Electoral systems, representation, civic participation
A Privacy First approach. A model that begins with restraint. A model that treats personal data not as a corporate asset, government convenience, or inevitable byproduct of modern life, but as something powerful enough to damage freedom, dignity, fairness, safety, democracy, and personal autonomy.
When representatives are physically removed from their ridings for long stretches of time, a disconnect forms. Constituents become scheduled appointments instead of daily surroundings. Local concerns become briefing notes instead of lived realities. The capital becomes the centre of political gravity, while the riding becomes a place to visit, campaign in, and occasionally report back to.This policy concept asks a simple question: if modern technology is good enough for corporations, courts, public agencies, and international institutions, why is it not good enough to keep elected officials closer to the people they represent?
The Homes First Residential Ownership Act, is built around a simple distinction: purpose-built apartment buildings can and should remain part of the rental housing system, but single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses, and other family-scale housing should not be quietly converted into corporate portfolios.
If politicians receive higher housing, meal, travel, or living allowances because costs have gone up, then the supports people rely on for housing, food, transportation, and daily survival should increase by the same proportion.
Once created, subsidies can become permanent features of the economy without regular proof that they continue to serve the public interest.
The Public Return on Corporate Subsidies Act would require every major corporate subsidy to be reviewed on a four-year cycle to determine whether it is producing a public return greater than its public cost.
If a ministry, agency, board, commission, municipality, or other public body uses AI to help draft, analyze, summarize, classify, recommend, or support a decision, the public should be able to know: