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@B4PXJCNfrom Newfoundland answered…7hrs7H

Should all public buses and trains run on electric power?

Current infrastructure does not support this. Also, without electricity coming from renewables this seems silly.

@B4PX7RZfrom Alberta answered…8hrs8H

Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?

Funding for local police departments should remain but funding should be increased for social and community based programs and policing should be done from a ho…

@B4PX5SNfrom Quebec answered…8hrs8H

Should the government require tech companies to provide backdoor access to encrypted communications for national security purposes?

yes, but only we absoutely needed, should have strong regulation on this and strong basis for governement to have access

@B4PX2JWfrom Ontario agreed…8hrs8H

Should the government increase or decrease the amount of temporary foreign workers allowed into Canada?

Decrease

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/14/opinion/liberals-are-using-foreign-workers-suppress-wages-their-political-benefactors https://www150.statcan.gc.c…

@B4PX2JWfrom Ontario disagreed…8hrs8H

Should the government increase or decrease the amount of temporary foreign workers allowed into Canada?

Increase

Unemployment is skyrocketing everywhere, youth unemployment is 14.5% and yet we continue to bring foreigners in to do jobs Canadian teenagers are trying to do,…

@B4PX2JWfrom Ontario agreed…8hrs8H

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?

http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Statistics%20and%20Research/Statistics%20and%20Reports/Overdose/Phase%202%20Qualitative%20Report%20on%20Drug%20De…

@B4PX2JWfrom Ontario disagreed…8hrs8H

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?

Yes

An issue with the decriminalization of hard drugs is it still does not get rid of the issue of the supply side. If they were not to be completely legal, the con…

@B4PX2JWfrom Ontario answered…8hrs8H

Should postsecondary education be a provincial or federal responsibility?

It should be a provincial issue (standards, etc) but receive funding from both federal and provincial

@B4PX2JWfrom Ontario answered…8hrs8H

Should the government forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt?

Student loans should be forgiven if people go into public service. Secondly, federal grants should be increased via Federal funding programs, however, $20,000 o…

@B4PWZH4from Alberta disagreed…8hrs8H

Pro-life

What is your stance on abortion? Abortion is a medical procedure resulting in the termination of a human pregnancy and death of a fetus. Abortion was banned in …

Even if we grant that a fetus is a person with rights, no person has the legal right to use another person's body without their continuous consent. For example,…

@B4PWV8Gfrom Ontario answered…8hrs8H

Should the government raise taxes on the rich?

yes, but it depends on your definition of "rich". the ultra wealthy should be forced to pay their share. particularly on trusts and inheritance

@B4PWV8Gfrom Ontario answered…8hrs8H

Should there be more or less privatization of hospital and healthcare services?

privitized healthcare should be an option, but we should also fix our sub par public healthcare system

@B4PWDKYfrom British Columbia disagreed…8hrs8H

Should the government raise taxes on the rich?

Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets

The book says the meek are gonna get what's coming to them. I say that they will. When they decide to no longer be meek. Simply put, the wealthier people of Can…

@B4PVR5Ffrom Alberta answered…8hrs8H

Should the government increase funding to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)?

Funding should be increased but the CBC's mandate should be focused on education, news, and national unity (e.g. broadcasting Canadian hockey games).

@B4PV2N2from Ontario answered…9hrs9H

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?

I think whoever wants to get married can marry and it's none of my business because it's not my life

@B4PTRXGfrom Ontario answered…9hrs9H

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

Only if every other worker in the country gets the same increases as large as the increase in minimum wages. Otherwise no.

@B4PTRXGfrom Ontario answered…9hrs9H

Should the government incentivize the construction of affordable housing?

Yes. But not just for the very poor. For the working poor also! There should be reasonable housing. Available for people working making “middle class” wages.

@B4PSSD6from Nova Scotia answered…10hrs10H

Should the government forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt?

Yes, for students in programs that are needed for the country (eg. STEM jobs, manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, etc.)

@B4PSB6Tfrom British Columbia disagreed…10hrs10H

Should there be more or less privatization of hospital and healthcare services?

Less, and there should be no privatization of the healthcare industry