Accountable Government

As a Fair and Efficient Government We Will

1. Modernize Political Donations

• limit yearly personal/individual donations to a specific amount competitive with other provinces
• adjust tax deductions for individual donations to cap out at the full donation amount
• reduce corporate and union donations to half the amount of a personal/individual donation for party and half for constituency associations
• ban all donations whose source is outside the province (individual, corporate, or union)

2. Indigenous Partnerships for the Future

• negotiate strong inter-governmental relationships with Indigenous communities
• encourage self-governance and independence
• create working groups to increase inter-governmental efficiency between both parties
• act on all provincially relevant TRC calls to action
• open up the North through partnerships, education, and investment

3. Science and Technology Policy

• create a Minister of Science and Technology and a Science Secretariat to support the Minister and his/her office. The addition of Minister of Science to a cabinet need not be expensive as it would require only a small support staff. Members of a ten-member Science Secretariat would serve on a volunteer basis requiring only per-meeting honoraria.

4. Government and Political Reform

• institute a Fair Advertising in Government Act to prevent the misuse of public funds for propaganda purposes
• ensure the full disclosure of MLA budgets to allow for greater scrutiny of office and legislative expenditures
• give more power to the Provincial Auditor and increase their respective budget
• ensure all constituencies have approximately the same number of people and their grouping is a fair reflection of the communities that reside there
• look to reducing the overall number of constituencies to make them more commensurate with the actual population size of the province