the official newsletter of the Freedom Party of Ontario
July 1995
TOP 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT FREEDOM PARTY
Freedom Party supports the equal treatment of all individuals before and
under the law, effective law enforcement standards, impartial courts which
dispense punishments that fit the crime, and judicial/provincial respect for
private property rights.
Freedom Party advocates a Taxpayer Protection Act that incorporates
maximum tax limits, a flat-rate tax system, a binding referendum on tax
increases, and balanced budget legislation.
Freedom Party endorses lowering personal income taxes and retail sales
taxes by reducing government spending and directing social assistance
only to those in demonstrable need.
To ensure that government is able to guarantee health care accessibility and
prevent catastrophic loss due to illness, Freedom Party supports health care
reforms by emphasizing an insurance-based, actuarially sound system of
health care funding.
Freedom Party supports the right of taxpayers to direct their education taxes
to the school(s) of their choice, including private options. Within the public
system, we propose clear education standards and objective student
evaluations, with an emphasis on the basics, including: direct instruction,
the systematic use of phonics to teach reading, standardized testing, and
effective standards of discipline.
Freedom Party advocates a reduction of suffocating bureaucratic red tape
and regulations of the business sector, and an end to forced union membership
as a condition of employment.
Freedom Party supports the elimination of government grants, funding
subsidies, and preferential legislation for special-interest groups, multiculturalism, and business.
Freedom Party advocates the repeal of Bill 79 (Employment Equity Laws),
Bill 40 (labour legislation), and Bill 8 (French Services Act), the elimination
of Ontario's Human Rights Commission and its political tribunals, and an
end to the censorship powers of Ontario's Film Review Board
Freedom Party advocates the privatization of government owned businesses
including Ontario Hydro, the LCBO, and Worker's Compensation. We also
encourage private sector replacement of services currently provided by
government (e.g. daycare and public transportation).
Freedom Party advocates eliminating MPP "super-pensions" and replacing
them with pensions in line with the private sector. We would also implement
a process of MPP recall, and fixed election periods.
