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Title:True North Strong & Free
Notice:Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524
Moderator:POLAR::RICHARDSON
Created:Fri Jun 19 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1040
Total number of notes:13668

757.0. "Reform Party: What is it ?" by KAOFS::D_STREET (Virtue is relative.) Thu Nov 04 1993 19:59

    I have heard almost nothing of the Reform party since the election.
    This note is for facts about the party, and statements made by/about
    them. They are a large force in our new government, and we really know
    almost nothing about them.
    
    							Derek.
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757.1POLAR::RICHARDSONSick in balanced sort of wayThu Nov 04 1993 22:395
    Preston can bench press 5 Kg.
    
    What a man!
    
    Glenn
757.2KAOFS::B_VANVALKENBFri Nov 05 1993 10:4425
    at this point Preston pretty much IS the party. But given time I'm
    sure that the party wil gel.
    
    the reform party started out of the wests frustation with the current
    political system and it relization that the political system needed
    some fundamental change.
    
    their goals include the following
    
    making it law that the budget is balanced
    make government more responsible to the people
    reduce/illiminate the deficit
    abolish or reform the senate EEE
    more free votes in the house
    more input by the poeople on important national matters 	
    	read as binding referendums
    tie immigration more closely to enemployment and at reduced levels
    illimination of Quebec's "special" status
    
    spin offs
    no more federal funding of multiculturalism
    taxes to be held at the current level until the debt is reduced
    	fed expenses will be reduced by illiminating many government
    	departments, streamlining others by combining duplicate
    	functions.
757.3CTHP12::M_MORINFri Nov 05 1993 13:159
I believe Reform hasn't spoken out on many issues yet because they haven't 
yet decided on their Parliementary strategy.  They're scheduled to get 
together this weekend in Calgary to discuss it.

I believe BQ is slightly ahead of them in this regard, now if they could only 
be more *open-minded* about their criticism of the government.

/Mario

757.4KAOU61::ROBILLARDFri Nov 05 1993 14:548

	> I believe BQ is slightly ahead of them in this regard,

	It's alot easier to form strategy when your only platform is
	"Does it help Quebec-good/does it hinder Quebec-bad"

	Ben