CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Issue Liberal NDP Conservative Green

Education -Free Education -Half a million -We support providing -Build strong First Nations
-We will create a Canadians receive greater flexibility to and indigenous
Prime Ministers Canada Student Loans students paying back communities
Youth Advisory every year, said Card. federal student loans by
Council, consisting of
-Work with the provinces implementing Income Keep our communities safe
young Canadians aged Contingent Loans and
16 to 24, to provide
and territories to make providing a preferred
post-secondary https://www.greenparty.ca/
non-partisan advice to interest rate on student en/platform/strong
the Prime Minister on education more loans post-graduation communities
issues facing the affordable, accessible, -We believe
country. and inclusive. the government must
https://www.ndp.ca/news ensure that scholarships and
/college-university-to- bursaries, which were made
be-more-affordable- tax-free in the 2006 budget,
under-ndp are not taxed in the future.
http://www.conservative.ca/
media/documents/Policy-
Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf

Health Care -As for Health Care, -Every child in Canada -Flexibility for the pr -A Housing plan, with
Liberals try their best should have access to ovinces and territories in affordable, predictable home
to advertisement high quality, effective the implementation of care support;
healthy food choices mental health treatment health services should -A Guaranteed Livable
and options for include a balance of public Income to ensure no
when they need it and
Canadian in need of and private delivery options Canadian lives in poverty;
thats not been the case
care for their health. https://www.greenparty.ca/
-We will make high-
under Stephen Harpers -The government should en/platform/strong
quality mental health lost decade, said work with the provinces communities
services more Mulcair. Evidence and territories in the
available to shows that addressing development of national
Canadians who need mental health in children quality indicators and
them, including our reduces the incidence of objectives.
serious mental health http://www.conservative.ca/
veterans and first media/documents/Policy-
responders issues in adulthood,
which reduces costs and Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf
https://www.liberal.ca/
realchange/a-new- strain on provincial
health-accord/ healthcare systems.
-A special emphasis on
high-risk populations in
First Nations, Inuit and
Mtis communities, as
well as Canadians in
rural and remote
https://www.ndp.ca/news
/mulcair-to-improve-ment
al-health-care-young-
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Environment - We will boost -The NDP initiative will
investment in green recognize efforts already
infrastructure by underway in provinces like
nearly $6 billion over British
the next four years, Columbia, Alberta, Ontario
and almost $20 billion and Quebec, and will allow
over ten years. jurisdictions to opt out if
- we will do a better their own carbon pricing
job of co-managing plans meet or exceed
our oceans, by federal standards.
working with the -NDP climate change
initiatives will be
provinces, territories,
undertaken in collaboration
Indigenous Peoples, with
and other provinces, territories,
stakeholders. municipalities and
https://www.liberal.ca/ Indigenous governments.
realchange/greenerco Federal carbon pricing
m revenues will be returned
munities to the provinces so that
they can be
reinvested in greenhouse
gas reduction efforts.
http://xfer.ndp.ca/2015/
2015-Full-Platform-EN.pdf
Law and We will introduce new -The NDP will also work
Order legislation that will, to right historic wrongs,
among other measures such as issuing an official
-Guarantee that all apology for civil servants
Canadian Security fired on the basis of sexual
Intelligence Service orientation or gender
warrants respect the identity.
Charter of Rights and -The NDP can always be
Freedoms counted on to defend and
-Establish an all-party protect achieved rights,
national security including spousal benefits
oversight committee and same-sex marriage
https://www.liberal.ca http://xfer.ndp.ca/2015/
2015-Full-Platform-EN.pdf
Family -We will meet with -The NDPs plan will help
provinces, territories, Canadian families by
and Indigenous creating the first national
communities to begin program for families
work on a new dealing with the rising cost
National Early of childcare. In fact, this
Learning and Child would be the first major
-We believe that it is the -Preserving, Sustaining and
responsibility of restoring the environment
government to ensure that
the sometimes-competing -Addressing the challenge of
values of preserving the the climate crisis
environment and creating
jobs are maintained in
proper balance.
-We believe that all
environment and energy
initiatives should be
reviewed.
http://www.conservative.ca/
media/documents/Policy-
Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf
-We support the Elect Members of Parliament
establishment of a who are honest,
parliamentary judicial ethical, hard-working
review committee to representatives for
prepare an appropriate their constituents and
response to those court champions for their
decisions that Parliament communities.
believes should be
addressed through Restore Canadian public
legislation. science and the role
-Were-affirm the legitimacy of evidence in our
of the entire Charter of decision making
Rights and Freedoms
including section 33 https://www.greenparty.ca/
(notwithstanding clause). en/platform/good-
http://www.conservative.ca/
government
media/documents/Policy-
Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf
-We believe that support -Provide Clear and reliable
should go to all parents and data
families raising children, -Develop youth community
especially to lower and and environment service
middle income parents. corps
We strongly support the
Universal Child Care
Care Framework, to new social program in Benefit.
deliver affordable, Canada in generations. -We support a broad-based
high-quality, flexible, -Tom Mulcair has tax relief, income support
and fully inclusive committed to helping programs and tax incentives
child care for working parents by to make home ownership
Canadian families. investing upwards of $500 and rental accommodation
-Invest new funding million annually in more attainable and
each year for dedicated leave for the accessible.
kindergarten through second parent, doubling http://www.conservative.ca/
grade 12 programs. So leave for parents of media/documents/Policy-
about $750 million per multiples, and closing the Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf
year by the end the loophole that punishes
first mandate. Over the working moms who lose
next four years, this their jobs after taking
represents a $2.6 maternity leave.
billion new investment http://xfer.ndp.ca/2015/
in helping First 2015-Full-Platform-EN.pdf
Nations students learn
and succeed.