Party Program
The party's political platform proposed to:
- Support and encourage law enforcement agencies. Restore capital punishment.
- Increase the National Defence budget. Require compulsory service for young people. Re-divide the Canadian Armed Forces into the Royal Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force.
- Strengthen the economy by implementing political stability. Reduce the federal deficit. Restore full value of the Canadian dollar. Remove employable people from welfare roles by offering them productive jobs.
- Increase immigration with the ultimate goal of increasing population from 25 million to 200 million people. Encourage assimilation of immigrants and end multiculturalism policy.
- Pass legislation to bring inflation under control.
- Discover new energy resources; transport prisoners to northern areas to exploit energy resources.
- Adopt a "Canada first" foreign policy. Halt foreign aid to communist countries and other dictatorships.
- Abolish bilingualism policy.
- Deport to the country of their choice any person advocating the separation of Quebec or another province from Canada.
- Reduce taxes in general, and aim to eliminate the personal income tax over time.
- Review performance of boards of education and pass legislation where warranted to improve education. (Note: in Canada, education is a responsibility of provincial governments.)
- Abolish the metric system, and return to the Imperial system of weights and measures.
- Repeal law permitting homosexual acts.
- Prohibit abortion other than in cases of rape and incest. Create and staff adoption centres.
- Pass laws to oppose the use of narcotics and marijuana.
- Appoint cabinet ministers who have experience in the areas for which they are responsible.
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