CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Name: Patty

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservativ
e

Green

Education

-Introduce a new
Teacher and Early
Childhood Educator
School Supply Tax
Benefit. The benefit
will apply to the
purchase of up to
$1,000 worth of
school supplies each
year, providing a cash
benefit of up to $150
each year for licensed
and certified teachers
and educators
-Invest $3 billion,
over the next four
years, to deliver more
and better home care
services for all
Canadians.
-Join with provincial
and territorial
governments to buy
drugs in bulk,
reducing the
cost Canadian
governments pay for
these drugs, and
making them more
affordable for
Canadians.
-Invest nearly $6
billion over the next 4
years and $20 billion
over 10 years in
green infrastructure.

-education is already
free

-At least 500 extra

free schools will be
built
-All primary and
secondary schools
rated as requiring
improvement or
inadequate
-Children will be set
demanding new
targets to ensure they
have mastered the
basics of reading,
writing and math
-Defending public
health care and
supports creating an
$11 billion National
Pharmacare Plan
-All Canadians should
have access to timely,
quality services
regardless of their
ability to pay

-work with provinces

and higher learning
institution to reduce
postsecondary
tuition

-Approved the
Enbridge Northern
Gateway oilsands
pipeline that would
run from Alberta to
the coast of Kitimat,
B.C.
-Agreed with other G7
nations to move to a
low-carbon economy
by 2050 and eliminate
use of fossil fuels by
the end of the century.

-water protection:
-pressure is mounting
to export freshwater
south of the border,
with trade agreements
such as The North
American Trade
Agreement

Health Care

Environment

-reduce waits for

family doctors
-hire 7,000 more
doctors
-lowering drug costs
-supporting people
as they age by
expanding home
care to 41,000 more
seniors

-Mulcair will
personally lead the
Canadian delegation
to a climate
conference in Paris,
to cut pollution and to
lower household
heating cost

-all residents must be

covered for medical
necessary health
services
-all residents must be
covered by the public
insurance plan on
uniform terms and
conditions

Law and Order

Family

-Take pragmatic
action to make it
harder for criminals
to get, and use,
handguns and assault
weapons
-Ensure that the
process involves
proper consultation
with authorities
throughout the legal
profession, including
the provinces,
provincial law
societies, provincial
appellate and superior
courts, and the Chief
Justice of the
Supreme Court.
-Provide almost $20
billion over 10 years
for social
infrastructure
(affordable housing,
child care spaces,
communities centers,
and more.)

-Mulcair stated that

he will keep the
community safe from
crime by investing a
balanced, effective
approach based in
prevention& policing

-Passed Bill C-51,

with broad new
powers to the
Canadian Security
Intelligence Service
(CSIS) to expand
surveillance and
actively disrupt threats
to national security

-revise laws to
increase penalties for
domestic violence and
ensure protection for
the victims survivors
of domestic violent

-helping working
moms & dads with
one million quality
child care spaces at
no more than $15 a
day

-Introduced a family
tax cut that allows
couples with children
under age 18 to split
up to $50,000 of
income; caps nonrefundable benefit at
$2,000
-Raise government
contribution when
low- and middleincome families invest
in education savings
plans. A family
earning up to $44,000
would get $200 for the
first $500 put away
for a childs higher
education plan each
year, while a family
earning up to $88,000
would receive $100
on the first $500 each
year.

-reforms to our tax

and labour policies in
ways that will
increase the
opportunity for
Canadians to spend
more time with family