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Bill Capes

PPC candidate for Essex
Personal Responsibility, Individual Freedom, Respect, and Fairness. Learn more at www.EssexPPC.ca/Platform

Agriculture & Food

Agricultural business

Bill Capes's promise

Reduce farm tax to 10%.

Supply management

Bill Capes's promise

Abolish. Compensate farmers for quota and phase out gradually to allow time for adaptation and competition.

Environment, Climate Change, & Energy

Carbon pricing

Bill Capes's promise

Eliminate all carbon pricing.

Emissions targets

Bill Capes's promise

Leave emissions targets to provincial governments' discretion.

Freshwater

Bill Capes's promise

Our environmental policy focuses on clean air, soil, and water. Provide clean drinking water on reserves and stop releasing sewage into our waterways.

Threats from climate change

Bill Capes's promise

There is no climate emergency. Let's base policy on reason and logic, not fear and panic.

Government & Democracy

Diversity in politics

Bill Capes's promise

Focus on diversity of ideas. Choose best candidates regardless of demographics.

Intergovernmental cooperation

Bill Capes's promise

Stop meddling in provincial jurisdiction and respect constitution.

Government Services & Crown Corporations

Canada Post

Bill Capes's promise

Privatize.

Public broadcasting

Bill Capes's promise

Defund the CBC.

Health

Prescription drug coverage

Bill Capes's promise

Leave this to provinces and private plans.

Wait times and access

Bill Capes's promise

Eliminate Canada Health Act, transfer tax points to provinces, and allow for innovative healthcare delivery to save money and improve service.

Housing

Housing supply

Bill Capes's promise

Reduced government regulation to allow for more construction, reduced taxes and regulation to keep more money in your pocket and make life more affordable for everyone.

Immigration, Refugees, & Borders

Economic immigration

Bill Capes's promise

Economic immigrants should be our priority. Increase percentage of economic immigrants from 25% to 50%.

Refugees

Bill Capes's promise

Stop illegal illegitimate "refuges" at the American border and focus on real refuges which are part of persecuted minorities (eg ethnic, religious, sexual, etc...).

Immigration Levels

Bill Capes's promise

Reduce immigration levels to 150,000/year, in line with all other developed countries (on a per capita basis).

Indigenous Issues

Drinking water

Bill Capes's promise

Top priority.

Indigenous housing

Bill Capes's promise

Allow for private property rights on reserves.

Indigenous rights

Bill Capes's promise

Consider abolishing the Indian Act.

International Relations

Climate crisis leadership

Bill Capes's promise

Withdraw from Paris Accord.

International assistance

Bill Capes's promise

Eliminate foreign aid except in response to humanitarian crisis. Focus on helping Canadians first.

Jobs & the Economy

Fair trade

Bill Capes's promise

Focus on trade deals with benefit Canada and Canadian workers.

Investment in industries

Bill Capes's promise

Eliminate capital gains tax and expand accelerated capital cost allowance to encourage investment.

Jobs in oil, gas, and coal

Bill Capes's promise

Use constitution to build pipelines and get our resources to tide water to ensure the best price and grow our economy.

Poverty

Bill Capes's promise

Cut taxes and regulations to make life more affordable for all Canadians including eliminating supply management which costs families $400/year.

Justice, Crime, & Law Enforcement

Guns

Bill Capes's promise

Focus on criminals. Respect law abiding firearms owners. Classify firearms based on function, not appearance.

Military & Veterans

Veterans

Bill Capes's promise

Respect veterans. Reinstate full benefits for all veterans.

Biography

submitted by the candidate or their team
Bill was born and raised in Windsor-Essex and currently works as a machinist. The PPC is a new political party that is doing politics differently and standing up for personal responsibility, individual freedom, respect, and fairness.

EssexPPC.ca www.EssexPPC.ca