Referendum Voting System
There is a large number and diverse range of policy subjects on the federal government level. Here are examples of what Canadians could vote on using the CPP’s new policy formulation system.
(i) Should there be universal child care in Canada?
(ii) Do you approve of Canada moving to a flat tax system?
(iii) Should drunk driving convictions for second time offenders that involve death or serious injury trigger an automatic life sentence?
(iv) Is it better to build more prisons or allocate more funding to target crime prevention through poverty reduction and first offenders rehabilitation?
(v) Should the government enact legislation outlawing unsolicited telemarketing?
(vi) Are you in favor of the government restricting by legislation privacy invading practices of collection agencies such as home calls, limiting them to no more than once a month; and ought robo calling be prohibited?
(vii) Should government increase tax dollar funding for programs that help other countries fight poverty and disease and improve education?
(viii) Should Canada have a gun registry?
(ix) Should the government substantially increase Criminal Code penalties for white collar crime and corruption by public officials?
(x) Are you in favor of spending tax dollars to aggressively convert all government vehicles to natural gas?
(xi) Do you want to have all Crown Corporations abolished?
(xii) Are you in favor of more tax dollars spent on a comprehensive poverty and homelessness reduction strategy?
(xiii) Ought the government allocate significantly more resources to reduce health care wait times?
(xiv) Ought the Canadian Armed Forces be decommissioned and the $26 billion/yr budget be redirected to improving Coast Guard resources, protecting northern sovereignty and alleviating poverty?
(xv) Should the government pass gender discrimination legislation to ensure pay equity in the public and private sector work place?
The CCP has entered into a collaborative agreement in principle with the soon-to-be registered Online Party of Canada. Click HERE to review the section of its website that has the voting system displayed.
Worth reading:
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Dr. Patrick Boyer QC - Canada's Preeminent Academic & Legal Scholar on Referendums.pdf Size : 330.701 Kb Type : pdf |
Internet Voting Workshop Summary of Proceedings and A Comparative Assessment of Electronic Voting, Elections Canada
Elections Canada proposes online voting for 2013, CTV News, August 17, 2011
E-voting gets almost unanimous praise, study finds, IT World Canada, September 26, 2011
Can internet voting boost turnout without risk?, CBC, November 9, 2011
Referendums at heart of Swiss political system, The Star, July 21, 2012