Issues

Politicians who break the law should automatically lose their jobs

We should grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily step down

We should not apologize for historical injustices

Immunizations should be compulsory

Free WiFi should be provided in all Canadian cities

In order to deal with crime, we support the following plan...

This House would significantly increase child payments to families

Education should go back to the basics

This House would abandon space exploration

This House supports Cultural appropriation

This House would abolish copyright

This House would make publishing Fake News a criminal offence

It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of more innocent people

In a democratic society, felons ought to retain the right to vote

The International Criminal Court should be abolished

Voting should be mandatory

We should ban the paparazzi

This House would impose tolls on driving in major downtowns

This House would allow native groups to perform ceremonies in which participants may be harmed

This House would abandon all laws restricting cruelty to animals

This House would impose a moratorium on home foreclosures

This House would use disaster relief as a tool of diplomacy.

This House believes that following orders is an acceptable defense for war crimes

This House would prohibit in vitro fertilization clinics from creating savior siblings.

This House would pay a salary to stay-at-home parents.

Intelligence services should not be held to normal laws within democracies

This House would make Somali and other pirates walk the plank

This House would distribute development aid through religious organizations rather than the state

This House would jail only violent offenders

This House opposes the proposed airport security measures

This house would allow the police to use entrapment.

This house would use the education system to instill moral norms in children beyond mere obedience to the law.

This house would grant citizenship to illegal immigrants who report on work-place exploitation.

This house believes that western liberal countries have a moral duty to spread democracy across the world using force where necessary.

This house would allow doctors to actively lie to their patients in order to create or augment a placebo effect.

This house would allow the police to physically discipline children below the age of criminal responsibility.

This house would allow political parties to designate certain pre-election claims as binding promises, the breaking of which would trigger immediate fresh elections.

This house believes that countries where assisted suicide is illegal should prosecute those who assist others that travel abroad to receive euthanasia.

This house believes that desecration of religious sites is a legitimate tactic of warfare.

This house would remove all legal barriers to the genetic enhancement of humans.

This house would abolish all limits on immigration.

The media should show the full horror of war

This house believes the West should recognize the Dali Lama

This house would partition Ukraine

That this house would prosecute communities for complicity in honour killings

This House would abolish the taxes on alcohol and cigarettes that go beyond normal sales taxes

This house would prohibit high ranking members of the Sri Lankan military & the Tamil Tigers from participating in elections

This house would allow high ranking members of violent rebel groups to participate in elections

Failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress should be a criminal offence

This House would withdraw from the treaty banning landmines

This House would allow companies to refuse to hire smokers

This House would make the post-mortem donation of organs compulsory without exception

Electronic systems should replace humans in sports officiating.

This House believes the state should prohibit all items of clothing which cover the face

This House believes that the state should not fund any fertility treatments

This House would block the foreign takeover of important companies

This House would ban the use of evidence acquired from countries that practice torture

This House would allow the use of illegally obtained evidence

This House would assassinate Vladimir Putin

This House believes that every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defense lawyer

This house would prohibit the publication of biographies without the consent of the subject or the subject's estate

This House would compensate African-Americans for slavery

This house would conscript citizens for medical treatment in a severe epidemic

This House would ban arranged marriages

This House would prohibit people convicted of serious crimes from running for public office

This House would give minorities quotas in legislatures

This House would give artists a veto future modifications to their work

This house would allow terminally patients to demand treatment with drugs that have not completed clinical testing

This house would not respect the wishes of authors who do not want their works published after their deaths

This House should regard Cyberwar as an Act of War

This House would permit citizens to sell their vote

This House would use ethnic background as a major factor in determining adoption

This House would teach intelligent design in science classes

This House would invade country X (X to be defined in the 1st speech

This House would give second strike nuclear capability to all stable countries

This House supports safe injection sites

This house would make vaccinations mandatory

This house believes that politics and sports should not mix

This house believes that developing nations should put economic development ahead of labour laws

This House would restrict trade with China

This House would substantially increase limits on foreign investment

This House would make it an offence for Canadian companies to pay bribes in foreign countries even where it is normal business practice

This House would make insulting religious beliefs against the law

Politicians' personal lives should not be subject to media attention

This House believes there should be no age restrictions imposed on Olympic athletes.

