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Party Principles
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
The Family Coalition Party of Ontario adheres to principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of Law:
a) Fundamental rights and the role of Government
1. Three fundamental human rights that we all possess by nature are identified. All other rights and responsibilities derive from these: the right to life, the right to freedom, and the right to own property.
These rights are not absolute, as individuals have a responsibility not to infringe on the rights of others. Each of these fundamental rights is further defined and clarified below.
2. The Family Coalition Party believes that governments, by constitution, should issue laws and policies only within the scope of protecting the above fundamental human rights and those rights that are a simple elaboration, or more specialized cases, of the above fundamental rights.
b) Definitions and explanations of the fundamental human rights:
1. The right to life only pertains to human life: Each human being has innate worth, unique potential and inherent dignity from conception to natural death. All human beings need to be protected, by other individuals and, if necessary by government, from any threat to their life. Without life, any other right is meaningless; any other human activity or government activity is meaningless.
The family has an important and necessary role in protecting and nurturing life. This role makes the family, rather than the individual, the basic building block of our society. When families are strong and prosperous, democracy and economic enterprise flourish.
2. The right to freedom illustrates that people are not mere objects of political manipulation, but subjects and agents responsible for their own destiny.
The right to freedom makes several other subordinate rights possible: the right to association, the right to elect government representatives, freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of the media, freedom from involuntary servitude and the right to own property.
3. The right to own property, although subordinate to the above fundamental rights, makes several other rights possible: the right to free use and exchange of currency or assets, the right to free trade, the right to free enterprise, etc.
The right to own property, and the principle of reward for work performed, also create economic prosperity, by creating incentive, hope and opportunity for people to pursue their goals, express their individual capabilities and achieve their own potential.
4. Adherence of elected representatives to the protection of the above fundamental rights supersedes, in case of conflict, any obligation to represent the opinions of the majority of their constituents. Fundamental rights and questions of fundamental justice are not determined by opinion polls.
c) Further explanations on the role of government and its responsibilities:
1. Government is therefore granted the task of:
- issuing laws to protect individuals when their fundamental rights are threatened by
other individuals or by any civil or military authority (legislative authority),
- policing compliance to the law (executive authority), and
- the administration of justice should the law be broken (judicial authority), to deter individuals and prevent convicted criminals from violating someone else's fundamental rights.
2. Government should be restricted, by constitution, from issuing laws and policies with regard to the so called "positive rights", which imply involuntary servitude, whereby one individual or a class is forced to serve others.
3. Governmet has a tendency to grow. No matter which Party is in power, well-meaning politicians tend to create new and lengthy legislation which normally adds to existing legislation. In the same manner politicians tend to alleviate their responsibilities by creating Agencies, Boards and Commissions and delegating their responsibilities to bureaucrats who have no accountability to the people. In addition, once government undertakes an activity, it is seldom terminated.
Constitutional limitations to the amount of money spent and taxes levied by government are means by which such tendencies can be controlled and government fiscal responsibility can be achieved.
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Party Policies
1. THE FAMILY
1.1 DEFINITION OF FAMILY
A family is defined as those individuals related by ties of blood, marriage or adoption. Marriage is the union between a woman and a man.
The Family Coalition party would revoke all legislation that re-defined the term “spouse” to include same-sex persons, within the limits imposed by federal law.
1.1.2 Nuclear and extended family
The term "family" is used herein as a generic term to include both the "nuclear family" and the "extended family".
1.1.2.1 The nuclear family
A nuclear family may be composed of: a) a married couple with their biological or adopted children, or b) a single parent with his biological children, or children adopted during a previous marriage.
1.1.2.2 The extended family
An extended family may include all those persons who are related by marriage, blood or adoption.
1.1.3 Children of un-married couples
The government is also concerned about the welfare of biological or adopted children of common law couples and will act consequently in order to protect them when necessary.
