Fundy Royal 2015

Candidate's Application
NAME/NOM: James Wilson

PROVINCE: New Brunswick

RIDING/CIRCONSCRIPTION: Fundy Royal

PARTY INVOLVEMENT / PARTICIPATION DE PARTI:

Member of the Pirate Party of Canada since March, 2011. Participation on forum, general meetings and in R&I Committee only. Advocating party within riding and online.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE / L'EXPÉRIENCE POLITIQUE:

Attended nomination meeting and signed nomination papers for Wayne Steeves (PC) who I have had occasion to talk to from time to time. Served as a poll clerk for the 2011 federal election. Studied political science and Canadian studies at Mount Allison University.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST / CONFLITS D'INTÉRÊTS:

I do not believe I am a member of any organizations that would constitute a conflict of interest but in the interest of disclosure I will list them. I am a member of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives(http://www.pcnb.ca/), the Monarchist League of Canada(http://www.monarchist.ca/en/home), and the Albert County Historical Society(http://www.albertcountymuseum.ca/).

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT / PARTICIPATION DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ:

I have lived in this riding all my life. I have been employed at various service sector jobs so I recognize a lot of people by face, if not by name. There is palpable dislike of politicians in my local region and, I believe, in the rest of the riding. Doing a quick mental calculation I believe I could count on 6 maybe 7 people who would be willing/have the time to help me with my campaign at this time.

PLATFORM / MANIFESTE:

I support the general aims of the Pirate Party's platform but disagree slightly on some of the specifics. Platform is in point form and is subject to change. I am currently moving from limited consultation to wider consultation and have yet to add a small business section or policies to deal with the working poor (a suggestion from a constituent). Full platform document to be released near the start of 2015 campaign or earlier if I feel it is finished.

Directly related to Core Platform


 * Legalisation of the creation, transmission, and possession of copied works for non-commercial purposes and shortening of copyright terms to 20 years.
 * Treating the tampering with of email the same as tampering with regular mail.
 * Make sure that government agencies collect the minimum amount of data to do their jobs and increase safeguards against personal information being leaked.
 * Have all government agencies and crown corporations assume the desire for personal privacy in their dealings with the public rather than the opposite.
 * Call for a comittee to be formed to look at the growing problem of identity theft to determine the best ways to combat it.
 * Shorten patent terms from 20 years to 10 years. (shorter for certain medical developments)
 * Prohibiting Canadian Internet Service Providers from interfering with data transmission.
 * Offer a tax incentive for ISPs to extend their DSL lines within Canada.
 * Make all government reports produced at a cost to tax payers available to everyone when they are published.
 * Have MPs be required to keep detailed records of what they charge to their expense accounts and these records will be made available to the general public without undue delay.
 * Streamline and reduce costs of Access to information process.

Cutting Government Costs


 * A salary reduction of $57,731.00 for MPs.
 * I also propose a salary reduction of $32,300.00 for senators. (brings both down to $100,000)
 * Increase the minimum number of years an MP has to serve to qualify for a pension to 10 years and reduce the pension amount to $26,000.00.
 * Bring public sector salaries more in line with private sector salaries.
 * Move towards running government computers on Linux and other free software.

Improved Representation


 * Make use of virtual townhalls, riding-limited online forums and traditional means to keep up to date with issues in my riding.
 * Tax credit for voting in federal elections
 * Internet voting (added to existing methods, not full replacement)
 * Set qualifications for party participation in the televised debates

Students


 * Extending the grace period for beginning to pay back federal student loans from 6 months to 2 years.
 * Have all money paid towards federal student loans during grace period count double towards debt.
 * The creation of a fund that would cover half the costs of field trips to provincial legislatures.

Business Serving the Common Good


 * A system of conditional tax cuts (what some might call tax incentives) that would reward companies that take on socially responsible roles in Canada. These would not be new corporate tax cuts but would instead attach conditions to ones made over the last ten years(as of 2015).

Consumer Protection


 * Outlawing programmed obsolescence.
 * Push for standardization of printer cartridges and refillable versions.
 * Oppose locking features on software that prevent its full use without a justifiable cause.

Misc


 * Support for a statue of R.B. Bennett on Parliament Hill.
 * Requiring all sentences handed down by the Human Rights Commission be examined by a qualified judge as to their constitutionality, fairness, and due process.
 * Establish a parliamentary committee to examine the mandate of the Human Rights Commission to ensure it is clear and that the Commission does not take on duties best left to the Canadian justice system.
 * Oppose adding a bilingual requirement to Supreme Court appointments

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