Capital punishment should be restored

Abortion should be illegal

The drinking age should be raised

There should be exemptions from exams

We support standard province-wide exams in every subject for all Manitoba students

There is too much emphasis on marks

University entrance standards should be raised significantly

We would re-elect the current federal government

We would re-elect the current provincial government

The police should have more power

This house regrets the Free Trade Agreement

This house would abolish a mandatory retirement age

This house supports the seal hunt

This House condemns genetically modified crops

The government should decrease taxes rather than increase services

Canada should join the United States

The government should spend significantly more on medical care

NATO should be abolished

Canada should institute a guaranteed annual income program

This house supports Quebec independence

There should be a triple E senate

There should be mandatory drug testing of students

There is too much money in sports

This house supports Western Canadian independence

Religions should be kept out of state schools

There should be a national day care system established

The Canadian justice system should reduce its reliance on imprisonment

The court system is too generous to the accused

The welfare system is too generous

Affirmative action programs be banned

There should be laws enforcing equal pay for work of equal value

Environmental protection should be made the top priority worldwide

Tobacco products should be banned

The legalization of drugs is in the best interests of society

We support self-government for natives

The environment should be our first priority

The Young Offenders Act is too lenient

We should significantly increase foreign aid

Curbs should be placed on population growth

Schools should put more emphasis on life skills and less on academics

This house would allow hate literature

Universities' chief concern should be research rather than teaching

The United Nations should have significantly more power and authority

This house supports universal free trade

Canada should significantly increase defence spending

Taxes on fossil fuels should be significantly increased

It should be legal to advertise prescription drugs on TV

Canada should have a two-tiered health care system

We need more socialism

We should spend more on space research

We should have stronger gun control laws

Fur trapping should be banned

This House would ban the advertisement of prescription drugs

Hockey is too violent

Public transit should be free

The legal system should be simplified

Lotteries should be banned

This House would force homeless people into shelters

Students should be paid

There should be school uniforms

In the justice system, due process ought to be valued above the pursuit of truth when they are in conflict.

Social welfare programs should not be universal

Western nations should significantly reduce defence spending

We are becoming too American

TV cartoons are harmful to the younger generation

Lotteries do more good than harm

The rights of the victim should take precedence over the rights of the accused

Canadian trials should be televised

We need to be more accepting of views that are not "politically correct"

Students should be streamed academically

The US should not have invaded Iraq

We need more religion

There is a new world order

First world countries should forgive the debts owed them by third world countries

The public education must be radically reformed

Free trade is the answer

Development aid can solve economic inequities

This house would do away with juries

University tuition in Canada should be significantly increased

Canada's immigration policies should be significantly altered

Physical education should be mandatory for all grades in high school

Drivers under should have additional restrictions on their licenses

We are too fond of the free market

One superpower is better than two

Hollywood has a lot to answer for

The United Nations is our best hope for the future

The economic health of a nation is more important than social programs for its citizens

The CBC should be abolished

This house supports sexism

We should take stronger action against sexual offences

Legalized gambling should be significantly curtailed

Canada will not survive the 21st century

Civil disobedience is justified in a democracy

Special interest groups have too much power

The CRTC should be abolished

Mothers under should not be allowed to keep their children

This house would vote for the Reform Party (or use some other party in the resolution

We should modify the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

We should implement the user pay approach

The conservative revolution has gone too far

The monarchy should be abolished

The Canadian constitution should be changed

The marriage contract should be abolished

Western society is in decline

This house believes that uranium should be left in the ground

There is too much emphasis on sports

This house believes that royalty is passé

Spanking children should be illegal

We have more to fear than hope from genetic engineering

Our leaders should pay more attention to public opinion

We should censor the Internet

Limited development should be allowed in National Parks

We ought to value what we earn above what we are given.

Individuals ought to sacrifice their ideals for the sake of compromise.

The possession of weapons of mass destruction is immoral.

An adolescent’s right to privacy ought to be valued above a parent's conflicting right to know

Government subsidization of the arts is justified.

The individual ought to value the sanctity of life above the quality of life.

Community service ought to be a requirement for high school graduation.

Government limitations of Internet content are justified.

Schools ought to have the right to require testing of students for drug use.

The right of an individual to emigrate ought to be valued above a nation's right to limit immigration.

Capitalism is superior to socialism as a means of achieving economic justice.

Human genetic engineering is morally justified.

When they conflict, native sovereignty ought to take precedence over provincial and/or national sovereignty.

The use of economic sanctions to achieve foreign policy goals is moral.

When they conflict, commercial use of free speech ought to be valued above respect for cultural sensitivity

Protection of the environment should take precedence over the development of natural resources

A journalist's right to shield confidential sources ought to be protected

Government limitations on political campaign spending are antithetical to democratic ideals.

The need for organ donations justifies prioritizing the rights of the living above the rights of the deceased.

A just social order ought to place the principle of equality above that of liberty

Civil Disobedience is justified in a democracy.

