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In Volume II of this series they tackle the goal of giving Canadians the highest quality of life in the world, focusing on improving the provision of K-12 education, welfare, health care, and child care. They show how Canada can become the world's most caring nation - in practice - by implementing policies based on sound principles and powerful fact-based research.
Key recommendations include expanding freedom of choice in K-12 education via educational vouchers issued to parents by provincial governments; expansion of the shift from welfare to workfare pioneered by Mr. Harris's administration in Ontario; getting the federal government out of the child care field by ending federal spending initiatives in this area and ceding the equivalent tax room to the provinces; and making the tax system neutral with respect to the form of child care parents choose for their children.
With respect to health care, they advance further recommendations for achieving the goal of giving Canadians the best health care system in the world, strengthening universal access regardless of the ability to pay while offering a mixed approach (public and private) to health care delivery, payment, and insurance.
Manning and Harris's recommendations for rebalancing federalism with respect to the provision of social services are particularly relevant in light of the Supreme Court's Chaoulli decision, current concerns about fiscal imbalances, and the need to significantly reduce the current strains in federal-provincial relations which threaten unity.
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The Hon. Michael Harris
former Premier of OntarioThe Honourable Mike Harris became the twenty-second Premier of Ontario following a landslide election victory in June 1995, and servedthe people of Ontario until 2002.His plan-the Common Sense Revolution-struck a chord with people across the province who were tired of big government, wasteful spending, rising welfare rolls, and rising unemployment. In his first term as Premier of Ontario, he proved that he was not afraid to make tough choices needed to put Ontario back on track. Four years later the voters of Ontario re-elected Mike Harris, making him the first Ontario Premier in more than 30 years to form a second consecutive majority government.Mike Harris joined the Fraser Institute as a Senior Fellow in October 2002.… Read more Read Less… -
Preston Manning
Former Leader of the OppositionPreston Manning served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001. He founded two new political parties- the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance - both of which became the official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. Mr. Manning served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000 and was also his party's critic for Science and Technology. In 2007 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.Since retirement from Parliament in 2002, Mr. Manning has released a book entitled Think Big (published by McClelland & Stewart) describing his use of the tools and institutions of democracy to change Canada's national agenda. He has also served as a Senior Fellow of the Canada West Foundation and as a Distinguished Visitor at the University of Calgary and University of Toronto.Mr. Manning is currently a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute and President and CEO of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. The Manning Centre is a national not-for-profit organization supporting research, educational, and communications initiatives designed to achieve a more democratic society in Canada guided by conservative principles.Mr. Manning continues to write, speak, and teach on a variety of subjects including the revitalization of democracy in the Western world, the revitalization of Canadian conservatism, Canada-U.S. relations, strengthening relations between the scientific and political communities, the re-balancing of Canadian federalism, the regulation of the genetic revolution, and the management of the interface between faith and politics.… Read more Read Less…
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