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Healthcare › Mental Health

Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

7>7 Personal answerYes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services

Social › LGBT Adoption Rights

Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

7>7 Personal answerNo, and I believe a mother and father family structure is best for the child

Social › Gender Transition

Should people under the age of 18 years old be able to receive gender-transition treatments?

7>7 Personal answerNo, children should not be allowed to make irreversible life decisions

Foreign Policy › Mandatory Military Service

Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service?

7>7 Personal answerYes, and it should be at least two years of service

the Economy › Taxes

Should Canada raise taxes on the rich?

7>7 Personal answerLower the income tax rate and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations

Social › Hate Speech

Should hate speech be protected by freedom of speech laws?

7>7 Personal answerNo, and increase penalties for hate speech

Social › Gender Workplace Diversity

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

7>7 Personal answerNo, the government should never require the diversity of private businesses

Immigration › Citizenship Test

Should immigrants be required to pass a citizenship test to demonstrate a basic understanding of our country’s language, history, and government?

7>7 Personal answerYes

Immigration › Deporting Criminal Immigrants

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

7>7 Personal answerYes

Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but allow people to use private insurance

the Economy › Minimum Wage

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

7>7 Personal answerYes, and make it a living wage

Immigration › Immigrant Assimilation

Should immigrants be required to learn English?

7>7 Personal answerYes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services

the Economy › Corporate Tax

Should Canada raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

7>7 Personal answerIncrease for large multinational corporations but lower for small businesses

Domestic Policy › Gun Control

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

7>7 Personal answerNo, only for criminals and the mentally ill

Social › Transgender Athletes

Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

7>7 Personal answerNo, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate

Immigration › Muslim Immigrant Ban

Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

7>7 Personal answerYes, and ban all immigration until the government improves its screening process

Social › Niqāb

Should women be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but their identity must be privately verified by a female staff member

Domestic Policy › Social Media Regulation

Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

7>7 Personal answerYes, there is too much fake news and misinformation on social media

Crime › Private Prisons

Should the government hire private companies to run prisons?

7>7 Personal answerNo, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit

Domestic Policy › Net Neutrality

Should internet service providers be allowed to speed up access to popular websites (that pay higher rates) at the expense of slowing down access to less popular websites (that pay lower rates)?

7>7 Personal answerNo, this would allow them to remove competition, create artificial scarcity, and increase prices

Foreign Policy › Foreign Elections

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but only to address security threats, not monetary interests

Foreign Policy › United Nations

Should Canada maintain a presence at the United Nations?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but scale back our current involvement

Immigration › High Risk Immigrant Ban

Should immigrants from high risk countries be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

7>7 Personal answerYes

Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties

Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but only if they are repeated offenders

Domestic Policy › Drug Policy

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?

7>7 Personal answerNo, and increase punishment for drug dealers

Immigration › Skilled Immigrants

Should Canada increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?

7>7 Personal answerDecrease, companies are currently taking advantage of this program to decrease wages

Elections › Campaign Finance

Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?

7>7 Personal answerYes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors

the Economy › Welfare Drug Testing

Should welfare recipients be tested for drugs?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but provide treatment for those testing positive

the Environment › Fracking

Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but increase oversight

Healthcare › Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

7>7 Personal answerYes, and legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana instead of criminalizing it

Elections › Right of Foreigners to Vote

Should foreigners, currently residing in Canada, have the right to vote?

7>7 Personal answerNo, only legal citizens should be allowed to vote

Foreign Policy › Ukrainian Defense Funding

Should Canada provide military supplies and funding to Ukraine?

7>7 Personal answerNo, we should not get involved in this conflict

Social › Teacher and Faculty Diversity Training

Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for teachers and faculty?

7>7 Personal answerNo, and mandatory diversity training should be banned

Elections › Campaign Finance

Should corporations, unions, and non-profit organizations be allowed to donate to political parties?

7>7 Personal answerNo, these types of donations just turn into bribes

the Economy › Economic Stimulus

Should the government use economic stimulus to aid the country during times of recession?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but in the form of assisting sectors most heavily hit by the recession

the Economy › Labor Unions

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

7>7 Personal answerHelp

Domestic Policy › Whistleblower Protection

Should the government pass laws which protect whistleblowers?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but only if releasing the information does not threaten our national security

the Environment › Plastic Product Ban

Should disposable products (such as plastic cups, plates, and cutlery) that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material be banned?

7>7 Personal answerNo, but increase tax incentives for companies that make biodegradable products

the Economy › Welfare

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

7>7 Personal answerMore, and deny benefits to immigrants

Crime › Demilitarize the Police

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but only in response to extreme situations

Crime › Defunding the Police

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

7>7 Personal answerNo, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities

the Economy › Government Spending

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?

7>7 Personal answerNo, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead

Elections › Candidate Transparency

Should political candidates be required to release their recent tax returns to the public?

