What I am trying to bring to the table.

What are some of the issues in Ontario currently that concern you the most?

1. Sadly, in Ontario, we are facing a plague of issues. When we turn on the news we see so much doom and gloom. Our politicians are slow to action and often seem disinterested in the concerns of the common man. I think the first issue we have is a disconnect between the elite-political class and the working class, from this issue, most issues in our society stem. 
2. Mental health and addictions, everyday people wake up to see our growing mass casualty incident of homeless, often drug addicted and mentally ill people suffering on our streets. At this level of desperation and illness these people are left to their own demise, while causing massive collateral damage as they suffer. This leads to an immense increase of stress on our society impacting everyone from the elderly woman waiting for help at a nursing home, to the new born baby needing medical intervention who can’t get transport due to the chaos plaguing our province. It is terrifying from a front line perspective as we can see our resources are being depleted faster than they can be replenished. While problems are being superficially addressed, placing interest to be paid later upon society. 
3. Schools and child developmental issues, our province has alarming rates of violence in schools, concurrently children are failing or sluggish in meeting developmental milestones. This is suggestive of breakdown in our foundation as a society. If our children are developing in dysfunctional environments, overstimulated and not disciplined they will not be able to step up when it is their turn to lead. 
4. Government dependent economy and hyperregulation, currently our province is considered an inorganic business environment. Overbearing regulation, excessive costs and too many monopolies has made it hard for the average person to live what was the Canadian dream. We live in an area where many of the people who build our homes, fear they will never own a home. 

What changes would you like to see made to solve some of your issues?

1. We need to audit extreme cases of mental health and addiction in our province. These cases may benefit from institutionalization. Sadly, when we are elderly and cannot care for ourselves we are placed in long term care institutions, as it is unsustainable to maintain such complex care in society. The same consideration could be given to these extreme cases, many of them doomed outside in the cold. 
2. The ministry of education needs to consider extreme changes to our school system. This includes school choice, credits and specialized schools for special children who suffer greatly by being integrated into an overstimulating classroom they are unable to succeed in. This would allow these pupils to become specialized cases, where special help can be applied and a team can help them carve a pathway, embracing strengths, that can help them function in our society. 
3. As a province we need audits of our regulations and regulatory boards, searching for overlap and inefficiencies. Business regulations for small businesses must be dictated by necessity, so that a person who has a business earning an average income does not have to add unneeded stressors, deterring them from producing labor in our economy. By simplifying small business regulation we stimulate local economies, promoting competition and collaboration of professionals. Ontario needs to be open for business, our regulations, taxes and bureaucracy must reflect that. As such, all Ontario Government bureaucracies will require audits for overlap and inefficiencies, this way we can make the most of the taxpayer dollar.  

All people have an innate desire to be free in their lives, families, and affairs. What changes can we make at a provincial level to achieve this? Knowing that freedom also comes with responsibilities, what responsibilities do you believe Ontario citizens should practice and uphold?

1. I joined the army for this very reason, my parents never hid the world from me. They embraced truth, which made me appreciate every ounce of freedom Canada provides. I believe as a society we need to understand what freedoms truly are again. We must embrace others' differences, while not bowing on our own. This comes from a well informed society, with discipline and respect. 
2. The leaders of our province must share this discipline and respect. This comes by not making reactive, overbearing legislation that impacts Canadians rights. The government must understand it cannot micromanage society, trying to micromanage millions of complex humans is impossible. The government has to lead, by example, making methodical and well thought decisions. We must avoid ambiguity and prevent unelected extrajudicial bodies from placing judgment and punishment for Canadians expressing rights.
3. As a society, our ability to have rights comes from our ability to elect responsible leadership and to hold leadership to account. This stems from imbuing common principles into our children. If our children do not learn to value rights and freedoms then they will never protect them. Most importantly, it is up to every Ontarian, everyday, to wake up and be better than the day before. We are tomorrow what we put into today; we must be the foundation of a strong society.