For heterosexual common law couples to be treated as married couples with respect to benefits for themselves and for their children, they only need to acquire a marriage certificate and register their relationship. If they wish not to register their relationship, then any claim to benefits and any proceeding resulting from their separation will be handled according to common law.
1.2 ROLE OF THE FAMILY
The family has an important and necessary role in protecting and nurturing life. This role makes the family, rather than the individual, the basic building block of our society. When families are strong and prosperous, democracy and economic enterprise flourish. Strong families lessen problems in many areas of society; e.g., marital separations, child abuse, teenage rebellion leading to alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, runaways, school drop-outs, vandalism, theft or violence.
1.2 1 Institutional value of marriage
The Family Coalition Party supports the institutional value of marriage, being the union between a woman and a man to the exclusion of all others. Only this definition will be used in the provision of spousal benefits and for any program funded or administered by the government.
1.2.2 The ideal relationship
The Family Coalition Party affirms that marriage is the ideal basic relationship for a nuclear family.
1.2.3 Role and responsibilities
The Family Coalition Party affirms that the role and the responsibilities of the family are directed towards:
a) forming a community of persons,
b) promoting life (procreating children and safeguarding the elderly), and
c) participating in the development of society (nurture and education of children, participation in the political process, creation of wealth, charitable deeds, etc.).
1.3 FAMILY PRINCIPLES
The Family Coalition Party defends and promotes the family unit as the fundamental building block of our society.
1.3.1 Social benefits
Strong family ties and stable relationships are economically and socially beneficial leading to fewer cases of single parent households, better job stability, more productive members of society and decreased welfare costs.
1.3.2 Government obligations
Government has a fundamental obligation to protect and promote the well being of the family and family members through measures of political, economic, social and juridical character, which aim at consolidating the unity and stability of the family.
1.3.3 Parents' rights and duties
Parents have the original, primary and inalienable right and duty to educate, discipline and care for their children and therefore must be recognized as the primary care givers of their children. The state should not push its own political agenda onto children in classrooms.
1.3.4 Equality in marriage
The Family Coalition Party recognizes that each spouse, in the natural complementarity that exists between man and woman, enjoys the same dignity and equal rights within the marriage.
1.3.5 Fair family taxation
Ontario's tax laws must be reformed so as not to discriminate against married couples who wish to have one parent at home to raise their children.
NOTE: For the party's policy on Family Taxation, please see our economic policies.
1.4 FAMILY VALUES
1.4.1 Stability
The Family Coalition Party will lead in promoting the benefits of stable relationships.
1.4.2 Dignity, independence, privacy and integrity
The Family Coalition Party supports and respects the dignity, lawful independence, privacy, integrity and stability of every family.
1.4.3 Harmony
The Family Coalition Party will introduce proven programs to reduce family violence, which attacks the very foundation of our society.
1.4.4 Respect
The Family Coalition Party recognizes and respects the work of mothers in the nurturing of children. This work has substantial value for the family and for society.
1.5 FAMILY ECONOMY:
1.5.1 Family taxation and contributions
The Family Coalition Party opposes unfair tax treatment of the traditional family and discrimination against parents who provide child-care at home. If one spouse stays at home to look after their children, each spouse should be entitled to contribute to the Canada Pension Plan based on one half of the total earned income.
1.5.2 Day care
Parents caring for their own young children should receive the same tax relief now given only to those who use day care.
1.6 FAMILY PROTECTION:
1.6.1 Children and Family Services
The Family Coalition will limit the power of Children and Family Services (old CAS) and have their powers fall under the principles of fundamental justice. Due process, innocent until proven guilty, substantiated evidence, the right to face your accusers are some of the principles that must be re-established.
1.6.2 Training
Require child protective services workers to be trained in their duty to protect the statutory and constitutional rights of those they are investigating.
1.6.3 Requirement to advise
Require child protective services personnel to advise individuals subject to a child abuse and neglect investigation of the complaint or allegation made against them.
