MANIFESTO

Overall belief

I believe the government is fully capable of operating public services effectively, but chronic underfunding, austerity measures, and public-private schemes undermine their function while funneling wealth to political allies and corporations. Canada needs a strong federal government that invests in essential services, maintains resilient national infrastructure, and empowers municipalities to operate independently, resist authoritarian takeovers, and protect their communities. Wealth and resources must serve the public good, with super-wealthy individuals and corporations paying their fair share and corporate bailouts replaced by public ownership of essential services when necessary. Human rights, including housing, food, water, healthcare, education, and safety, must be guaranteed so that no person is forced into desperation, enabling communities to thrive creatively, economically, and socially. Indigenous sovereignty is non-negotiable; land, resources, and governance must respect the stewardship and historical use of Indigenous Nations, with UNDRIP principles legally binding and Indigenous peoples directly controlling their lands and resources. Environmental stewardship is essential, requiring minimal extraction, elimination of wasteful materials, and prioritization of renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure. Canada must ensure equitable access to public services, strengthen local economies, and build cities and communities that support creativity, solidarity, and social mobility. Internationally, Canada should act responsibly, focusing on reparative action, humanitarian support, and trade relationships that prioritize Canadian and global public interest over geopolitical ambitions.

Zero waste

Excessive packaging is driven by marketing competition rather than necessity. This results in fossil fuel intensive production, toxic inks, composite materials that cannot be separated, and landfill overflow.

Tiered packaging tax

Cross material rules

• If multiple materials from different tiers are bonded or fused in a way that prevents easy separation, the entire item is taxed at the highest applicable tier.
• Adhesives must match the compostability tier of bonded materials. If not, the highest applicable tier applies.
• Components that are integral to the long term functional use of a product are not treated as packaging.
• Any component that can be removed without impairing the product’s function is treated as packaging.

Transparency and enforcement

• All packaging must visibly display a material breakdown and applicable tax tier.
• This breakdown must allow journalists and citizens to audit compliance.
• Sterile medical packaging cannot be taxed above Tier 1.
• Each province must build or expand industrial composting infrastructure to support Tier 0 materials.

Reduce food waste

• Prohibit deliberate crop destruction to manipulate prices.
• Discourage aesthetic overstocking of grocery shelves.
• Tax commercial food waste.
• Eliminate liability barriers for direct food donation to individuals.

Wastewater

• Retrofit publicly funded buildings with bidets.
• Provide household and business rebates for bidet installation.
• Ban so called flushable wipes.
• Separate stormwater systems from sewage systems.

Right to repair

Manufacturers must provide public access to genuine replacement parts, diagnostic tools, and repair documentation. These must be available to individuals and businesses without restriction. Replacement parts must not collectively exceed the lowest retail price of the finished product during its lifecycle. Devices must function with third party parts. Replacement must not require destructive adhesive removal.

• Disposable electronics are banned.
• Batteries and consumables must be user replaceable.
• Devices cannot block third party consumables.
• Mechanical products are subject to the same rules.
• Limited exemptions apply to highly specialized low volume industrial equipment.
• Non compliant manufacturers must open source firmware, schematics, and necessary tools under Creative Commons Zero.
• Cloud dependent products must release server software when support ends.

Digital privacy

• Enact OCAP style data sovereignty principles for all Canadians.
• Ban behavioral targeted advertising.
• Ban sale of personal data.

Hardware ownership

• Permit third party software installation.
• Permit third party payment processing.
• Allow third party consumables.
• Jailbreaking may void warranty but not cloud access.

Consumer equality

• Prohibit price discrimination based on loyalty programs or identity markers.
• Prices cannot change more than once per 24 hours.
• Price differences must correspond to materially distinct services.
• All customers purchasing the same service at the same time must pay the same price.

Economic honesty

• Redefine poverty line to reflect actual cost of living.
• Raise income tax threshold to match poverty line.
• Ban lottery systems.

Tax simplicity

• Government provided prefilled tax software.
• Shelf prices must include all taxes.

Parallel economy

• Enable public competitor enterprises in industries engaged in price gouging. Public competitors operate at break even.
• Municipal free thrift stores funded and operated publicly.
• Increased protections from liability for mutual aid networks unless harm was foreseeable and undisclosed.
• Non profits shielded from liability when their absence would have resulted in equal or greater harm.

Urban flourishing

• Fund multimodal transportation nationwide. Mandate complete streets design.
• Provide federal funding for LRT in cities over 100k population.
• Ban parking minimums. Ban billboards.
• Implement national urban land vacancy tax.
• Build publicly owned cost rent housing when vacancy drops below 3 percent. Exempt public housing from local zoning restrictions.
• Fully subsidize Indigenous public art within generous wage caps.
• Designate legal graffiti spaces.
• Mandate native species landscaping on public and commercial land.
• Expand libraries into tool libraries and makerspaces. Fund free community meals in community centres.

A safe rock bottom

• Guarantee housing, food, water, healthcare, dental, vision, hearing, and education.
• Provide private dorm style units for unhoused people.
• Provide supervised consumption sites that are clinical and non recreational.
• Build a safety net that reduces desperation driven social fragmentation.

