CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY

PLATFORMS

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservative

Green

Education

We will provide
direct help to
students from
low and
middle-income
families to help
them pay for
their education
and ensure that
debt loads are
manageable. We
will increase the
maximum
Canada Student
Grant for
low-income
students to
$3,000 per year
for full-time
students, and to
$1,800 per year
for part-time
students

Invest $250 million in

additional federal student
grants over four years, with
an emphasis on helping
students who need it most,
creating as many as 50,000
new grants; begin phasing
out interest on student loans
to eliminate it in year 7
working with schools to
make them more
accessible, affordable, and
inclusive

Building on a strong
record of supporting
Canadian families
who are saving for a
childs education, a
re-elected Harper
Conservative
government will
enhance Registered
Education Savings
Plans (RESPs) by
doubling the federal
grant for low- and
middle-income
families. RESPs also
make it possible to
receive extra money
through government
incentives the
Canada Learning
Bond[1] and the
Canada Education
Savings Grants.

Boost participation
in cooperative
education
programs and
apprenticeships..
Harmonize
government
programs such as
the Millennium
Scholarship Fund
to provide a single
need-based grant
program to reduce
student debt.
Increase
investments in
postsecondary
education and
ensure that public
funding plays a
major role in
research and
development
initiatives. Increase
the availability of
full-time
employment
positions and
quality of life by
implementing a
gradual reduction
in the standard
work week to
thirty-five work
hours per week.

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al.ca/

https://www.ndp.ca/

http://www.conservati
ve.ca/

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arty.ca/en

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservative

Green

Heath

We will restart that

important
conversation and
provide the
collaborative federal
leadership that has
been missing during
the Harper decade.
We will negotiate a
new Health Accord
with provinces and
territories, including
a long-term
agreement on
funding. As an
immediate
commitment, we will
invest $3 billion,
over the next four
years, to deliver
more and better
home care services
for all Canadians.

Lowering drug
costs through a
universal
coverage plan.
Supporting
people as they
age by
expanding
home care to
41,000 more
seniors and
providing
funding for
5,000 more
nursing home
beds. Creating
a youth mental
health
innovation fund
to reduce wait
times and
improve
access to care.
Tripling the
paid leave
available for
Canadians
who are too ill
to work.

New family
doctors and
nurses in rural
areas will be
relieved from
a portion of
their Canada
student loans
investments in
mental health,
through the
Mental Health
Commission
of Canada,
and electronic
medical
records
through
Canada
Health
Infoway have
had a positive
impact.
Investments
into health
research
declined
overall with a
few notable
investments
into important
targeted
initiatives

Boost participation
in cooperative
education
programs and
apprenticeships..
Harmonize
government
programs such as
the Millennium
Scholarship Fund
to provide a single
need-based grant
program to reduce
student debt.
Increase
investments in
post-secondary
education and
ensure that public
funding plays a
major role in
research and
development
initiatives.
Increase the
availability of
full-time
employment
positions and
quality of life by
implementing a
gradual reduction
in the standard
work week to
thirty-five work
hours per week.

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a/

https://www.nd
p.ca/

http://www.co
nservative.ca/

https://www.green

party.ca/en

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservative

Green

Environment

To make sure
even more
Canadian
families get to
enjoy our
countrys natural
beauty, well
make admission
to National
Parks free in
2017, the 150th
anniversary of
Confederation.
Finally, well
protect our
wildlife and our
water by
increasing the
amount of
protected
marine and
coastal areas to
5 per cent by
2017 and 10 per
cent by 2020.

I will personally
lead the
Canadian
delegation to the
COP21 climate
conference in
Paris with firm
targets to cut
pollution, and
bring in a home
retrofit program
to lower your
household
heating costs

A re-elected
Conservative
government will
extend its
successful
partnership with
the Pacific
Salmon
Foundation, by
investing $15
million to restore
and conserve
key British
Columbia
estuaries, and to
preserve the
lower Harrison
Rivers salmon
ecosystem

