CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Issue Liberal NDP Conservative Green

Educatio Post-Secondary Early Expanding the Ban unpaid
n We will make Childhood number of low- internships
post-secondary Education and middle Boost access
education more Providing long- income students to apprentice
affordable. term, secure eligible for the programs in
Increase the funding to Canada Student key trades
level of non- provinces and Grant program by supporting
repayable grant territories for making these those with
assistance to early childhood grants applicable skills to train
students by education and to short-term, youth through
$750 million per child care vocational financial
year, rising to services. programs. support to
$850 million per Post-Secondary Eliminating in- tradesmen in
year by 2019/20. Relieving student study income electricity,
Making student debt through from the Canada plumbing,
loan more needs-based grants, Student Loans carpentry etc,
flexible maintaining low Program Slash
interest rates for assessment so Canadas
student loans, and that students can student debt
simplifying student work, earn today and
Work with First
aid programs. money, and gain abolish tuition
Nations to make valuable fees for
sure that every experience while
First Nations college and
studying without university
child receives a affecting their
quality education for
loan eligibility
education. students and
helping 87,000
their families
students per year.
Health Food and Nutrition The right of all Continue to Canadiansshould
Introduce new haveaccesstotimely,
Care Canadians to support Canadas
qualityservices
restrictions on have universal universal, regardlessoftheir
the commercial access to high- publicly-funded abilitytopay,and
marketing of quality public health care thattheprovincesand
unhealthy food health care that is system territoriesshouldbe
and beverages to transferable Increase health given"maximum
between flexibility"todeliver
children, like care funding to
provinces and medicallynecessary
those now in the provinces and serviceswithina
place in Quebec territories territories publicsystem
Increase funding Promoting renew the
to the Public healthy living, mandate and
Health Agency of physical activity, funding of the
Canada by $15 and reduced Canadian
 million in each of tobacco use. Partnership
the next two against Cancer
years again
We will make
home care more
available,
prescription
drugs more
affordable, and
mental health
care more
accessible.
Environ Climate Change Reducing and Establishing and Preserving,
ment Putting a price eliminating highly expanding the sustaining and
on carbon / toxic substances, Recreational restoring the
reducing carbon especially those Fisheries environment,
threatening life Conservation animal, welfare
pollution and habitat. Partnerships Addressing the
Partnering with Establishing Program to challenge of
provinces and binding targets conserve and the climate
territory to and clear protect Canadas crisis
meet individual standards to cut recreational ensuresustainable
needs greenhouse gas fisheries. useofourwater
Create Low emissions. Canadas forestry resourcesandat
Carbon Ensuring access to industry fight back thesametime
safe drinking by establishing a
Economy Trust maintainand
water for all fund to match improveaccessto
Provide funding private-sector
Canadians. safewaterforall
for projects Protecting and contributions to
Canadians
developing our promote Canadian
Preserving national parks and forestry products
National Parks designating new and our
parks. sustainable
management
practices

Law and Supporting continue to Violent

Order Restore fair and community and address the offenders
balanced labour not-for-profit growing problem must face
laws that organizations of terrorist more serious
acknowledge the active in crime radicalization and consequences
importance of prevention. violent extremism , in setting
unions in Canada Maintaining a among Canadian bail, in
youth by sentencing
Working towards youth criminal
renewing funding
 strengthening justice system for the Kanishka and in parole
gun laws and that is distinct Project for terms
getting guns off from adult courts. another five promise to
the streets Increasing the years. review (the)
Committed to number of RCMP Enact Life Young
safeguard officers. Means Life Offenders Act
fundamental legislation to to ensure it is
human rights ensure the worst not an
both in Canada criminals never inducement to
and abroad get a chance at youth crime,
parole while retaining
its core
principle, that
youth should
not be treated
as hardened
criminals.
Child Care
Family Increasing EI
Urgereformsto
Gives more to benefits and
flexibility for
Increase the First- ourtaxandlabour
single-parent and
caregivers to Time Home policiesinways
low-income
allow family Buyers Plan by thatwillincrease
families
members to take 40 percent theopportunity
Parental Benefits
allow parents to leave of Double grants for forCanadiansto
employment for spendmoretime
receive benefits low- and middle-
up to six months withfamily
in smaller blocks income families
of time over a Allowing saving for their Promotean
period of up to temporary foreign childrens integrated
18 months workers to bring education programof
immediate family
investment of
members to Established, and supports,taxcuts,
$125 million per andawareness
Canada. then enhanced,
year in the the monthly raising
economic Universal Child- emphasizingthat
security of Care Benefit. timespentwith
Canadian childrenand/orin
families. thecommunityis
essentialforthe
continuationof
oursociety.