CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Group Members: Kavindhu P.

Issue

Liberal

Education

We will provide
direct help to
students from
lowand middleincome families to
help them pay for
their education and
ensure that debt
loads are
manageable. We
will increase the
maximum Canada
Student Grant for
low-income
students to $3,000
per year for fulltime students, and
to $1,800 per year
for part-time
students.

NDP

Invest $250
million in
additional
federal student
grants over four
years, with an
emphasis on
helping students
who need it
most, creating as
many as 50,000
new grants;
begin phasing
out interest on
student loans to
eliminate it in
year 7 working
with schools to
make them more
accessible,
affordable, and
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Conservative

Green

Building on a
strong record of
supporting
Canadian families
who are saving for
a childs education,
a re-elected Harper
Conservative
government will
enhance Registered
Education Savings
Plans (RESPs) by
doubling the
federal grant for
low- and middleincome families.
RESPs also make it
possible to receive
extra money
through
government
incentives the
Canada Learning
Bond[1] and the
Canada Education
Savings Grants.

Boost
participation in
cooperative
education
programs and
apprenticeships..
Harmonize
government
programs such as
the Millennium
Scholarship Fund
to provide a single
need-based grant
program to reduce
student debt.
Increase
investments in
post-secondary
education and
ensure that public
funding plays a
major role in
research and
development
initiatives.
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Bloc
Quebecois
demand more
federal transfers
for post
secondary
education, and
social programs
of $2.75 billion
over 3 years of
Quebec

Health Care

We will restart that

important
conversation and
provide the
collaborative
federal leadership
that has been
missing during the
Harper decade. We
will negotiate a
new Health Accord
with provinces and
territories,
including a longterm agreement on
funding. As an
immediate
commitment, we
will invest $3
billion, over the
next four years, to
deliver more and
better home care
services for all
Canadians.
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Lowering drug
costs through a
universal
coverage plan.
Supporting
people as they
age by
expanding home
care to 41,000
more seniors and
providing
funding for
5,000 more
nursing home
beds. Creating a
youth mental
health
innovation fund
to reduce wait
times and
improve access
to care. Tripling
the paid leave
available for
Canadians who
are too ill to
work.
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Environmen
t

To make sure even

more Canadian
families get to
enjoy our
countrys natural
beauty, well make
admission to
National Parks free
in 2017, the 150th
anniversary of
Confederation.
Finally, well

I will personally
lead the
Canadian
delegation to the
COP21 climate
conference in
Paris with firm
targets to cut
pollution, and
bring in a home
retrofit program
to lower your

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Expanding public
doctors and nurses health insurance to
in rural areas will
cover prescription
be relieved from a
medication is not
portion of their
only about
Canada student
creating a
loans investments
healthier and
in mental health,
fairer Canada it
through the Mental also makes
Health
economic sense.
Commission of
By creating a bulk
Canada, and
medicine buying
electronic medical agency, Canadians
records through
would save
Canada Health
billions annually.
Infoway have had a Establish a federal
positive impact.
Crown
Investments into
corporation to
health research
bulk buy
declined overall
prescription
with a few notable medication to
investments into
drive down the
important targeted cost to provinces
initiatives.
Establish a
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increase
investment in
preventative
health care
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The Green Party
natural
of Canada has set
environment A reout its plan for a
elected
sustainable future
Conservative
grounded in fiscal
government will
responsibility,
extend its
ecological health,
successful
and social justice.
partnership with
they plan to
the Pacific Salmon improve 3.1. Air
Foundation, by
quality 3.2 Water
investing $15
protection and

Duceppe said his

rivals are
threatening the
long-term
financing of the
Canada Health
Transfer, a
federal program
that distributes
money to
provinces to help
pay for
government-fu
nded medical
services. "Health
care is certainly
the most
important issue
in the federal
election
campaign,"
Duceppe said in
Montreal.
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: Table a "wood
charter" that
would promote
wood
construction for
federal
buildings. Sept.
23: Increase
taxes on major
corporations to
16.5 per cent
from 15 per cent