1.6.4 Citizen Review Panels
Require "Citizen Review Panels" to provide for public outreach and comment in order to assess the impact of current procedures and practices upon children and families in the community and in order to meet its obligations.
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2. EDUCATION REFORM
2.1 Choice in education
Choice is to education what competition is to business. It unleashes the pent-up creativity of educators, in response to consumer demands. Just as competition works to improve quality and lower prices, so taxpayers will save money when parents are allowed to choose in the education marketplace. Choice is the catalyst that will drive other school reforms -- it will spark innovations in teaching, management, and learning.
2.2 Excellence in education
Moreover, the entire level of society rises when any of its major institutions strives for excellence instead of mere adequacy, and choice is the mechanism that makes excellence the goal for education.
2.3 Basic policies:
A. The Family Coalition Party would encourage an educational atmosphere that develops their physical, intellectual and moral qualities. Students should be encouraged to make sound moral judgment based on the truth and a well-formed conscience.
B. The Family Coalition Party believes that schools should be more responsive to the needs of the students.
C. The Family Coalition Party supports placing parents in a decision-making role.
D. The Family Coalition Party supports maintaining a healthy competition among schools.
E. The Family Coalition Party will propose a fixed rate for student loan repayment equal and not greater than the Bank of Canada prime rate.
2.4 The Parental Choice System:
1. Parents choose the school, public or privately owned, for their children.
2. The Government of Ontario provides a Child Education Cheque for each child.
3. The Government pays the amount of the Child Education Cheque to the school selected by the parent. This amount (per student/per year) is calculated by dividing the total budget for education in Ontario by the total number of students.
4. Each privately owned school is free to set its tuition fee.
5. Any excess of the tuition fee over the amount of the Child Education Cheque is borne by the parents.
6. Each school must achieve minimum academic standards and curriculum requirements, as set by the Ministry of Education, in order to be certified.
7. Each school, in addition to minimum requirements, may add to its curriculum.
8. The Ministry of Education administers standardised tests at grades 5, 8, 10, and at the end of high school. The results are sent to the parents and to the schools (It is their responsibility to act accordingly).
9. The Family Coalition Party will allow home-schooling families to cash any percentage of the education vouchers reserved for their children, to be used for purchasing books and for school expenses.
2.5 Immediate measures
The Family Coalition Party supports the Parental Choice System in Education, as described above. However, the following measures, which deal with the current public system of education shall be immediately introduced in the legislature:
2.5.1 Freedom from sexual indoctrination
The provincial government will remove from its public school sexual education programs any and all references to deviant sexual practices (e.g.: sodomy, lesbianism, transvestitism, trans-sexualism, sado-masochism, bestiality, polygamy, group sex, anonymous sex, paedophilia, fetishism, etc.) that have the explicit or hidden intent of normalizing, promoting or propagating such practices. It will also direct teachers and educators to refrain from promoting such practices or presenting such practices as normal.
2.5.2 Parental authority
The provincial government will direct teachers and educators to refrain from promoting ideas, using books or using support materials that intentionally or unintentionally may belittle or undermine the authority of parents.
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3. ECONOMIC REFORM
3.1 The family as a resource
The family is this country’s most important resource.
3.2 Government to foster a development environment
The Ontario government has a responsibility to foster and protect an environment in which the individual skills of family members are developed to their full potential.
3.3 Free enterprise
It is only in a free-enterprise economy that the creation of wealth takes place and productivity is best achieved.
3.4 Basic policies:
A. The Family Coalition Party would increase the personal and spousal income tax exemption for Ontario income tax purposes to $14,000/year.
B. The Family Coalition Party would grant the highest income spouse an additional specified income tax exemption for each of the taxpayer's dependent children, provided that these children do not have any earned income of their own.
C. The Family Coalition Party supports the long-term removal of all measures that insulate industries, businesses, financial institutions, professions and trade unions from domestic and foreign competition.
D. The Family Coalition Party supports orienting provincial government activities towards the nurturing of human and physical infrastructure for economic development.
