Aaron Gunn

Higher spending and more capability

The other end of this axis: Restrain spending and deployments

Excerpts state need to rebuild military with better equipment.

We also have to rebuild our military. We have our amazing men and women in uniform flying combat aircraft that are more than 40 years old, to say nothing of the state of our submarines.

Expand production and export

The other end of this axis: Restrict new oil and gas

Excerpts repeat the same choice for expanding oil gas and resource production.

Here is the truth: No one does safety and environmental stewardship better than Canada or better than Canadians, and as long as the world needs lumber, minerals, or oil and natural gas, as much of it as possible should come from right here in Canada. We also have to rebuild our military.

Lower taxes and tighter spending

The other end of this axis: Higher taxes and public spending

Excerpts repeat opposition to borrowing and debt.

That particular debt clock no longer exists, because under the Liberals and the NDP, we have managed to borrow more money in the last 10 years than all other governments in the history of this country combined, and we literally ran out of digits on the clock.

Assertive alliances and sanctions

The other end of this axis: Alliance restraint

Excerpts criticize China and call for Canadian alternatives.

This is despite BC Ferries receiving more than $36 million in taxpayer money from the Liberal government, taxpayer money that is now subsidizing jobs in China, a country that has kidnapped Canadian citizens and has unjustly tariffed our farmers and our fishermen. Will the Liberal government stop pretending it is helpless, show leadership and demand that these ships be built in the best country in the world, right here in Canada?

Lower intake

The other end of this axis: Higher permanent intake

Excerpts link rapid immigration increases to reduced housing affordability.

Do you think the rapid increase in immigration increased housing prices and negatively impacted affordability?

Enforcement and sentencing

The other end of this axis: Prevention and restraint

Excerpts repeat calls to repeal soft-on-crime laws and emphasize enforcement.

They say the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing while expecting a different result, so how about instead of handing out free drugs, we get our fellow Canadians into treatment, get them into recovery and return them to being healthy, productive members of our society again? At the same time, we need to repeal the soft-on-crime Liberal legislation, like Bill C-75 and Bill C-5, that has reduced jail time for serious offenders and granted near automatic bail for career criminals. In fact, it seems the only people who are ever punished for anything anymore under the Liberals and the NDP are those who actually work for a living and follow the law, whether it is our law-abiding firearms owners, who have been targeted and demonized by their own government; small business owners, who have been taxed and regulated to the point of insolvency; or resource workers, who have had their jobs threatened, their careers denigrated and, in some cases, their livelihoods destroyed.

Deeper continental integration

The other end of this axis: Diversify away from one partner

Excerpts repeat criticism of lack of US market access for oil and softwood lumber and the resulting discounts and job losses.

Today, our lack of market access forces us to sell our oil, our number one export, at a massive discount to the United States, a reality that has cost us tens of thousands of jobs and $70 million each day, or $25 billion every single year. At a time of predatory and hostile U.