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Nicholas Craniotis

PPC candidate for Brampton South
One of Canada's defining accomplishments is The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It guarantees all Canadians freedom, equality, and respect. It has been trampled on and needs to be protected and upheld. Without freedom, personal choice and self responsibility - we have nothing.

Climate Change & the Environment

Effects of Climate Change

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Given the uncertainties over the scientific basis of global warming, and the certainties about the huge costs of measures designed to fight it, there is no compelling reason to jeopardize our prosperity with more government interventions.

Withdraw from the Paris Accord and abandon unrealistic greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

Stop sending billions of dollars to developing countries to help them reduce their emissions.

Abolish the Liberal government’s carbon tax and leave it to provincial governments to adopt programs to reduce emissions if they want to.

Abolish subsidies for green technology and let private players develop profitable and efficient alternatives.

Invest in adaptation strategies if problems arise as a result of any natural climate change.

Prioritize implementing practical solutions to make Canada’s air, water and soil cleaner, including bringing clean drinking water to remote First Nations communities.

Health & Healthcare

COVID Testing

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Promote a rational and scientifically based approach to the pandemic that focuses on the protection of the most vulnerable, guarantees the freedom of Canadians to make decisions based on informed consent, and rejects coercion and discrimination.

COVID Vaccination

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Repeal vaccine mandates and regular testing for federal civil servants and workers in federally regulated industries. Repeal vaccine passports for travellers. Oppose vaccine mandates, vaccine passports, and other authoritarian measures imposed by provincial governments, and support individuals and groups that challenge such measures in court.

Review of COVID Response

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Lockdowns, mask mandates, school closures, and other authoritarian sanitary measures have not had any noticeable effect on the course of the pandemic. Regions or countries that implemented strict measures have been as impacted as those that did not.

Both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated can get infected and transmit the virus, which negates the rationale for segregation and vaccine passports.

Section 1 of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that reasonable limits to our rights and freedoms can only be imposed if it has been demonstrated that they are justified in a free and democratic society. Such a demonstration has not been made for covid restrictions, most of which are arguably unconstitutional.

Housing & Homelessness

Housing Prices

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Modify the Bank of Canada’s inflation target, from 2% to 0%. This will cool down inflation in all sectors, including housing. Stop funding social housing, which unfairly competes with private developers and has historically been a financial, social and urban planning disaster in every city where it’s become widespread. It is not the government’s role to build and rent apartments.

Money Laundering

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Work with provinces to curb speculation and money laundering by foreign non-resident buyers in Canada’s land and housing markets.

Mortgages

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Privatize or dismantle the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), a mammoth government agency that fuels the housing crisis instead of helping to cool it down. All it has ever done is encourage Canadians to buy houses they can’t afford, and accumulate massive amounts of debt that the federal government, and ultimately Canadian taxpayers, will be responsible for.

Human Rights & Equality

Hate Crimes & Hate Speech

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

What some people find politically incorrect, offensive or even hateful cannot serve as the legal basis for discrimination and censorship. Canadians should be able to enjoy maximum freedom of conscience and expression as guaranteed in Section 2 of the Charter.

Restrict the definition of hate speech in the Criminal Code to expression which explicitly advocates the use of force against identifiable groups or persons based on protected criteria such as religion, race, ethnicity, sex, or sexual orientation.

Repeal any existing legislation or regulation curtailing free speech on the internet and prevent the reinstatement of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Repeal C-16, M-103, C-10, and C-36.

Ensure that Canadians can exercise their freedom of conscience to its fullest extent as it is intended under the Charter and are not discriminated against because of their moral convictions.

Withhold federal funding from any post-secondary institution shown to be violating the freedom of expression of its students or faculty.

Immigration & Refugees

Immigration Process

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Reform the immigration point system and the related programs to accept a larger proportion of economic immigrants with the right skills.

Refugees

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Our current refugee policy is unsustainable, costly, and it is being abused by false refugees at our borders. This must end. The moral obligation of Canada’s government is to first help those in need among our own population, and then to give priority to real refugees.

Accept fewer resettled refugees (see also Immigration policy).

Take every measure necessary, in partnership with our American neighbours, to stop the flow of illegal migrants at the US-Canadian border.

Declare the whole border an official port of entry for the purposes of refugee claims to send back to the US anyone trying to enter Canada illegally.

Fence off the areas where illegal border jumping is prevalent, such as Roxham Road in Quebec.

Rely on private sponsorships instead of having the government pay for all the costs of resettling refugees in Canada.

Stop our reliance on the United Nations for refugee selection.

Give priority to refugees belonging to persecuted groups who have nowhere to go in neighbouring countries. For example: Christians, Yazidis, and members of other minority religions in majority Muslim countries; members of the Ahmadi community, and other Muslims in these countries who are persecuted because they reject political Islam and adhere to Western values; and members of sexual minorities.

Take Canada out of the UN’s Global Compact for Migration.

Temporary Foreign Workers

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Limit the number of temporary foreign workers and make sure that they fulfil temporary positions and do not compete unfairly with Canadian workers.