Law and
Order

protect our wildlife

and our water by
increasing the
amount of
protected marine
and coastal areas
to 5 per cent by
2017 and 10 per
cent by 2020.
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vironment-and-eco
nomy/

house hold
heating costs.
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ca/platform

million to restore
and conserve key
British Columbian
estuaries, and to
preserve the lower
Harrison Rivers
salmon ecosystem.
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ment/

repeal changes
made by Bill C-42
that allow
restricted and
prohibited
weapons to be
freely transported
without a permit,
and we will put
decision-making
about weapons
restrictions back in
the hands of
police, not
politicians; provide
$100 million each
year to the
provinces and
territories to

We will call an
ending long gun
inquiry into
registry
missing and
murdered
Indigenous
women, repeal
Bill C-51 and
introduce a new
Accountability
Act that will
crack down on
Senate expenses
and bolster
Conflict of
Interest laws.
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ca/platform

conservation 3.3
National Parks 3.4
Species at risk 3.5
Toxic chemicals
and health risks
from radiation 3.6
Environmental
science support:
Restore federal
science capacity
3.7 Zero waste 3.8
Commercial seal
hunt 3.9
Commercial
whale hunting
3.10 Animal
welfare 3.11
Arctic strategy
3.12 Measuring
and protecting
Canadas natural
accounts
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nt
We are dedicated
to responsible
governance that
protects our
country and our
fellow Canadians.
This commitment
shapes our
approach to
tackling crime,
delivering justice,
reducing
recidivism,
protecting
Canadas borders,
and combating
terrorism. Revise
laws to increase
penalties for

and raise tax

rates for big
banks and oil
companies to 20
per cent from 15
per cent. Impose
a tax increase of
1.5 percentage
points on those
earning more
than $150,000.
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Table a bill that

would force
federally
regulated
companies to
conform to Bill
101, Quebec's
language law.
Tighten security
measures
surrounding the
rail transport of
hazardous
materials.
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support guns and

gangs police task
forces to take
illegal guns off our
streets and reduce
gang violence;
modify the
membership of the
Canadian Firearms
Advisory
Committee to
include
knowledgeable law
enforcement
officers, public
health advocates,
representatives
from womens
groups, and
members of the
legal community
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eral.ca/realcha
nge/guns/

Family

We will cancel tax

breaks and benefits
for the wealthy
including the
Universal Child
Care Benefit and
introduce a
newCanada Child
Benefit to give
Canadian families
more money to
raise their kids.
With the Canada
Child Benefit, nine
out of ten

We will take the

first step towards
our goal of
universal,
affordable
childcare by
immediately
flowing funding
for over 60,000
childcare spaces
at no more than
$15 a day. We
will restore the
age of retirement
to 65, and

An RESP is a
special
individualized
savings plan that
helps families save
for a childs postsecondary
education. RESPs
are most often
established by
parents, but can
also be established
by grandparents or
another family
member. RESPs

domestic violence
and ensure
protection for the
victims and
survivors of
domestic violence
and much more
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Urge reforms to
our tax and labour
policies in ways
that will increase
the opportunity
for Canadians to
spend more time
with family;
Promote an
integrated
program of
supports, tax cuts,
and awarenessraising
emphasizing that

Keep
employment
insurance fund
for people out of
work and not
loot it for other
projects. Ask the
federal
Competition
Bureau to
investigate
fluctuating gas
prices.
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Canadian families
will receive more
than under Stephen
Harpers confusing
collection of child
benefit programs.
For the typical
family of four, that
means an
additional $2,500
in help, tax-free,
every year.
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nge/helping-fa
milies/

introduce a new
Consumer
Protection Act to
cap ATM fees
and ensure
Canadians have
access to a lowinterest credit
card.
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ca/platform

allow a childs
savings to grow tax
free. There are no
annual limits, and
the lifetime limit is
$50,000.
Contributions are
paid from after-tax
income.
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time spent with

children and/or in
the community is
essential for the
continuation of
our society.
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