National Prioities

[HappyFarmer]

In your opinion, HF, is the cost-problem on the
Staff side?
Or the management side?
The facility side?
The drug side?
Or offering too many services?
Or other
Pars

Good question. IMO it largely staff, facility, and drug side.

I think the Americans have a golden opportunity here....build a public Heath care system but starting from scratch, figure out a way to control cost right from the get go...don't let drug companies overcharge, control employee costs/unions, out of control staffing and facility cost.. Etc. I understanding inflation is always going to be a enemy but there has to be way to do it. How they would do it...i don't have I clue but if someone ever could figure it out it would be perfect.

[parsley]

Thanks, HappyFarmer pars

[ajl]

The MOST important political issue in Canuckistan by far is cutting the public sector pension plan into a defined contribution plan. The second most is removing equalization so that when Ontario goes down, it does not drag everything else down with it. Third is to deregulate and shrink government down so that it does not choke out entrepreneurship and private investment. Trade is not an issue worth bothering with since there is no country in the world taking in exports. The US wants less stuff dumped in its market and there are no other markets importing stuff so trade is a non issue. As for pipelines, the energy market is well supplied so we dont really need any pipelines built to anywhere. Let future generation pump some oil. Energy east should have gone ahead in order to displace Islamic oil but really for no other reason.

[parsley]

The MOST important political issue in Canuckistan by far is cutting the public sector pension plan into a defined contribution plan.

Thanks AJL for your careful, well defined issues.
pars

[bgmb]

1) preserving the culture and values of canada. Stopping muslim extremist immigration
2) cap gov spending
3) stop subsidies to private business
4) Remove red tape and regulation

[bgmb]

overhaul healthcare. $4000 per year for every man woman and child in Canada. Is there a better way?

[ajl]

My solution to the healthcare mess would be to introduce health insurance co pay system just like many drug plans do now. Pay 10 or 20% out of pocket with balance reimbursed by insurance. This would focus the system on the patient as a client and also make cost reduction necessary. Would protect most from potentially high health care costs at the same time. Private clinics and private insurance would also be allowed and encouraged.

[Horse]

#1 civil service needs to get back in line with the private sector, excluding the resource sector as they are the worst offenders. There was a time where a gov job was less pry but secure now its secure with high wages, we need to stop giving % increases as the more you make the more your raise
Unions I think they need to be overhauled in the way so no one can go out in sympathy for other branches
II think the gov should get back in the business of, shipbuilding, military equipt,aircraft, we had all those and employed our own people now we employ other countries
Health care doctors need to be doctors instead of referral agents
quit changing accounting practices every time we change govmts
Limit deficits to no more than your mandate, trying to cover your ads ,by passing it on to the next gov
And finally YOU WILL HATE ME but fair taxation I somewhat agree with the new proposed corps tax changes, its those that are very wealthy that benefit from the tax rules, the average Joe has no escape those making mid to high 6 figures really don't need a tax dodge legal or not What would you like 50% of a mill or 100% of50,000.think about that

[Sheepwheat]

1. Abolish the Indian act. Start fresh. No more free goodies, houses, education, etc. This is 2017. Time to get over the past and move on. We need proactive chiefs to be heard, prosperous Indian reserves to be emulated. Let the chips fall where they may, it needs to end. Once full blending happens, crime will drop immensely, and future budgets will reflect this. We all need to get past our past,and move on together, the segregation and goodies based on race must end. Racism would end if we were all actually treated as equals, not like it is now where some are more equal than others.

2. You do crime, you pay. No voting, no early parole. Prison is prison, no video games and lollipops. Prison equals hard, productive labour for the benefit of law abiding citizens. Automatic life for murder, no questions asked. Citizens must have the right to defend their property, we must have property rights. If I am threatened on my farm, I need to have the right to protect what is mine, with whatever force needed to alleviate the threat. No questions asked.

3. Deficit financing is not allowed, unless there is a serious economic crash. This goes along with and includes, enormous cutbacks on spending. We do not need the cbc. We do not need to spend on the latest gay gig, transgender crap. Bilingualism is toast and would save us billions.

4. The Muslim threat needs to be taken seriously already. No more sweeping under the carpet. No more payouts to terrorists. We need to beef up our intelligence and secure our land from this threat.

The above, must be done. But it won't because no one has the nerve to follow through. The media, and the urban set will howl if we reform any of these things...

But I can dream, right?

[parsley]

But I can dream, right?

Nice to hear from you. Thanks for these. pars