National infrastructure

• Build high-speed rail connecting neighboring urban hubs and a Trans-Canada high-speed rail network.
• Nationalize telecom and internet networks while allowing private competitors.
• Government-owned energy and water utilities must remain the only options.
• Create a Canadian open-standard payment network to replace Visa and Mastercard, compatible with private processors.
• Develop a redundant northern east-west road network.
• Recognize ecosystems as critical infrastructure; ban invasive species sales near affected regions and fund removal on public land.
• Fully fund local journalism.
• Ensure resilient social services: free post-secondary education, robust K-12 schooling, free childcare, expanded healthcare covering medications, vision, hearing, dental, mental health.
• Publicly funded research must remain public and benefit Canadians and humanity rather than private investors.
• Government-owned infrastructure cannot be privatized; transfers only between government levels or Indigenous Nations.
• Nationalize the high-voltage electrical grid; invest in Saskatchewan solar farms.

Crack down on super wealth

• Ban private jets except for emergencies or when passenger capacity matches commercial flights.
• Treat annual leveraged wealth as income for taxation and bracket adjustments.
• Require residents with over $100 million in wealth who spend 90+ days in Canada to pay Canadian taxes regardless of where wealth is earned.
• End corporate bailouts; only allow government buyouts where failing essential services become publicly owned.
• When billionaires or corporations break laws, recover at least the money saved plus interest.
• Ban hateful political representation including denial of genocides, residential school atrocities, anti-LGBTQ+ messaging, and xenophobic propaganda.

Intellectual property

• Shorten copyright to 20 years before public domain.
• Patents may only be held personally by the creators, not corporations.
• Close patent loopholes that extend protections beyond legal limits.
• Ignore foreign patents that conflict with Canadian patent rules.
• Stop automatic enforcement of IP infringement; companies must pursue private lawsuits.

Nationalized extraction

• Natural resources belong to the land and people; extraction must be minimized.
• Any necessary extraction infrastructure must be government-owned.
• Profits from resource extraction fund public services.
• Extraction consented by Indigenous Nations must prioritize their communities, independent of Indigenous Services Canada management.
• Canada must be capable of domestic extraction and processing to retain public benefit.

Welcoming to industry

• Facilitate domestic and foreign manufacturing for advanced products not fully producible in Canada.
• Allow import of components tariff-free if not manufactured domestically.
• Encourage foreign industry to strengthen Canadian trade relationships and supply chains.

Roadblocks against austerity

• Ban selling federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal assets to private corporations or individuals.
• Ban private schools and private healthcare to ensure the wealthy rely on public services.
• Make government liable for harm caused by cutbacks; parties campaigning for austerity may face symbolic liability.

Education reform

• Ban private, charter, religious, and home schooling except for voluntary after-school religious programs.
• Allow publicly funded experimental charter schools to improve inclusivity and accessibility.
• Mandate age-appropriate education on sexual health, consent, gender identity, sexuality.
• Mandate biannual education on Canada’s mistreatment of Indigenous, Black, Chinese communities.

Land back

• The North must be sovereign Indigenous land, democratically controlled by local Nations.
• Existing settler communities and federal assets in the North become settler reserves with self-governance.
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) management is limited to critical services; Nations control remaining funds.
• Replace the Crown and Crown Land with National Chief and Indigenous Land.
• National Chief elected directly by all Indigenous peoples, with veto power over federal decisions affecting Indigenous Land.
• Canada must become fully independent from the UK.
• Enshrine UNDRIP in law; settler governments liable for violations.

Foreign policy

• Canada must prioritize reparative action for nations harmed by historical exploitation, especially the Global South.
• Avoid intervention in foreign civil disputes except to defend non-aggressor nations or prevent genocide.
• Maintain arms-length trade with China; form strong alliances with middle powers.
• Ignore U.S. sanctions unless targeting egregious behavior.

Northern self-sufficiency as national defense

• Strengthen northern self-sufficiency to support military Adaptive Dispersed Operations (ADO).
• Federally operated airports to have hangars, paved runways, capacity for military aircraft.
• Decentralized green energy microgrids with 48-hour battery storage for resilience.
• Indoor vegetable growing supported federally to supply Indigenous communities year-round.
• Churchill, Manitoba developed as a deepwater port with upgraded rail, roads, anti-air defenses.

Concessions to gun owners

• Allow up to .50 caliber single-shot rifles under RPAL licenses to support Canadian manufacturing, but maintain assault rifle ban for public safety.
• Create Gun Safety Commission with experts on mass shootings, Indigenous hunting advocates, pro-gun representatives appointed by provincial governments.

Dispersed civil defense

• CAF to train civilians for supplementary reserves in drones, surveillance, communications, firearms, sabotage, first aid, ground vehicle operation.
• Civilians receive uniforms to distinguish them from combatants.
• 700+ regional reserves with firearm and ammunition depots to supplement CAF ADO operations.
• Supplementary reserves designed to deter occupation and defend civilians, not enforce ideology.

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