E. The Family Coalition Party supports the development of skills and knowledge, especially in the emerging technologies. We would encourage cooperative training in industry.
F. The Family Coalition Party supports development through research aimed at particular industrial and commercial objectives.
G. The Family Coalition Party believes that government should set a good example to private industry in its employment practices. Employment should be on the basis of competence and merit.
3.5 Specific policies:
1. Reconsider the legislation on pay equity, employment equity, and labour relations, with the intent of creating a better, non-confrontational economic climate and favoring business investments. Job applicants should be evaluated solely on the basis of merit.
2. Create a responsible free-enterprise climate, with government intervention limited to the enforcement of the entrepreneur’s responsibilities in such areas as work safety and protection of the environment.
3. Reform the school system, to prepare young people for assuming the challenge of change and the responsibility for innovation, to create a vibrant economy in Ontario.
4. Require government to reduce it’s deficit each year by at least 20%. Failing that, the Premier must call an election.
5. Review non-governmental agencies receiving public funding. If they can be sustained by private donations, government funding would be eliminated.
6. Help the private sector to create jobs by reducing taxes to stimulate investment and increase the buying power of the average citizen.
7. Work towards the elimination of "universal" assistance programs at the Federal level. Provincially, maintain only one assistance program for the people in immediate and real need.
8. Rescind social assistance to minors who can be supported by their parents and who are not physically or mentally disadvantaged.
9. Remove the special privileges of politicians and eliminate those benefits that cushion them against taxes and inflation.
10. The Family Coalition Party believes that employees have the right to refuse to allow any portion of their union dues to be paid to any cause which they do not personally support outside of the contract agreement with their employer .
11. The Family Coalition Party will improve the quality of education so everyone will be equipped with adequate job-related skills for the 21st century.
12. The Family Coalition Party advocates the removal of inter-provincial barriers, so that more goods and services can flow freely, thereby employing more people. Promoting Ontario's products and services to other countries must become a priority.
Back to the Index
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
The Family Coalition Party of Ontario adheres to principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of Law:
a) Fundamental rights and the role of Government
1. Three fundamental human rights that we all possess by nature are identified. All other rights and responsibilities derive from these: the right to life, the right to freedom, and the right to own property.
These rights are not absolute, as individuals have a responsibility not to infringe on the rights of others. Each of these fundamental rights is further defined and clarified below.
2. The Family Coalition Party believes that governments, by constitution, should issue laws and policies only within the scope of protecting the above fundamental human rights and those rights that are a simple elaboration, or more specialized cases, of the above fundamental rights.
b) Definitions and explanations of the fundamental human rights:
1. The right to life only pertains to human life: Each human being has innate worth, unique potential and inherent dignity from conception to natural death. All human beings need to be protected, by other individuals and, if necessary by government, from any threat to their life. Without life, any other right is meaningless; any other human activity or government activity is meaningless.
The family has an important and necessary role in protecting and nurturing life. This role makes the family, rather than the individual, the basic building block of our society. When families are strong and prosperous, democracy and economic enterprise flourish.
2. The right to freedom illustrates that people are not mere objects of political manipulation, but subjects and agents responsible for their own destiny.
The right to freedom makes several other subordinate rights possible: the right to association, the right to elect government representatives, freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of the media, freedom from involuntary servitude and the right to own property.
3. The right to own property, although subordinate to the above fundamental rights, makes several other rights possible: the right to free use and exchange of currency or assets, the right to free trade, the right to free enterprise, etc.
The right to own property, and the principle of reward for work performed, also create economic prosperity, by creating incentive, hope and opportunity for people to pursue their goals, express their individual capabilities and achieve their own potential.
4. Adherence of elected representatives to the protection of the above fundamental rights supersedes, in case of conflict, any obligation to represent the opinions of the majority of their constituents. Fundamental rights and questions of fundamental justice are not determined by opinion polls.
c) Further explanations on the role of government and its responsibilities:
1. Government is therefore granted the task of:
- issuing laws to protect individuals when their fundamental rights are threatened by
other individuals or by any civil or military authority (legislative authority),
- policing compliance to the law (executive authority), and
- the administration of justice should the law be broken (judicial authority), to deter individuals and prevent convicted criminals from violating someone else's fundamental rights.
