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		<title>I Write the Platform: Where the PCPO Candidates Stand on Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Fildebrandt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, no I don&#8217;t write the platform, but here is a brief on where the leadership candidates for the Ontario Conservatives stand as per their responses to a survey from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  Please note that Christine Elliot did not return a completed survey, but responded via a letter highlighting various policy proposals.  In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://fildebrandt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pc-leadership.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-226" title="pc-leadership" src="http://fildebrandt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pc-leadership-300x162.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="162" /></a>Well, no I don&#8217;t write the platform, but here is a brief on where the leadership candidates for the Ontario Conservatives stand as per their responses to a survey from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  Please note that Christine Elliot did not return a completed survey, but responded via a letter highlighting various policy proposals.  In order of responses received:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.taxpayer.com/pdf/Randy_Hillier.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Randy Hillier</strong></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Introduce a &#8216;Tax &amp; Expenditure&#8217; constitutional amendment to:
<ul>
<li>To make the pre-McGunity Taxpayer Protection Act less easy for politicians to get their hands on;</li>
<li>Cap spending at combined growth in inflation and population; and</li>
<li>Prevent government from increasing spending during the fiscal year</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Abolish municipal property taxes in favour of a revenue sharing formula with the province</li>
<li>Eliminate corporate welfare, including the auto bailouts</li>
<li>Hold Senate elections</li>
<li>Supports in principle, but will not include in his platform, the ability to &#8216;recall&#8217; MPPs</li>
<li>Allow Ontarians the right to purchase private health insurance</li>
<li>End public funding of non-medically necessary procedures</li>
<li>Overhaul the LCBO</li>
<li>Protect property rights through a bilateral constitutional amendment</li>
<li>Make unions voluntary while maintaining the right to join as a matter of choice</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.taxpayer.com/pdf/Tim_Hudak.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Tim Hudak</strong></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Strengthen the Taxpayer Protection Act, but will not push to entrench in the constitution</li>
<li>Cap spending at growth and inflation, but not make doing so mandatory in legislation</li>
<li>Devote all end of year surpluses to debt repayment</li>
<li>Eliminate corporate welfare, but stipulates that since the auto bailouts are going ahead regardless, the most excessive aspects must be reined in.</li>
<li>Hold Senate elections</li>
<li>Rejects &#8216;recall&#8217;</li>
<li>Allow for the private delivery of health care, but does not directly touch on private insurance</li>
<li>End public funding of non-medically necessary procedures</li>
<li>Allow wine sales outside of the current regime in a system comparable to &#8216;The Beer Store&#8217;</li>
<li>Introduce a &#8216;Property Owners Bill of Rights&#8217; and support federal initiatives to protect property in the constitution</li>
<li>Does not directly commit to the right to opt out of unions as a matter of choice, but does commit to restoring the secret ballot</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.taxpayer.com/bank/report/209.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Christine Elliott</strong></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Overhaul Ontario&#8217;s tax regime with a flat tax</li>
<li>Reform EI</li>
<li>Freeze the minimum wage</li>
<li>Reform voluntary overtime laws</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.taxpayer.com/pdf/Frank_Klees.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Frank Klees</strong></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Make the pre-McGunity Taxpayer Protection Act less easy for politicians to get their hands on</li>
<li>Use restraint in spending, but does will not make limiting spending to growth and inflation mandatory in legislation</li>
<li>Will not eliminate corporate welfare</li>
<li>Hold Senate elections</li>
<li>Allow for the private delivery of health care, but does not directly touch on private insurance</li>
<li>Will not commit to ending the public funding of non-medically necessary procedures, but promises a &#8220;review and reassessment&#8221;</li>
<li>Will not commit to reforming the LCBO, but proses that an &#8220;efficiency review&#8221; be undertaken</li>
<li>Protect property rights through a bilateral constitutional amendment</li>
<li>Does not directly commit to the right to opt out of unions as a matter of choice, but promise to work with PCPO grassroots on developing policy on freedom of choice in unions</li>
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<p><em>Cross-Posted at <a href="www.taxpayerblog.com" target="_blank">www.taxpayerblog.com</a></em></p>
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		<title>Taxpayers’ Ontario PC Leadership Survey: Christine Elliott Results</title>
		<link>http://fildebrandt.ca/2009/06/taxpayers%e2%80%99-ontario-pc-leadership-survey-christine-elliott-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Fildebrandt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christine Elliott responded a survey on fiscal issues from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  Click HERE to see what she had to say.
Results from Frank Klees will be posted soon.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://fildebrandt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/christine_elliott.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-208" title="christine_elliott" src="http://fildebrandt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/christine_elliott-228x300.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="210" /></a>Christine Elliott responded a survey on fiscal issues from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.  Click <a href="http://www.taxpayer.com/bank/report/209.pdf" target="_blank">HERE</a> to see what she had to say.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Results from Frank Klees will be posted soon.</p>
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