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Bill Capes on Facebook Personal Responsibility, Individual Freedom, Respect, and Fairness. Learn more at www.EssexPPC.ca/Platform
Agriculture & Food
Agricultural business
Bill Capes's promise
Reduce farm tax to 10%.
Supply management
Bill Capes's promise
Abolish. Compensate farmers for quota and phase out gradually to allow time for adaptation and competition.
Environment, Climate Change, & Energy
Carbon pricing
Bill Capes's promise
Eliminate all carbon pricing.
Emissions targets
Bill Capes's promise
Leave emissions targets to provincial governments' discretion.
Freshwater
Bill Capes's promise
Our environmental policy focuses on clean air, soil, and water. Provide clean drinking water on reserves and stop releasing sewage into our waterways.
Threats from climate change
Bill Capes's promise
There is no climate emergency. Let's base policy on reason and logic, not fear and panic.
Government & Democracy
Diversity in politics
Bill Capes's promise
Focus on diversity of ideas. Choose best candidates regardless of demographics.
Intergovernmental cooperation
Bill Capes's promise
Stop meddling in provincial jurisdiction and respect constitution.
Government Services & Crown Corporations
Canada Post
Bill Capes's promise
Privatize.
Public broadcasting
Bill Capes's promise
Defund the CBC.
Health
Prescription drug coverage
Bill Capes's promise
Leave this to provinces and private plans.
Wait times and access
Bill Capes's promise
Eliminate Canada Health Act, transfer tax points to provinces, and allow for innovative healthcare delivery to save money and improve service.
Housing
Housing supply
Bill Capes's promise
Reduced government regulation to allow for more construction, reduced taxes and regulation to keep more money in your pocket and make life more affordable for everyone.
Immigration, Refugees, & Borders
Economic immigration
Bill Capes's promise
Economic immigrants should be our priority. Increase percentage of economic immigrants from 25% to 50%.
Refugees
Bill Capes's promise
Stop illegal illegitimate "refuges" at the American border and focus on real refuges which are part of persecuted minorities (eg ethnic, religious, sexual, etc...).
Immigration Levels
Bill Capes's promise
Reduce immigration levels to 150,000/year, in line with all other developed countries (on a per capita basis).
Indigenous Issues
Drinking water
Bill Capes's promise
Top priority.
Indigenous housing
Bill Capes's promise
Allow for private property rights on reserves.
Indigenous rights
Bill Capes's promise
Consider abolishing the Indian Act.
International Relations
Climate crisis leadership
Bill Capes's promise
Withdraw from Paris Accord.
International assistance
Bill Capes's promise
Eliminate foreign aid except in response to humanitarian crisis. Focus on helping Canadians first.
Jobs & the Economy
Fair trade
Bill Capes's promise
Focus on trade deals with benefit Canada and Canadian workers.
Investment in industries
Bill Capes's promise
Eliminate capital gains tax and expand accelerated capital cost allowance to encourage investment.
Jobs in oil, gas, and coal
Bill Capes's promise
Use constitution to build pipelines and get our resources to tide water to ensure the best price and grow our economy.
Poverty
Bill Capes's promise
Cut taxes and regulations to make life more affordable for all Canadians including eliminating supply management which costs families $400/year.
Justice, Crime, & Law Enforcement
Guns
Bill Capes's promise
Focus on criminals. Respect law abiding firearms owners. Classify firearms based on function, not appearance.
Military & Veterans
Veterans
Bill Capes's promise
Respect veterans. Reinstate full benefits for all veterans.
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
Bill was born and raised in Windsor-Essex and currently works as a machinist. The PPC is a new political party that is doing politics differently and standing up for personal responsibility, individual freedom, respect, and fairness.
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