2. Government should be restricted, by constitution, from issuing laws and policies with regard to the so called "positive rights", which imply involuntary servitude, whereby one individual or a class is forced to serve others.
3. Governmet has a tendency to grow. No matter which Party is in power, well-meaning politicians tend to create new and lengthy legislation which normally adds to existing legislation. In the same manner politicians tend to alleviate their responsibilities by creating Agencies, Boards and Commissions and delegating their responsibilities to bureaucrats who have no accountability to the people. In addition, once government undertakes an activity, it is seldom terminated.
Constitutional limitations to the amount of money spent and taxes levied by government are means by which such tendencies can be controlled and government fiscal responsibility can be achieved.
Back to the Index
Party Policies
1. THE FAMILY
1.1 DEFINITION OF FAMILY
A family is defined as those individuals related by ties of blood, marriage or adoption. Marriage is the union between a woman and a man.
The Family Coalition party would revoke all legislation that re-defined the term “spouse” to include same-sex persons, within the limits imposed by federal law.
1.1.2 Nuclear and extended family
The term "family" is used herein as a generic term to include both the "nuclear family" and the "extended family".
1.1.2.1 The nuclear family
A nuclear family may be composed of: a) a married couple with their biological or adopted children, or b) a single parent with his biological children, or children adopted during a previous marriage.
1.1.2.2 The extended family
An extended family may include all those persons who are related by marriage, blood or adoption.
1.1.3 Children of un-married couples
The government is also concerned about the welfare of biological or adopted children of common law couples and will act consequently in order to protect them when necessary.
For heterosexual common law couples to be treated as married couples with respect to benefits for themselves and for their children, they only need to acquire a marriage certificate and register their relationship. If they wish not to register their relationship, then any claim to benefits and any proceeding resulting from their separation will be handled according to common law.
1.2 ROLE OF THE FAMILY
The family has an important and necessary role in protecting and nurturing life. This role makes the family, rather than the individual, the basic building block of our society. When families are strong and prosperous, democracy and economic enterprise flourish. Strong families lessen problems in many areas of society; e.g., marital separations, child abuse, teenage rebellion leading to alcohol and drug abuse, teenage pregnancies, runaways, school drop-outs, vandalism, theft or violence.
1.2 1 Institutional value of marriage
The Family Coalition Party supports the institutional value of marriage, being the union between a woman and a man to the exclusion of all others. Only this definition will be used in the provision of spousal benefits and for any program funded or administered by the government.
1.2.2 The ideal relationship
The Family Coalition Party affirms that marriage is the ideal basic relationship for a nuclear family.
1.2.3 Role and responsibilities
The Family Coalition Party affirms that the role and the responsibilities of the family are directed towards:
a) forming a community of persons,
b) promoting life (procreating children and safeguarding the elderly), and
c) participating in the development of society (nurture and education of children, participation in the political process, creation of wealth, charitable deeds, etc.).
1.3 FAMILY PRINCIPLES
The Family Coalition Party defends and promotes the family unit as the fundamental building block of our society.
1.3.1 Social benefits
Strong family ties and stable relationships are economically and socially beneficial leading to fewer cases of single parent households, better job stability, more productive members of society and decreased welfare costs.
1.3.2 Government obligations
Government has a fundamental obligation to protect and promote the well being of the family and family members through measures of political, economic, social and juridical character, which aim at consolidating the unity and stability of the family.
1.3.3 Parents' rights and duties
Parents have the original, primary and inalienable right and duty to educate, discipline and care for their children and therefore must be recognized as the primary care givers of their children. The state should not push its own political agenda onto children in classrooms.
