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| EST. READ TIME 2 MIN.Une Vision D'Avenir Pour un Canada Fort et Prospère
Dans ce volume, Mike Harris et Preston Manning, deux des plus fins dirigeants politiques canadiens, présentent leur vision d'avenir pour Un Canada fort et prospère.
Quelles politiques publiques feront de cette vision une réalité? En appliquant des principes fondés sur l'importance de la liberté économique, de la responsabilité, du bien-être de la société et du (juste équilibre) entre les secteurs public et privé, MM. Harris et Manning presentent:
- des politiques pour obtenir une plus grande liberté de choix et une plus grande qualité des services en matière d'éducation, de garde d'enfants et do soins de santé;
- un éventail de réformes visant à renouveler la démocratie et à rééquilibrer le fédéralisme canadien;
- des politiques pour maximiser la prospérité en trouvant un nouvel équilibre entre la liberté économique et la réglementation, la fiscalité et les dépenses publiques;
- une politique étrangère canadienne qui fait la promotion de la libéralisation du commerce international, qui renforce les relations canado-américaines et qui adopte l'approche des (outils de création de richesse) pour réduire la pauvreté mondiale.
Ce volume, une compilation de la série Un Canada fort et prospère, présente par ailleurs de nouvelles idées ayant trait à des questions comme le vieillissement de la population, le défi de la productivité, l'entrepreneuriat social, l'autonomie autochtone, le développement régional, la préservation de l'environnement et l'énergie.
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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 -
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