Immigration

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Our immigration policy can benefit Canadians only if we welcome the right kind of immigrants. It should prioritize Canada’s economic interests and be calibrated in a way that does not jeopardize Canadian values and the maintenance of our national identity.

Substantially lower the total number of immigrants and refugees Canada accept every year, from 350,000 to between 100,000 and 150,000, depending on economic and other circumstances.

Ensure that every candidate for immigration undergoes a face-to-face interview and answers a series of specific questions to assess the extent to which they align with Canadian values and societal norms (see Canadian Identity policy).

Increase resources for CSIS, the RCMP and Canadian Immigration and Citizenship to do interviews and thorough background checks on all classes of immigrants.

Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation

Indigenous Housing

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

The lack of real private property on reserves is in part responsible for the poor state of housing and the social ills that derive from it, and is one of the greatest impediments to economic development.

A People’s Party government will explore further avenues to promote the establishment of individual property rights on reserves so as to empower its residents, and give them increased control over their lives.

Natural Resources Development

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

A People’s Party government will respect our Constitution and treaties. It will reaffirm the federal government’s power to approve natural resources and infrastructure projects, after adequate consultations with affected indigenous groups, and in partnership with them to ensure they can benefit from these economic opportunities.

On-Reserve Funding

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

A People’s Party government will explore options to replace the paternalistic Indian Act, which keeps indigenous peoples in a state of dependency and allows the federal government to control most aspects of their lives, with a new legal framework that guarantees equal rights and responsibilities to indigenous people as Canadians, and promotes the self-reliance of communities.

Reconciliation

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Many injustices were committed in the past by the Canadian government towards indigenous peoples. We cannot rewrite the past, but only seek the best way to live together harmoniously in the future. This relationship must be based on mutual respect and a balanced approach taking into account the needs of the indigenous population and the interests of the Canadian population as a whole.

Fairness

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Fairness demands that all Canadians benefit from roughly equivalent services wherever they live. It’s unacceptable that some indigenous communities live in conditions that resemble those of third world countries. But the current model to solve these problems is based on top-down bureaucratic solutions imposed by Ottawa on dependent communities with no voice in the process.

A People’s Party government will ensure that indigenous communities take more ownership of the services they receive in partnership with Ottawa and other levels of government.

Responsibility

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Although Ottawa spends about $21 billion a year on indigenous programs, there is little evidence that living conditions have been improving in indigenous communities. The federal government and indigenous administrations have a responsibility to ensure that taxpayers’ money is well spent.

A People’s Party government will review federal spending to ensure that programs are better targeted to benefit the indigenous population, in particular the communities that have the greatest needs.

Natural Resources & Extraction

Pipelines

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

The oil and gas industry has been for decades a major source of employment, government revenues, and economic well-being for all of Canada. It should be allowed to grow, export its products, and bring prosperity to our country.

Counter anti-oil and anti-pipeline propaganda from radical environmentalists and foreign foundations.

Repeal Bill C-48.

Repeal Bill C-69.

Approve pipelines projects using a streamlined process.

Find a private buyer for Trans Mountain.

Reassert federal jurisdiction over pipelines construction by invoking section 92(10) of our Constitution, whereby Parliament can declare any project to be for the general advantage of Canada.

Misc. topics

Veterans

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

The government of Canada has an obligation to honour the nation’s sacred commitment to our military men and women and make sure our veterans receive the support they deserve.

Recognize and respect the unique sacrifices of those who serve and have served in Canada’s Armed Forces.

Enshrine in legislation the country’s obligations to our veterans in a Military Covenant between the government and those who serve in the Armed Forces.

Reinstate the fair disability pension as previously provided for by the Pension Act. The pension will apply retroactively to 2006 and lump sum payments received since then will be treated as advance payments.

Instigate a line-by-line review of the New Veterans Charter (including the Enhanced New Veterans Charter Act of 2011), to determine which policies and programs should be retained, simplify the system and make it easier to navigate.

Reemphasize the legislative guarantee of the “Benefit of doubt” standard under the Pension Act.

Internal Trade

Nicholas Craniotis's promise

Freeing our economy from these interprovincial trade barriers would help families and businesses. It would also increase competition, raise productivity, and unite our country.

Reassert the authority and leadership of the federal government on internal trade.

Use section 91(2) of the Constitution, which gives Ottawa exclusive power to regulate matters of international and interprovincial trade, to force provinces to apply the principle of mutual recognition where applicable. This principle means that if a worker, product or service meets regulatory standards in one province, then other provinces will trust that they meet their own standards.

Appoint a Minister of Internal Trade whose sole responsibility will be to conduct studies, raise public awareness, counteract the influence of special interests that benefit from interprovincial barriers, and put pressure on provincial governments to get rid of them.

Biography

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Nick is fighting for freedom, personal choice, and the ability to earn a living without government interference. He's passionate about limited government and personal responsibility. He believes in media accountability. No vaccine passports. No lockdowns. Masks are a choice.

Reason for running

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I am not a politician. I have been involved in politics only since the election was called. I am a Canadian who is fed-up with the government overreach, and I'm dead set on ensuring my children have the freedom we are all promised in Canada. That's why I'm running for the PPC.

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