Jury trials should be abolished

This house would do more for aboriginal land rights

The government should do whatever is necessary to ensure that Canadians have clean drinking water

Professionalism has ruined the Olympic Games

Politicians should have term limits

Lower taxes are preferable to improved government services

Gambling should be illegal

Free trade is best

This house supports the US

This House believes that the world is facing a clash of civilizations

This House believes that Turkey should join the European Union.

This House believes that GM crops would feed the world.

This House believes that trade unions impede progress.

Uniformity in education leads to mediocrity

Nothing is politically right that is morally wrong

A just social order ought to place the principle of equality above that of liberty

The American media works against the best interest of the American Public

We should reduce media concentration

The restriction of civil liberties in North America. for the sake of combating terrorism is justified

Decisions of the Supreme Court in criminal cases ought to reflect the values of the Canadian people

The courts have too much power

When they are in conflict, the right to a free press is a higher priority than the right to a fair trial

The protection of public safety justifies random, mandatory drug testing throughout society

The public's right to know ought to be valued above National Security interests

The criminal justice system ought to place a higher priority on retribution than on rehabilitation

Individuals should follow the law rather than their moral beliefs

A liberal arts curriculum is preferable to an employment-readiness curriculum in schools

A victim's deliberate use of deadly force is justified as a response to physical abuse

The principle of majority rule ought to be valued above the principle of minority rights

Terminally ill patients have the right to die when and how they choose

When in conflict, protection of the innocent is of greater value than prosecution of the guilty

Laws that protect citizens from themselves are justified

When in conflict, Canadian cultural unity ought to be valued above cultural diversity

We should establish native urban reserves

When in conflict, a business' responsibility to itself ought to be valued above its responsibility to society

The public's right to know is of greater value than the individual's right to privacy

On balance, individuals ought to have a greater obligation to themselves than to their community

Canada should take part in the North American Missile Defence plan

Society would be better off with fewer laws

Handguns should be banned

Judges should be elected

We should reduce copyright protection

Canada should increase funding for the Arts

Refugee claimants should be detained until their cases are settled

We should reduce drug patent protection

We are too worried about the worst case

This house would not recycle

Fast food companies should pay people compensation for damaging their health

We should make parents more responsible for the crimes of their children

We should prosecute teenagers as adults for criminal offences

Trade unions impede progress

Governments should protect their native languages

Religion has no place in state schools

This house condemns the influence of the music industry on today's youth

The welfare state should be scrapped

Political parties have too much influence on democratic elections

Globalization perpetuates social iniquity

The world is facing a clash of civilizations

Taiwan should become independent

This House would impose a global ban on nuclear power

This House believes that we should incarcerate only violent offenders

This House believes that we should pay parents for staying at home with their children

This House would remove health benefits for those who choose an unhealthy lifestyle

This House believes that countries should not involve themselves with other conflicts

This House would not join the International Criminal Court

This House supports the removal of anonymity from sperm donors

This House would impose a wage cap in professional sports

This House would return cultural treasures to their homelands

This House supports tradable emissions quotas

This house would lock up beggars

This House believes that the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council should not have veto power

This House believes that regional trading blocs are preferable to global free trade

This House believes that the first priority of criminal justice is rehabilitation, not retribution

This House believes that education policy should be the responsibility of local authorities

This House would use affirmative action to compensate for historical injustices

This House believes that censorship does more harm than good

This House would ban the use of human embryos in scientific research

This House believes that political parties should be funded by the state

This House believes that the costs of space exploration outweigh the benefit

This House believes that Marx would support the Internet

This house would give the state rather than the family the right to determine when life support should be terminated for patients who are unable to communicate

The United States government should establish a foreign policy substantially increasing its support of United Nations peacekeeping operations.

The pursuit of scientific knowledge ought to be constrained by concern for societal good

Community standards ought to take precedence over conflicting national standards

The US government should decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause.

The United States and Canada should issue guest worker visas to illegal aliens.

Judicial activism is necessary to protect the rights of citizens

The right of an individual to emigrate ought to be valued above a nation's right to limit immigration.

When in conflict, equal treatment under the law ought to take precedence over the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.

Hate crime warrants additional punishment.

Business monopolies ought to be allowed to operate free of antitrust regulation.

The public's right to know ought to be valued above the right to privacy of candidates for public office.

On balance, violent revolution is a just response to oppression.

Alleviation of a pressing social concern justifies governmental infringement of a patent right.

Decentralized governmental power ought to be a fundamental goal of democratic society.

The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.

A lesser developed nation's right to develop ought to take priority over its obligation to protect the environment.

