CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Liberal Conservative Green NDP Bloc Quebecois

Educ We will provide Building on a Work with Invest $250 Push the
direct help to strong record of provinces and million in federal
ation higher learning government to
students from supporting additional
institutions to restore
low- and Canadian federal student
reduce education
middle-income families who are post-secondary grants over transfers to
families to help saving for a tuitions. four years, with the levels
them pay for childs Boost an emphasis seen before
their education education, a participation in on helping the cuts in the
and ensure that re-elected cooperative students who mid-nineties.
debt loads are Harper education need it most, Demand more
programs and federal
manageable. Conservative creating as
apprenticeships transfers for
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the maximum enhance Encourage 50,000 new y education
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system. $2.75 billion
$3,000 per year doubling the ege-university-
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students, and to low- and post-secondary ordable-under- Quebec
$1,800 per year middle-income education and ndp Continued
for part-time families. ensure that support for
students. public funding tax-exempt
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Healt As an The Establish a The NDP More

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commitment, we government seniors finances at a
Care will invest $3 announced a strategy, and
$2.6-billion over
provincial
four years for a
billion, over the $31.5-million increase universal level more
next four years, plan on investment in drug-coverage so than
to deliver more dementia in preventative plan, in control at
and better home partnership with health care collaboration the federal
care services for private and Build on the with the level as the
all Canadians. public-sector work of the provinces. The federal
NDP has
This includes groups last Therapeutics government
promised
more access to year. Initiative at $300-million doesnt run
high quality UBC to any
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nurses. The
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improve seniors caregivers.
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$40-million over
four years to
develop an
Alzheimers and
dementia
strategy.

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Envir The Liberals The Strengthen CEPA An NDP The Bloc supports a
onm have pledged Conservatives with specific and government federal GHG
that they would pledged to cut strong regulations to would create a emissions limit that
ent spend Canadas reduce particulates, national would keep global
$20-billion over greenhouse-gas sulphur dioxide, cap-and-trade warming below 2
10 years on emissions by 30 nitrogen oxide, and program to degrees Celsius
greener per cent from other airborne help Canada over pre-industrial
infrastructure, 2005 levels contaminants; meet its levels.
and issue Green before 2030, but emissions-redu
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Law We believe that our The first defence to New Offenders must be
and young offenders Government reduce crime is to Democrats punished, even if
must be treated was attempting keep young people believe in they are young
Orde differently from to pass other from becoming maintaining a adults or teenagers.
r adults and that pieces of criminals. Green Party youth criminal
the principles of legislation to programs to alleviate justice system http://www.cbc.ca/ne
the Youth protect society poverty, to legalize that is distinct ws/politics/the-issue
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Fami A Liberal The Urge reforms to our An NDP Prohibiting the

ly government will Conservatives tax and labour policies government supply of raw
introduce more have pledged to in ways that will will end materials and
flexible parental create 700,000 increase the income equipment used to
benefits that will homeowners by opportunity for splitting, but produce cigarettes to
make it possible raising the limit Canadians to spend protect seniors unlicensed
for parents to on the Home more time with family; ability to split manufacturers;
take a longer Buyers Plan their pension
leave at a lower from $25,000 to Promote an income. Revoking permits
benefit level. $35,000 to let integrated program of from tobacco
first-time home supports, tax cuts, and The NDP is manufacturers who
The Liberals will buyers withdraw awareness-raising also pledging violate the law;
introduce a new from RRSP emphasizing that time to tackle
Seniors Price accounts for spent with children skyrocketing Implementing an
Index to down and/or in the housing costs effective marking
guarantee that payments. community is essential by bringing in a system on cigarette
benefits for for the continuation of tax break to packages (marking
seniors keep up http://www.thegl our society. encourage and tracing
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costs. /news/politics/el https://www.greenpart 10,000 possible to closely
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a federal tobacco
manufacturing
licence at a
minimum of five
million
dollars instead of the
ridiculous price of
five thousand dollars
that exists currently.

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