The Green Party of

Canada has set
out its plan for a
sustainable future
grounded in fiscal
responsibility,
ecological health,
and social justice.
they plan to
improve 3.1. Air
quality 3.2 Water
protection and
conservation 3.3
National Parks 3.4
Species at risk 3.5
Toxic chemicals
and health risks
from radiation 3.6
Environmental
science support:
Restore federal
science capacity
3.7 Zero waste 3.8
Commercial sea
salt seal hunt 3.9
Commercial whale
hunting 3.10
Animal welfare
3.11 Arctic strategy
3.12 Measuring
and protecting
Canadas natural
account
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al.ca/

https://www.ndp.
ca/

http://www.cons
ervative.ca/

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservative

Green

Law and Order

repeal changes
made by Bill
C-42 that allow
restricted and
prohibited
weapons to be
freely
transported
without a permit,
and we will put
decision-making
about weapons
restrictions back
in the hands of
police, not
politicians;
provide $100
million each
year to the
provinces and
territories to
support guns
and gangs
police task
forces to take
illegal guns off
our streets and
reduce gang
violence; modify
the membership
of the Canadian
Firearms
Advisory
Committee to
include
knowledgeable

We will call an
inquiry into
missing and
murdered
Indigenous
women, repeal
Bill C-51 and
introduce a new
Accountability
Act that will
crack down on
Senate
expenses and
bolster Conflict
of Interest laws

Table a bill that

would force
federally
regulated
companies to
conform to Bill
101, Quebec's
language law.
Tighten security
measures
surrounding the
rail transport of
hazardous
materials.

We are
dedicated to
responsible
governance that
protects our
country and our
fellow
Canadians. This
commitment
shapes our
approach to
tackling crime,
delivering
justice, reducing

law enforcement
officers, public
health
advocates,
representatives
from womens
groups, and
members of the
legal community
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eral.ca/realcha
nge/guns/

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservative

Green

Family

We will cancel
tax breaks and
benefits for the
wealthy
including the
Universal Child
Care Benefit
and introduce a
new Canada
Child Benefit to
give Canadian
families more
money to raise
their kids. With
the Canada
Child Benefit,
nine out of ten
Canadian
families will
receive more
than under
Stephen
Harpers
confusing

We will take the

first step
towards our goal
of universal,
affordable
childcare by
immediately
flowing funding
for over 60,000
childcare
spaces at no
more than $15 a
day. We
will restore the
age of
retirement to 65,
and introduce a
new Consumer
Protection Act to
cap ATM fees
and ensure
Canadians have
access to a
low-interest

An RESP is a
special
individualized
savings plan
that helps
families save for
a childs
post-secondary
education.
RESPs are most
often
established by
parents, but can
also be
established by
grandparents or
another family
member.
RESPs allow a
childs savings
to grow tax free.
There are no
annual limits,
and the lifetime

Urge reforms to
our tax and
labour policy
recidivism,
protecting
Canadas
borders, and
combating
terrorism.
Revise laws to
increase
penalties for
domestic
violence and
ensure
protection for
the victims and
survivors of
domestic
violence and
much more ies
in ways that will
increase the
opportunity for

collection of
child benefit
programs. For
the typical family
of four, that
means an
additional
$2,500 in help,
tax-free, every
year.

Bloc
Quebecois

credit card.

limit is $50,000.
Contributions
are paid from
after-tax income

Canadians to
spend more
time with family;
Promote an
integrated
program of
supports, tax
cuts, and
awareness-raisi
ng emphasizing
that time spent
with children
and/or in the
community is
essential for the
continuation of
our society.

Education

Health Care

Environm
ent

Law and Order

Family

demand
more federal
transfers for
post
secondary
education,
and social
programs of
$2.75 billion
over 3 years
of Quebec

Duceppe
said his rivals
are
threatening
the long-term
financing of
the Canada
Health
Transfer, a
federal
program that
distributes
money to
provinces to
help pay for
government
-funded
medical
services.
"Health care
is certainly

Table a
"wood
charter"
that would
promote
wood
constructio
n for
federal
buildings.
Sept. 23:
Increase
taxes on
major
corporation
s to 16.5
per cent
from 15 per
cent and
raise tax
rates for

Table a bill that

would force
federally
regulated
companies to
conform to Bill
101, Quebec's
language law.
Tighten
security
measures
surrounding the
rail transport of
hazardous
materials.

Keep
employment
insurance
fund for
people out of
work and not
loot it for
other
projects. Ask
the federal
Competition
Bureau to
investigate
fluctuating
gas prices.

the most
important
issue in the
federal
election
campaign,"
Duceppe
said in
Montreal.

big banks
and oil
companies
to 20 per
cent from
15 per
cent.
Impose a
tax
increase of
1.5
percentage
points on
those
earning
more than
$150,000.