CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Group Members: Hamza Desai

Issue Liberal NDP Conservative Green

Education Free education Also want to Work with
from make Post- provinces
Kindergarten to secondary Support for and higher
Grade 12. They schools learning
will invest $50 cheaper and the families institutions
million in they will to reduce
additional invest more saving up for post-
annual support money into secondary
to the Post- helping childrens tuitions.
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allow the support-for-
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in line with saving-for-
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Health Care They will make The New Investments Overall, the
home care more Democratic in mental Green Party
available, Party (NDP) health, has a high-
prescription offers a through the level set of
drugs more platform that Mental Health strategies
affordable, and showcases Commission to reform
mental health strong and of Canada, health care
care more thoughtful and electronic in Canada
accessible. commitments medical consistent
to the social records with the
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developed had a positive platform
existing impact. highlights
strategies and Investments increasing
partnerships into health communicat
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address most declined coordinatio
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focusing on investments government
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Environment They will make Bill C-619 Prime The Green
environmental proposes Minister Party of
assessments national Stephen Canada has
credible again. emissions Harper today set out its
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Law and We believe that They believe in Prior to this The first
Order young offenders Maintaining a unnecessary defence to
must be treated election, our reduce crime is
youth criminal
differently from Government was to keep young
adults and that the justice system attempting to pass people from
principles of the that is distinct other pieces of becoming
Youth Criminal from adult legislation to criminals.
Justice Act courts. protect society Green Party
namely that http://www.cbc.ca and hold programs to
rehabilitation is criminals alleviate
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paramount to accountable, poverty, to
denunciation and -issues-the- including bills to legalize
deterrence must parties-positions- strengthen the marijuana, to
be upheld. We on-law-and-order- handling of increase
believe that adult 1.1064865 violent and repeat physical fitness
sentences should be young offenders and sport, as
used exceptionally (Sbastiens Law) well as
with young A Stephen investing in
offenders. Harper-led community
http://www.cbc.ca/ majority health, will all
news/politics/the- Government will pay big
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positions-on-law- into reduced
and-order- comprehensive crime. http://
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pass them within ws/politics/the-
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Family They will give The Urge reforms

families more money Kenneys new Conservatives, on to our tax and
to help with the high rules will the other hand, labor policies
cost of raising increase the Harper said, have in ways that
their kids. minimum put thousands of will increase
https://www.liberal. income dollars into the the opportunity
ca/realchange/helpi requirement for pockets of those for Canadians
ng-families/ sponsoring a same to spend more
parent or families. The time with
grandparent by party's math says family.
30%, double the "a typical two- Promote an
sponsorship earner family of integrated
undertaking four will receive program of
period from ten tax relief and supports, tax
to twenty years, increased benefits cuts, and
and reduce the of up to $6,600 awareness-
maximum age of per year. raising
a dependent to http://www.cbc.ca emphasizing
18. /news/politics/can that time spent
http://www.ndp.c ada-election- with children
a/news/conservati 2015-harper- and/or in the
ves-making-it- typical-family- community is
harder-canadian- tax-1.3210324 essential for
families-to- the
reunite continuation of
our society.
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