforcement branches of CRA by at least 70%. Put post-secondary funding, all residential housing and research and development back into the hands of individuals, families and entrepreneurs.

4. What should Canada’s priorities be for the short and long term to encourage private sector growth and leadership in the economy?

Reduce taxes. Eliminate corporate the tax. Move from taxing income and savings to a greater dependence on sales taxes. Sharply reduce red tape, and roll back the micro-managing, paternalistic developments of recent years with the increase in oppressive regulations under the guise of health and safety. The Conservative government is becoming an embarrassment with its attempt to be a surrogate parent with the growing list of meddling regulations. The federal government should treat individuals, parents and business owners as responsible adults instead of pandering to the irresponsible, and spiking the costs of basic products due to business owners having to pass on new compliance costs to the consumer.

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