7>7 Personal answerYes, and require a public audit each year they are in office

the Economy › Domestic Jobs

Should the government provide tax incentives to private companies to keep jobs within the country?

7>7 Personal answerNo, but drastically increase taxes and import tariffs on outsourcing businesses

Foreign Policy › Foreign Aid

Should Canada increase or decrease foreign aid spending?

7>7 Personal answerDecrease, and we should not give foreign aid to any countries

Science › Nuclear Energy

Do you support the use of nuclear energy?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but with public subsidy

Domestic Policy › Flag Burning

Should it be illegal to burn the Canadian flag?

7>7 Personal answerYes

the Economy › NAFTA

Should Canada continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

7>7 Personal answerNo, trade between the member countries has become too imbalanced

Immigration › Dual Citizenship

Should immigrants to Canada be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?

7>7 Personal answerNo

Foreign Policy › Military Spending

Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

7>7 Personal answerIncrease

Crime › Criminal Voting Rights

Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but only after completing their sentences and parole/probation

Healthcare › World Health Organization

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

7>7 Personal answerNo, fund national and local programs instead

Healthcare › Medical Consensus

Should medical boards penalize doctors who give health advice that contradicts contemporary scientific consensus?

7>7 Personal answerYes, this will decrease the amount of misinformation patients receive

the Economy › Offshore Banking

Should Canadian citizens be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts?

7>7 Personal answerNo, and neither should corporations and business organizations

the Economy › Tech Monopolies

Should the government break up Amazon, Facebook and Google?

7>7 Personal answerYes

the Environment › Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Should the government build a network of electric vehicle charging stations?

7>7 Personal answerNo, provide subsidies to private companies that compete to build the best network instead

National Security › National Identification System

Should the government implement a national identification system to enhance security and prevent fraud?

7>7 Personal answerYes

the Economy › Tariffs

Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?

7>7 Personal answerYes, this will help create and save more jobs

the Economy › State Ownership

Should the government acquire equity stakes in companies it bails out during a recession?

7>7 Personal answerYes, the government should receive equity for any financial aid they provide to companies

the Economy › Trans-Pacific Partnership

Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

7>7 Personal answerNo, this will incentivize companies to move jobs out of the country

Education › Charter Schools

Do you support independent schools?

7>7 Personal answerNo, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead

the Environment › Corporate Subsidies

Should cities be allowed to offer private companies economic incentives to relocate?

7>7 Personal answerNo, but punish them for moving jobs out of the country

the Economy › Decentralized Finance

Should the technology of our financial system transition to a decentralized protocol, that is not owned or controlled by any corporation, similar to the internet?

7>7 Personal answerYes, but I would prefer if the protocol was created and secured by a government agency instead of a decentralized protocol

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Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

Should people under the age of 18 years old be able to receive gender-transition treatments?

Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service?

Should Canada raise taxes on the rich?

Should hate speech be protected by freedom of speech laws?

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

Should immigrants be required to pass a citizenship test to demonstrate a basic understanding of our country’s language, history, and government?

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

Should immigrants be required to learn English?

Should Canada raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

Should Muslim immigrants be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

Should women be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies?

Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

Should the government hire private companies to run prisons?

Should internet service providers be allowed to speed up access to popular websites (that pay higher rates) at the expense of slowing down access to less popular websites (that pay lower rates)?

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections?

Should Canada maintain a presence at the United Nations?

Should immigrants from high risk countries be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?

Should Canada increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?

Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?

Should welfare recipients be tested for drugs?

Do you support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources?

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

Should foreigners, currently residing in Canada, have the right to vote?

Should Canada provide military supplies and funding to Ukraine?

Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for teachers and faculty?

Should corporations, unions, and non-profit organizations be allowed to donate to political parties?

Should the government use economic stimulus to aid the country during times of recession?

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

Should the government pass laws which protect whistleblowers?

Should disposable products (such as plastic cups, plates, and cutlery) that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material be banned?

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

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

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?

Should political candidates be required to release their recent tax returns to the public?

Should the government provide tax incentives to private companies to keep jobs within the country?

Should Canada increase or decrease foreign aid spending?

Do you support the use of nuclear energy?

Should it be illegal to burn the Canadian flag?

Should Canada continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

Should immigrants to Canada be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?

Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

Should medical boards penalize doctors who give health advice that contradicts contemporary scientific consensus?

Should Canadian citizens be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts?

Should the government break up Amazon, Facebook and Google?

Should the government build a network of electric vehicle charging stations?

Should the government implement a national identification system to enhance security and prevent fraud?

Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?

Should the government acquire equity stakes in companies it bails out during a recession?

Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

Do you support independent schools?

Should cities be allowed to offer private companies economic incentives to relocate?

Should the technology of our financial system transition to a decentralized protocol, that is not owned or controlled by any corporation, similar to the internet?

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