1.3.4 Equality in marriage
The Family Coalition Party recognizes that each spouse, in the natural complementarity that exists between man and woman, enjoys the same dignity and equal rights within the marriage.
1.3.5 Fair family taxation
Ontario's tax laws must be reformed so as not to discriminate against married couples who wish to have one parent at home to raise their children.
NOTE: For the party's policy on Family Taxation, please see our economic policies.
1.4 FAMILY VALUES
1.4.1 Stability
The Family Coalition Party will lead in promoting the benefits of stable relationships.
1.4.2 Dignity, independence, privacy and integrity
The Family Coalition Party supports and respects the dignity, lawful independence, privacy, integrity and stability of every family.
1.4.3 Harmony
The Family Coalition Party will introduce proven programs to reduce family violence, which attacks the very foundation of our society.
1.4.4 Respect
The Family Coalition Party recognizes and respects the work of mothers in the nurturing of children. This work has substantial value for the family and for society.
1.5 FAMILY ECONOMY:
1.5.1 Family taxation and contributions
The Family Coalition Party opposes unfair tax treatment of the traditional family and discrimination against parents who provide child-care at home. If one spouse stays at home to look after their children, each spouse should be entitled to contribute to the Canada Pension Plan based on one half of the total earned income.
1.5.2 Day care
Parents caring for their own young children should receive the same tax relief now given only to those who use day care.
1.6 FAMILY PROTECTION:
1.6.1 Children and Family Services
The Family Coalition will limit the power of Children and Family Services (old CAS) and have their powers fall under the principles of fundamental justice. Due process, innocent until proven guilty, substantiated evidence, the right to face your accusers are some of the principles that must be re-established.
1.6.2 Training
Require child protective services workers to be trained in their duty to protect the statutory and constitutional rights of those they are investigating.
1.6.3 Requirement to advise
Require child protective services personnel to advise individuals subject to a child abuse and neglect investigation of the complaint or allegation made against them.
1.6.4 Citizen Review Panels
Require "Citizen Review Panels" to provide for public outreach and comment in order to assess the impact of current procedures and practices upon children and families in the community and in order to meet its obligations.
Back to the Index
2. EDUCATION REFORM
2.1 Choice in education
Choice is to education what competition is to business. It unleashes the pent-up creativity of educators, in response to consumer demands. Just as competition works to improve quality and lower prices, so taxpayers will save money when parents are allowed to choose in the education marketplace. Choice is the catalyst that will drive other school reforms -- it will spark innovations in teaching, management, and learning.
2.2 Excellence in education
Moreover, the entire level of society rises when any of its major institutions strives for excellence instead of mere adequacy, and choice is the mechanism that makes excellence the goal for education.
2.3 Basic policies:
A. The Family Coalition Party would encourage an educational atmosphere that develops their physical, intellectual and moral qualities. Students should be encouraged to make sound moral judgment based on the truth and a well-formed conscience.
B. The Family Coalition Party believes that schools should be more responsive to the needs of the students.
C. The Family Coalition Party supports placing parents in a decision-making role.
D. The Family Coalition Party supports maintaining a healthy competition among schools.
E. The Family Coalition Party will propose a fixed rate for student loan repayment equal and not greater than the Bank of Canada prime rate.
2.4 The Parental Choice System:
1. Parents choose the school, public or privately owned, for their children.
2. The Government of Ontario provides a Child Education Cheque for each child.
3. The Government pays the amount of the Child Education Cheque to the school selected by the parent. This amount (per student/per year) is calculated by dividing the total budget for education in Ontario by the total number of students.
4. Each privately owned school is free to set its tuition fee.
5. Any excess of the tuition fee over the amount of the Child Education Cheque is borne by the parents.
6. Each school must achieve minimum academic standards and curriculum requirements, as set by the Ministry of Education, in order to be certified.
7. Each school, in addition to minimum requirements, may add to its curriculum.
8. The Ministry of Education administers standardised tests at grades 5, 8, 10, and at the end of high school. The results are sent to the parents and to the schools (It is their responsibility to act accordingly).
