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Conservative2019 House of CommonsVille-Marie--Le Sud-Ouest--Île-des-SoeursQuebec

Michael Forian

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Michael Forian’s policies on domestic policy issues

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average Canadian voter ranked them on the quiz.

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Domestic Policy  ›  Annexing Canada

Should Canada become part of the United States?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Government Surveillance

Should the government be able to monitor phone calls and emails?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Armed Teachers

Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?

  Party’s support baseNo, hire professionally trained security guards instead

Domestic Policy  ›  Gun Control

Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Social Media Regulation

Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Drug Policy

Are you in favor of decriminalizing drug use?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Native Funding

Should Canadian aboriginals receive more government funds?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Net Neutrality

Should internet service providers be allowed to speed up access to popular websites (that pay higher rates) at the expense of slowing down access to less popular websites (that pay lower rates)?

  Party’s support baseNo, treat all traffic equally and continue the openness of the internet

Domestic Policy  ›  Quebec Sovereignty

Should Quebec be granted sovereignty from the rest of Canada?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  National Daycare

Do you support a national daycare policy?

  Party’s support baseYes, but only for low income families and single parents

Domestic Policy  ›  Commuter Rail

Should the federal government invest in urban, commuter rail infrastructure?

  Party’s support baseYes

Domestic Policy  ›  Worker Strikes

Should government workers be allowed to strike?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, but only for non-essential services

Domestic Policy  ›  Whistleblower Protection

Should the government pass laws which protect whistleblowers?

  Party’s support baseYes, but only if the information was legally obtained

Domestic Policy  ›  Energy Sector

In order to reduce energy costs, should the government nationalize or privatize the energy sector?

  Party’s support basePrivatize

Domestic Policy  ›  Flag Burning

Should it be illegal to burn the Canadian flag?

  Party’s support baseYes

Domestic Policy  ›  Drug Policy

Should nonviolent drug offenders be given mandatory jail sentences?

  Party’s support baseNo, first offence should result in a mandatory rehabilitation program, further offences result in jailtime

Domestic Policy  ›  CBC Funding

Should the government increase funding to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)?

  Party’s support baseNo, and eliminate funding

Domestic Policy  ›  Political Advertising on Social Media

Should social media companies ban political advertising?

  Party’s support baseNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Online Age Verification

Should adult websites be required to verify a user's age before granting access to content?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, but only if a third party handles the data to guarantee user anonymity

Domestic Policy  ›  Senate

Should the federal government elect or abolish the Senate?

  Party’s support baseElect

Domestic Policy  ›  15-Minute Cities

Should local governments redesign neighborhoods into "15-minute cities" where residents can access all essential daily services without needing a car?

  Party’s support baseYes

Domestic Policy  ›  Gun Buyback Program

Should the government buy back banned "assault-style" firearms from legal owners?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, focus on criminals smuggling illegal guns, not law-abiding owners

Domestic Policy  ›  Direct Municipal Funding

Should the federal government be allowed to bypass provincial governments to directly fund municipal housing and infrastructure projects?

  Party’s support baseYes

Domestic Policy  ›  Renovating 24 Sussex

Should the government spend tax dollars to renovate the Prime Minister's official residence, 24 Sussex Drive?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, tear it down and build a modern, secure facility for a fraction of the restoration cost

Domestic Policy  ›  Abolish the Monarchy

Should the monarchy be abolished and replaced with a republic?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo

Domestic Policy  ›  Replace the RCMP

Should provinces replace the federal RCMP with their own independent provincial police forces?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, the RCMP is an iconic institution that unifies our national justice system

Domestic Policy  ›  Long Form Census

Should the government reinstate the long form mandatory census?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, privacy is more important than statistics

Domestic Policy  ›  Supreme Court Bilingualism

Should Supreme Court judges be required to be fluent in French and English?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, this unfairly disqualifies qualified candidates from Western Canada

Domestic Policy  ›  Online Streaming Regulation

Should streaming services like YouTube and Netflix be required to promote Canadian content?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, outdated "CanCon" rules hurt independent creators who rely on global audiences.

Domestic Policy  ›  Federal Remote Work

Should federal government employees be required to return to the office?

MF>MF  ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, in-person work boosts accountability and supports struggling downtown economies.

Domestic Policy  ›  Copyright

Should the government allow digital publishers to place locks on their content (MP3s, etc)?

  Party’s support baseLet the free market, instead of the government, decide

Domestic Policy  ›  CSA Funding

Should the government increase funding to the CSA (Canadian Standards Association)?

  Party’s support baseNo

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Jack Smith files to drop Jan. 6 charges against Donald Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his effort to overturn his 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol.Trump was first indicted on four felonies in August 2023: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The case was then put on hold for months as Trump’s team argued that Trump could not be prosecuted.The indictment marked an extraordinary moment in American history — the first-ever accusation that a president sought illegally to cling to power.The dismissal also marks a historic moment. Fifty years after Richard Nixon was forced by lawmakers from both parties to resign the presidency amid allegations of criminal conduct, half of American voters will return Trump to the presidency despite his own serious charges of criminal misconduct in office.“The Government’s position on the merits of the defendant’s prosecution has not changed. But the circumstances have," Smith’s office wrote in Monday’s filing, adding that it is seeking to dismiss the charges ahead of Trump's inauguration, in line with the Justice Department’s longstanding position that it can’t charge a sitting president.“That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind," the special counsel added.The Supreme Court handed Trump an early victory in the case in July with its ruling on presidential immunity. But a new federal grand jury indicted Trump on the same four charges again in August, alleging that Trump’s false claims about mass voter fraud during the 2020 election were “unsupported, objectively unreasonable, and ever-changing” and that Trump “knew that they were false.”

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Trump's Deportation Storm: America Braces for Mass Exodus of Immigrants

For months, immigration advocates have been planning for the possibility of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Now, their worst fears have arrived.Immigrants’ rights groups have spent the last year preparing for a second Trump term and an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, analyzing Trump’s proposals, drafting legal briefs, coordinating messaging and organizing aid for immigrants and asylum seekers. They responded to Trump’s victory with alarm and vowed to put up a fight, setting the stage for four more years of contentious court battles with his administration.Some are already preparing to push current leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to stymie the incoming Trump team, particularly on immigrant detention and the use of AI in enforcement.“We should expect to see the devastation of immigrant communities all over the country. We should expect to see family separation,” said Kica Matos, the president of the National Immigration Law Center. “It is entirely possible that he will try to use the military to carry out deportations, so that means that Americans all over the country will see the military engaging in enforcement against civilian populations, which is horrifying.”Trump, after winning a historic victory on a platform of turbo-charged immigration enforcement, has said he will conduct mass deportations at a scale never before seen. Immigrant advocates have warned this would be expensive and inhumane, separating families and wrecking communities. The president-elect has also vowed to build huge detention camps, hire thousands more border agents, funnel military spending toward border security and invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel suspected members of drug cartels and criminal gangs without court hearings.He has also said he would end “catch-and-release” — allowing migrants to remain free, often with monitoring, while they await immigration court hearings — and restore a policy from his first term requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed. And he has dodged questions about whether he would try to bring back family separation.

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