This house would torture terrorists

This house would arrange marriages

We need to change the way we treat our farmers

This house would change TV

This house believes that Canadians have too many rights

This house would overthrow the government of North Korea

This house would allow gender selection in in-vitro fertilization

That the United Nations should be the primary agent to lead and direct the fight against terrorism around the world

That the "Precautionary Principle" should guide government policies

Government funding should prioritize vocational education over college preparatory education.

Judicial activism is necessary to protect the rights of citizens.

The National Basketball Association (NBA should rescind its dress code.

The government should decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause

Use of cell phones while driving should be prohibited

The US is losing the War on Terror

We should significantly reduce copyright protection

The UN should consider it their duty to interfere in those countries where the government is unable to protect its citizens

Public opinion polls positively affect the political process

This House believes that outsourcing is beneficial to Canadian society

We should adopt a flat tax system for income tax

All provinces should evaluate student results through province-wide standardized exams

Provinces should share their wealth from natural resources wit the rest of the country

Canada should adopt a system of proportional representation

Canada should adopt fixed election dates for parliament and the legislatures

This House would ban all lotteries and casinos in Canada.

This House would allow referenda to set legislation in Canada.

This House believes labour unions are detrimental to the Canadian workplace.

This House supports the use of force to impose democracy.

This House would sacrifice economic growth for the environment.

This House supports amnesty for past dictators.

This House would try all youth charged with gun offences as adults.

This house supports a mandatory retirement age

Canada should only give foreign aid to democracies

This house would use military force to extradite those indicted for war crimes

This house supports Google's decision to censor internet search results for users in China

This house would introduce performance-related pay for teacher

This house would take international military action against Iran to prevent it developing a nuclear industry

This house would stand up to Russia

This house would compel western companies operating in the developing world to adhere to western environmental standards

This house would introduce chain-gangs to the penal system

That the media should not be allowed to publish material that is offensive to religion

That indigenous people should be punished by their own communities

That we should greatly increase our public transport system instead of building new freeways

That we should have video surveillance in all public places

That parents should be able to choose the gender of their children

That burning the flag should be illegal

That the US should introduce compulsory military service

That the government should not fund elite sporting organizations

That we should abolish quotas for Canadian-made television programs

That we should ban all private cars from the downtowns of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto

That public transport should be free

We should impose a youth curfew

We should ban boxing

Racist publications should be banned

Canada should spend more on foreign aid

The West should fear China

Exams should be replaced by continuous assessment

Peace for Israel is impossible

We should ban SUV’s

This House believes that democracy is not the best system of government for every nation

This House supports the international trading of pollution quotas

This House believes that captured terrorists should be treated as prisoners of war

This House believes that Internet search engines should boycott China until it allows its citizens unrestricted access to the Web

This House would place a worldwide ban on the use of civil nuclear energy

In matters of collecting military intelligence, the ends justify the means

This House would have an amnesty for illegal immigrants

The US government should substantially increase the size of its armed forces

Junk food should be banned in schools

Computers are the problem, not the solution

We need more discipline at school

Government investment in elite sport is money well spent

We should do more for the unemployed

We should legalize the sale of human organs

A victim's deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated domestic violence.

Participating in multinational diplomatic efforts is beneficial to U. S. interests

A just government should provide health care to its citizens

The benefits of NASA's space exploration programs justify the costs

In matters of collecting military intelligence, the ends justify the means

We should grant amnesty to illegal immigrants

Schools should be allowed to have all-male and all-female sports teams

We should impose sanctions on North Korea

Canada should tighten up its enforcement of immigration laws

Diplomacy is the answer to the revival of fundamentalism

The United Nations' obligation to protect global human rights ought to be valued above its obligation to respect national sovereignty

The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals

Schools should have the right to censor teachers

We should ban prominent religious symbols and dress in state schools

The quantity of credit available to American consumers should be significantly reduced

This house would ban implantation of radio-frequency identification chips in people

This House would make the development of clean industry a condition for receiving non-emergency aid

This House believes that Holocaust denial should be a crime

This House believes that the United States should withdraw from its military bases in Asia

This House believes that free trade harms the developing world

This House believes that governments should not limit the areas that scientists may research

This House would ban the use of models who are under a healthy weight

This House would execute war criminals

This House would limit media reporting of terrorist atrocities

This House would force organizations to place more women in senior positions

This House would abolish the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

This House would privatize public utilities companies

This House would partition Iraq

This House would impose sanctions on Pakistan until democracy is restored

This House would allow safe injection sites

Capitalism provides for a better society than socialism

This house would use taxation to regulate behavior

The West will regret free trade

This House would ration the old to nurture the young

The West is losing the war on terror

Pakistan is the greatest threat to peace

This House would legalize all drugs

This House believes that the war on drugs is inadvisable in a free society

This House supports physician-assisted suicide

This House would remove government from the lives of the people

This House would soak the rich

This House would limit the cost of election campaign

The United States should sign the Ottawa Treaty to ban the production and export of land mines

If a school has uniforms, teachers should wear them too.

