Starting points for me:
Public service should be cut back to 2015 levels as a percentage of population and then adjusted for population gain. But I want to see an immediate cap on FTE's that means that no department can grow without losses in others. Buy out if needed but there will be a two year timeline involved to implement.
-staff with previous performance issues, less than 1 year on the job and those eligible for retirement should plan for new employment.
- supervisors must supervise at least 4 people and I don't want to see managers until you're supervising 100+.
- new hiring must be considered on the basis of remote work (very valid for some positions) which then must be advertised Canada wide and at last resort hired in Ottawa.
- Ottawa should not be the majority of the public service and distributed staff will be the norm.
I want to see investment focused upon gaining Canadian economic efficiency. A public listing should show what the economic return of say...twining the entire Trans-Canda Highway over 10 years vs. economic gains involved.
- When I hear of political announcements being made - municipal/provincial or federal - I want to see what the improvement to the regional/national economy will be and I frankly think of it as cost/employment. If a highway interchange is costing a million dollars a job created I start to question if that is effective use of funds.
Enough with boil water and housing shortages on Reserves. We give away billions annually to other countries and Canadian residents don't have drinking water? Tough to promote wells in Africa if you're not going to do things at home and have any credibility.
- As part of this I want to see massive small home construction promoted. Go back to the Sears Catalog of the 1950's (800 sqft homes) and ordering a house in flatpack form. Every trade school teaching construction trades can be involved and/or employers hiring new apprentices.
- I also want to see some smaller scale apartment complexes developed. 12 plexes or equivalent and start building like crazy on DnD bases, First Nation Reserves and if needed remote areas especially in the north.
Taxes...I want to go via the Norway route? Employers must file tax paperwork by end of January. In March each resident gets a copy of their reported income and then either validates its' correct or updates for any missing paperwork. Why is CRA auditing Tax returns for income tax papers that they already have? I want them focused on missing income (multimillion dollar house purchase with no income in Canada), abuse and frankly the fraud.
- As part of this number companies must show all owners/update directors annually. This speaks the inconsistent housing ownership records and how much money is liquated through real estate.
- A heavy audit emphasis upon Canadian companies based outside the country.
EI. Ideally it would transition to something more like a 401K in the USA where each Canadian tax payer would get an annual update that would show how much they have contributed to CPP, EI, TFSA, RRSP and RESP.
- RESP I would expand to age 30 for eligibility.
- EI will be a consistent threshold for eligibility no mater where in the country you live. EI funds payment can not exceed 2x contributions unless the payment is due to parental/maternity leave. So if you're a young adult and start a family you're okay but if you're expecting to sit around for 8 months every year on the basis of partial payments....time for a new career.
Immigration
- Temporary Foreign Workers must be paid 125% of local wages for the same jobs. Not eligible to recruit if local unemployment is over 5% regardless of sector
- All temporary workers must be housed in single rooms. Rent charged can not exceed 40% of wages and must be part of written contract prior to hiring.
- Immigration numbers will be set based upon provincial capacity to absorb new people and immigration will require a minimum 5 years residency in that province.
- Non-Nato countries will be capped at no more than 8% per country immigration per year. Exceptions will be made for unexpected situations only through parliamentary bill + endorsement by 50% of provinces (Ukranian refugees for example)
- Only for select professions will there be no limits (i.e. doctors) based upon at least 50% of provinces declaring shortages.
- Out of Country post secondary students will not be allowed to work unless it is directly related to their profession (i.e. engineering student working at the university for a professor, Culinary student working for restaurant part time) and not to exceed 20 hours a week. All students must show sufficient income to rent a single bedroom apartment + utilities + food. This is to be published by each school.
CRTC
- If industry wont fund it I want reliable highspeed internet in every Canadian community + airport + transCAnada highway. That means a minimum of 2 bars of service.
- I want to see maps showing the actual coverage offered, by owner. Not the theoritical with a booster if you hold your tongue just right coverage. Start with the largest gaps (people wise) in coverage, publish the list, and start the contracts going.
More especially on the DND side I can think of but it's a start...
