Government: Creates jobs that support it's infrastructure, but stays out of the actual creation of employment, something it seems to know ittle about anyway. The government should hold sway over military, education and the judiciary, as well as the services it supports. They should have a mandate to preserve a country's natural resources, and should retain ownership of those resources that exist with their boundaries. Outside of that, they should not be into "developing" industries or assisting private businesses - if the money's there, they don't need to.
Education: There should be a national standard with regional differences that are influenced by local culture. I'm not a fan of private schools, but that's because I can't afford them.
Drugs: Let the stuff like marijuana / mushroom / hasish become legal. Bust "moonshine" type of operations, and tax the holy hell out of things like cocaine and opium (legal in certain parts of th world). I don't agree that dependency drugs like crack or heroin should be legalized, as they are too much of a health threat to society at large.
Health and Public Safety: Defining and drawing up policy, ensuring the infrastructure is in place to enforce.
Health Care: Society is better if healthy, and peace ensues if there is less class stratification. The Canadian system of health care is very good, and I think that it is close to ideal.
Lifestyle Choices: Do what you want, be who you are, punish hate crimes severely.
Assistance: Should exist for parental leave. I'd like to see more cooperation with educational insitutions to help people get back on their feet. I think businesses that lay off people (especially when they are profitable) should pay more into this type of assistance plan, or at least be accountable with fair severance packages.
Business Assistance: Complicated. There should be sector development, but the government being too close leads to unrepresentative influence. I'd say no, seeing what it's come to recently.
Free Speech: Yes. And less media concentration to prevent influence.
Taxation: Japan has a decent system. Low initial taxes on everyone 5-7%. Drive a car? Pay road tax, environment tax, safety inspection and pay for using highways. Health premiums - you can go with the national service or a bunch of private carriers - another sort of tax. I don't have a problem with taxes, as long as I get things in return for them. As a single bike riding guy in my 20's living in downtown Calgary I resented my money going away on services I didn't need. As a married guy in his 30's with 1.5 year olo daughter, I don't mind more as I can use things like subsidized day care.
Immigration: Good thing, especially with the greying of society. I think there should be more, and illegals who are simply overstaying visas in jobs NOBODY wants to do, and that if they were paying into things like pensions and taxes, they could help out.
Canada would be better positioned in NA with about 50 million people, IMHO. It's not like we don't have the room.
Foreign Policy: Hard to say what it would be - you should have one, though.
Diplomacy, I guess, and education should be key components of it. Promoting of the country as a place to invest in is a good start, and if an ally needs help, we help.
Military: Volunteer, no draft. Protection of agression against our borders, and against hostile acts of key allies.
Science: There should government support of this - in either educational institutions or otherwise. Private businesses engaged in it should also have their facts scrutinized by a watchdog, to prevent things like the Thamidalyde scandal in Britain in the 50-70's.
I'm left of center, if you didn't already know.