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Stefan Klietsch

Independent candidate for Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke

Climate Change & the Environment

Greenhouse gas emissions

Supporting a national carbon price paired with consumer rebates to reduce CO2 emissions.

Culture, Arts, & Media

CBC/Radio-Canada

Supporting a fully publicly-funded CBC, paired with a CBC mandate review.

News and journalism

Ending public subsidies to almost all legacy media, except for the CBC.

Health & Healthcare

Addiction and the poisoned drug supply

Regulation and taxation of recreational drugs to eliminate the dangerous black market.

Pharmacare

Supporting the establishment of a federal bulk-buying pharmaceutical plan.

Indigenous Peoples and Nations

Indigenous businesses and economic opportunity

Permitting Indigenous bands to legalize private property on their reserves.

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Supply management

Supporting elimination of the dairy monopoly to lower consumer dairy prices and create job opportunities in the dairy sector.

Trump's tariffs

Opposed to broad-based retaliatory tariffs and to politicizing businesses in retaliation.

Taxes

Restricting corporate income taxation to above-average corporate profits.

Abolishing middle-class income taxes in favour of a higher GST.

Minority Rights, Fair Government, & Democracy

Elections and democratic engagement

Changing the Constitution of Canada to restrict early elections, unjustified prorogations, and abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause.

Increasing the number of MPs for more direct and localized riding representation, while decreasing MPs' salaries.

Allowing citizens to petition to directly table bills to the House of Commons.

Eliminating all subsidies and tax credits for political parties.

Cash payments to reward voter turnout.

Increasing accessibility of the elections ballot to prospective candidates through a for/against petition system.

Improving Question Period decorum with the scrutiny of full-view cameras.

Public Safety, Policing, & the Justice System

Causes of crime

Regulation and taxation of recreational drugs to eliminate the dangerous black market.

Sovereignty, Foreign Relations, & the United States

National defence

Improving cost-efficiency of Canadian military spending by eliminating buy-national procurement strategies in favour of competitive bidding.

Trump's tariffs

Opposed to broad-based retaliatory tariffs and to politicizing businesses in retaliation.

Ukraine

Steadfast support for Ukraine, including military supplies.

Investment treaties

Initiating withdrawal from the 31-year Canada-China FIPA that allows Chinese state-companies to sue for Canadian tax dollars.

The Middle East

Opposing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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Biography

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Contrarian, public policy champion, prolific writer. Fourth campaign for the riding now named Algonquin-Renfrew-Pembroke.

I have experience in various political parties and I intend to remain involved in party politics going forward. Political parties are fundamental to Westminster democratic systems. However, many political parties have closed themselves off to fresh ideas from millions of Canadians, nevermind ideas from myself. There is a time and place to support a non-party candidate when party institutions have become so poor at listening and taking national and global issues seriously.

I was raised in the Renfrew countryside. After completing elementary and high school education in Renfrew, I acquired an Honours Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Ottawa, later followed by a Master of Arts in Political Science from Carleton University. I also have a certificate from the University of Ottawa recognizing my studies of national security issues.

Reason for running

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As with my prior campaigns, I am running on the principles of objectivity, integrity, and independence. The House of Commons is in need of more intellectual leadership, and I believe that Renfrew County is a friendly enough place to make that happen.

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