9. The Family Coalition Party will allow home-schooling families to cash any percentage of the education vouchers reserved for their children, to be used for purchasing books and for school expenses.
2.5 Immediate measures
The Family Coalition Party supports the Parental Choice System in Education, as described above. However, the following measures, which deal with the current public system of education shall be immediately introduced in the legislature:
2.5.1 Freedom from sexual indoctrination
The provincial government will remove from its public school sexual education programs any and all references to deviant sexual practices (e.g.: sodomy, lesbianism, transvestitism, trans-sexualism, sado-masochism, bestiality, polygamy, group sex, anonymous sex, paedophilia, fetishism, etc.) that have the explicit or hidden intent of normalizing, promoting or propagating such practices. It will also direct teachers and educators to refrain from promoting such practices or presenting such practices as normal.
2.5.2 Parental authority
The provincial government will direct teachers and educators to refrain from promoting ideas, using books or using support materials that intentionally or unintentionally may belittle or undermine the authority of parents.
Back to the Index
3. ECONOMIC REFORM
3.1 The family as a resource
The family is this country’s most important resource.
3.2 Government to foster a development environment
The Ontario government has a responsibility to foster and protect an environment in which the individual skills of family members are developed to their full potential.
3.3 Free enterprise
It is only in a free-enterprise economy that the creation of wealth takes place and productivity is best achieved.
3.4 Basic policies:
A. The Family Coalition Party would increase the personal and spousal income tax exemption for Ontario income tax purposes to $14,000/year.
B. The Family Coalition Party would grant the highest income spouse an additional specified income tax exemption for each of the taxpayer's dependent children, provided that these children do not have any earned income of their own.
C. The Family Coalition Party supports the long-term removal of all measures that insulate industries, businesses, financial institutions, professions and trade unions from domestic and foreign competition.
D. The Family Coalition Party supports orienting provincial government activities towards the nurturing of human and physical infrastructure for economic development.
E. The Family Coalition Party supports the development of skills and knowledge, especially in the emerging technologies. We would encourage cooperative training in industry.
F. The Family Coalition Party supports development through research aimed at particular industrial and commercial objectives.
G. The Family Coalition Party believes that government should set a good example to private industry in its employment practices. Employment should be on the basis of competence and merit.
3.5 Specific policies:
1. Reconsider the legislation on pay equity, employment equity, and labour relations, with the intent of creating a better, non-confrontational economic climate and favoring business investments. Job applicants should be evaluated solely on the basis of merit.
2. Create a responsible free-enterprise climate, with government intervention limited to the enforcement of the entrepreneur’s responsibilities in such areas as work safety and protection of the environment.
3. Reform the school system, to prepare young people for assuming the challenge of change and the responsibility for innovation, to create a vibrant economy in Ontario.
4. Require government to reduce it’s deficit each year by at least 20%. Failing that, the Premier must call an election.
5. Review non-governmental agencies receiving public funding. If they can be sustained by private donations, government funding would be eliminated.
6. Help the private sector to create jobs by reducing taxes to stimulate investment and increase the buying power of the average citizen.
7. Work towards the elimination of "universal" assistance programs at the Federal level. Provincially, maintain only one assistance program for the people in immediate and real need.
8. Rescind social assistance to minors who can be supported by their parents and who are not physically or mentally disadvantaged.
9. Remove the special privileges of politicians and eliminate those benefits that cushion them against taxes and inflation.
10. The Family Coalition Party believes that employees have the right to refuse to allow any portion of their union dues to be paid to any cause which they do not personally support outside of the contract agreement with their employer .
11. The Family Coalition Party will improve the quality of education so everyone will be equipped with adequate job-related skills for the 21st century.
12. The Family Coalition Party advocates the removal of inter-provincial barriers, so that more goods and services can flow freely, thereby employing more people. Promoting Ontario's products and services to other countries must become a priority.
Back to the Index