This House would increase taxes on inheritance

This House would abolish jury trials

This House would speed up trials

This House believes that governments should pay parents to have children

This house believes that people sentenced to life imprisonment should be allowed to choose the death penalty instead

This House supports a hour working week

This house would ban Cosmetic Surgery

This House would have harsher sentences for celebrity criminals

Eco-tourism does more harm than good

This House believes that the Olympics are a waste of money

This House would guarantee the amnesty of retired dictators

Video cameras should be allowed in courtrooms to televise criminal trials

Private schools should be banned

This House prefers coalition governments

This house would bail out failing industries

This house condemns the personality cult of politics

This House would negotiate with AL Qaida

This House would compel political parties to field % female candidates in General Elections

This House believes that the proceeds from natural resource exploitation should be paid directly to the population rather than to governments

This House believes that the West should not be the watchdog of the world

This House believes the world should invest in space

This House believes America has turned the page

This house supports a one child policy

This House would require people to work in return for welfare payments

This House believes that sporting bodies should penalize teams when their players commit criminal acts off the field

This House would make fines relative to wealth

This House believes developed countries should not accept skilled migrants from developing countries

This House would put pragmatism before its principles

This House would introduce compulsory community service

This House believes that outsourcing is good for the developed and developing nations

This House believes that the West will regret free trade

This house would introduce compulsory organ donation without exception

This House believes NATO should intervene in Sudan

This House opposes the use of nuclear power in the developing world

This house believes Taiwan has a right to become an independent country

This House would introduce compulsory blood donation

This House would allow prisoners facing life imprisonment to opt for the death penalty instead

This House would invade Burma

Pakistan is the greatest threat to world peace.

This House would make drug dealers responsible for the crimes of their clients

This House believes that following orders is an acceptable defense for war crimes

This House would introduce hard labour in prisons

This House would not cover medical expenses of those who choose unhealthy activities

This House would subsidize the purchasing of hybrid cars

This House would return cultural treasures to their country of origin

This House supports child labor

This House would greatly increase the consequences for fighting in hockey

This house would lift sanctions on Myanmar (Burma

This House supports term limits for politicians

This House supports amnesty for all those who have previously used performance-enhancing drugs in sports

This House would ban the use of tasers by police officers

This House would significantly increase the price of gasoline

This House would abolish mandatory minimum sentences

This house would legalize mercenaries

Developing nations should have the right to emphasize economic growth over environmental concerns

This House believes that all of a defendant’s previous convictions should admissible in a trial.

This house believes that laptops and computers are highly beneficial to students

This House supports public funding for religious schools

This House would have mandatory aboriginal seats in the House of Commons

Legislatures should adopt proportional representation

This House believes that governments should not fund the arts

This House would allow retests

This House would severely limit the sale of bottled water

In order to achieve peace in the Middle East, we support the following plan.

In order to improve education, we support the following plan.

In order to help the environment, we support the following plan.

This House would encourage the expanded use of civilian nuclear energy

This House believes that public services are best run by private companies

This House believes that cultural treasures should be returned to their areas of origin

This House would legalize current technologies for choosing human embryos on the basis of their genetic characteristics

This House believes that governments should grant amnesties to all illegal immigrants

This house would require people to work in return for welfare payments

This House would ban smoking in public places

This House would pursue minor crimes with the same vigour as major crimes

This House would legalize current technologies for choosing human embryos on the basis of their genetic characteristics

This House would ban the physical punishment of children by their parents

This House believes that terrorism can never be justified

This House believes that, on balance, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC has had a positive impact

This House believes that vigilantism is justified when the government has failed to enforce the law

This House would assassinate despots

Society is failing boys

This House would go nuclear

Social networking sites have a negative influence

This House would abolish Human Rights Commissions

This house has no confidence in capitalism.

This house would focus more on adapting to climate change than preventing it.

This house believes that religious belief is the most important barrier for multiculturalism.

This house would force-feed anorexics

This house would make only organ donors eligible for organ transplant

This house believes trade unions should be mandatory

This house believes that developing nations should prioritize adapting to climate change over preventing it.

This house believes that we should prioritize adapting to climate change over preventing it.

This house would abolish exams

High school students should not have part-time jobs

When in conflict, the United Nations should prioritize global poverty reduction over environmental protection

Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization