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To vote on an idea, simply click the up or down arrows to the right of the idea title/description. And to add a comment , click in the box below the idea. If you would like to see all ideas created with a specific tag, you can click on the word or phrase via the tagcloud in the navigation sidebar area under "What we're discussing" . You can also view ideas sorted by Policy Areas ("Campaigns") from the right navigation area. To return to this page, click the All Ideas link. Recent Ideas Popular Ideas (current) Hot Ideas Random Ideas Submitted by Spencer Lucas (@spencerlucas) 04/Nov/17 6:50 AM Lifelong Learning Amalgamate School Systems Both provincial and federal Liberal governments tout inclusiveness and the value of diversity, and I would say, rightfully so. And yet we fully publicly fund two school systems that enshrines segregation. We segregate students based on religious grounds and we violate the rights of non-Catholic teachers to practice their craft at all the publicly funded schools in Ontario. These egregious and un-Canadian values should... more » school discrimination catholic-schools public-schools atheism anti religion constituitiomal rights constituitional marxism religious intolerance identity-politics hedonism nihilism privilege indoctrination dogma bigotry social justice social-justice-indoc Voting -60 votes 342 up votes 402 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by James Boritz (@james.boritz) 04/Nov/17 7:17 AM Lifelong Learning Restore access to our post secondary education system Fees for so called professional programs need to be brought back down to earth. High fees for programs such as engineering, MBAs, and medical schools create accessibility barriers. Only the well off or those willing to take on enormous debts can participate in these programs. college education Voting 241 votes 281 up votes 40 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Andrew Green (@drew0392) 04/Nov/17 7:27 AM Inclusive and Just Society Name Blind Resumes Creating a system, at least within government, if not for all employers so that resumes are not identified by name. It could be an anonymous number attached. That way, there would be no discrimination based on gender, race or culture. antiracism inclusivity gender-equality jobs careers applications Voting 73 votes 131 up votes 58 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Amin Talha (@amintalha) 04/Nov/17 7:41 AM Inclusive Growth Enable seniors' participation in economy Government to encourage and give incentives to corporations to engage seniors in innovative ways to make use of their knowledge and experience. This will benefit the corporations and keep seniors active and able to give back to society. Voting 121 votes 144 up votes 23 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Andre (@learningguys) 04/Nov/17 7:50 AM Lifelong Learning Expand access to free, open textbooks for Ontario students While the OSAP free tuition policies have been a tremendous step in reducing financial barriers for post-secondary students, textbooks continue to present a significant cost for many students. Ontario made a great first step in supporting eCampus Ontario's Open Textbook Library (https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/) that provides over 200 free, shareable, online textbooks for PSE students and faculty to use. But... more » foamed osap Voting 347 votes 415 up votes 68 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Andre (@learningguys) 04/Nov/17 8:10 AM Responsive Government More, better online services from government Citizens want government to be online and available on their smartphone! Should be just as easy as online banking or buying something on Amazon. Ontario has done a great job lately in rolling out great new online services, like with the OSAP aid calculator (https://www.ontario.ca/page/osap-ontario-student-assistance-program), Budget Talks to get great ideas from citizens (https://talks.ontario.ca/), or the new healthcare... more » digital-government open-government Voting 176 votes 208 up votes 32 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Kool (@koolio) and 1 other 04/Nov/17 8:16 AM Inclusive and Just Society Better Recognition of Foreign Credentials To create a more inclusive and just society, we should explore how to better recognize/transfer foreign credentials and explore how to upgrade skills, knowledge and techniques to meet Canadian standards. credentials advanced-education skills post-secondary trades construction professionals healthcare Voting 212 votes 278 up votes 66 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Ferd (@ferdfromdurham) 04/Nov/17 8:18 AM A Culture of Health Free dental cleaning for Seniors Offer one free dental cleaning for seniors. Dental care is often sacrficed by seniors on fixed income. They no longer have dental coverage after leaving the workplace upon retirement. One small step towards fairness and help for our seniors. seniors dentalcare oralhealth Voting 551 votes 626 up votes 75 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Gillian Vivona (@gillianv) 04/Nov/17 8:50 AM Lifelong Learning Redirect EQAO Testing Funds It is time to get rid of this destructive vestige of the Harris government of the late 1990s. It was implemented to: a) fool Ontarians into thinking that the government was "doing something to improve education". This is a red herring. A one day test does not improve education. In fact, this type of standardized testing has caused significant harm over the last two decades. b) follow the path that had been set in... more » Voting 239 votes 289 up votes 50 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) 04/Nov/17 8:50 AM Inclusive and Just Society Raise Ontario Works Rates to Encourage Living With Dignity On the path to a Universal Basic Income in Ontario (which is still many years away), it's important to raise up those experiencing poverty by increasing the Ontario Works amounts to a reasonable threshold. Currently only $721 is given monthly ($337 basic needs + $384 shelter) to a single individual, for example, which in most cities and towns is woefully inadequate to survive. Linking OW rates to a reasonable percentage... more » poverty dignity welfare basic-income ontario works Voting 173 votes 229 up votes 56 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Al (@fishinlad) 04/Nov/17 8:51 AM Strong Sustainable Communities CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING Your program to fight climate change is full of well thought out ideas and programs. This issue is vital to all Ontarians though certain special interest corporations and others will push back and deny than man has had any influence. Liberals really need to sell the importance of this issue. If you can get some high profile third party as good as Al Gore or David Suzuki onside to stand with you, you can win the election... more » Voting 128 votes 164 up votes 36 down votes Ideate Ideate Submitted by Kim Moran (@kmoran) 04/Nov/17 11:36 AM A Culture of Health #kidscantwait for mental health treatment Kids with mental health issues should receive high quality treatment close to h...