CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Group
Members:_______SALIM________________________________________________
Issue

Liberal

Education

Liberal
Education is
an approach to
learning that
empowers
individuals and
prepares them
to deal with
complexity,
diversity, and
change. It
provides
students with
broad
knowledge of
the wider world
(e.g. science,
culture, and
society) as well
as in-depth
study in a
specific area of
interest.
https://www.go
ogle.ca/webhp
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NDP

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;
Immediately
begin phasing
out interest on
federal student
loans,
eliminating it
completely by
Year 7 and
saving the
average
student
$4,000
https://www.n
dp.ca/news/co
llegeuniversity-tobe-moreaffordableunder-ndp

Conservative

Green

Conservative
government will
enhance
Registered
Education
Savings
Plans(RESPs)
by doubling the
federal grant for
low- and
middle-income
families.
Canadian
families had
saved in total
over $44.4
billion in RESP
for their
childrens postsecondary
education.
http://www.cons
ervative.ca/prim
e-ministerharperannounces-f
urther-support-f
or-families-savi
ng-for-theirchil drenseducation-2

Immediately
Cut tuition fees
for students and
their families
without
adequate
financial
means,and
remove the
inadequate
2%cap on
tuition for all
First Nations
and Inuit
students.

Eliminate any
existing or
future student
federal debt
above $10,000.
https://www.gre
enparty.ca/en/m
ediarelease/201509-16/greens
%E2%80%99pl edge-abolishtui tion-feesinvest- youth

Bloc
Quebecois

Health Care

$3 billion,over
the next four
years, to deliver
more and better
home care
services for all
Canadians.
will make highquality mental
health services
more available
to Canadians
who need
them,including
our veterans and
first
responders.
https://www.lib
eral.ca/realcha
nge/a-newhealth-accord/

Environment

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
percent by
2020.work
with the
provinces within

$10 million per

year for research
and enhanced
healthcare
collaboration
across the
country.$15
million per year
for healthcare
providers and
community
mental health
associations to
implement best
practices for
wait-time
reductions for
better care.
https://www.nd
p.ca/news/mul
cair-toimprovemental-healthcare-youngcanadians

Ensuring a
cleaner
environment by
holding polluters
accountable.T
he NDP will
clean up
Ottawa,and
replace Stephen
Harper's culture
of corruption
and scandal with
transparency and

Increase
healthcare
funding to the
provinces and
territories.Ren
ew the Canada
Brain Research
Fund When it
expires in 2017,
with another
$100million
over seven
years. Renew
the mandate and
funding of the
Vanadia
Partnership
against Cancer
Again in 2017.
http://www.time
scolonist.com/ne
ws/local/partyplatformshealth-care-andseniors1.2088704

additional steps
to restore and
enhance salmon
habitat and
protect the
marine
environment, as
part of the
Conservative
government's
plan to conserve
and restore
Canada's

Expand
healthcare to
cover
prescription
medication
forall Canadians
And public
dental coverage
for low-income
youth (under 18
years of
age),and
increase the
emphasis on
preventative
health care.
Establish a
national seniors
strategy, and
increase
investment in
preventative
health care.
http://www.time
scolonist.com/ne
ws/local/partyplatformshealth-care-andseniors1.2088704
has set out its
plan for
listenablefuture
grounded in
fiscal
responsibility,ec
ological health,
and social
justice.As the
only party
working within
a triple bottom
line(economic,e

90 days of the
Paris UN
climate change
conference to
establish a
framework for
reducing
Canada's
collective
carbon
footprint.
https://www.libe
ral.ca/realchange
/real-change-anew-plan-forcanadasenvironmentand-economy/

Law and
Order

We will ensure
that no one
fleeing domestic
violence is left
without a place
to turn. We will
increase
investments in
growing and
maintaining
Canada's
network of
shelters and
transition
houses, as part
of our broader
investment in
social
infrastructure.
https://www.libe

accountability
https://www.ndp
.ca/platform
Polluters would
have to pay for
their actions
under a plan to
put a price on
carbon and
setlimits for
greenhouse gas
emissions

environmental
heritage.invest
ing $15million
to restore and
conserve key
British
Columbia
estuaries, and to
preserve the
lower Harrison
River's salmon
ecosystem.

http://www.thegl
obeandmail.com
/news/politics/n
dp-to-releaseclimate-changeplan-allowsprovinces-tooptout/article26554
192/

http://www.cons
ervative.ca/harp
er-announcesadditionalmeasures-toprotect-bcsnaturalenvironment/

We will ensure
that
communities
have the
resources they
need to invest in
crime prevention
programs,
particularly
those targeting
youth, by
increasing
federal support
to crime
prevention
initiatives
from$65 million
to$100 million
per
year.http://ww

out a National
CounterTerrorism
Strategy
tooutline
relevant laws
and procedures
and[highlight]
the means to
protect our
country from
terrorism.
http://torontoist.
com/2011/04/pla
tform_primer_la
w_and_order/

cological, and
social) approach
to every
policy,our
position on key
environmental
issues is
clear.It is
urgent that the
Canadian
Government set
real targets, with
measurable
objectives, and
put in place the
resources to
deliver on those
goals.
https://www.gre
enparty.ca/en/po
licy/visiongreen/environme
nt
The first
defense in
reducing crime
is to keep young
people from
becoming
criminals. Green
Party programs
to alleviate
poverty, to
legalize
marijuana, to
increase
physical fitness
and sport, as
well as investing
in community
health, will all
pay big
dividends in

ral.ca/realchange
/preventingdomesticviolence-andsexual-assault/

Family

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ermag.com/legal
feeds/221/ndpscrime-andpunishmentplatform.html

will amends
federal
bankruptcy
legislation to
move pensioners
and long-term
disability
recipients to the
front of the line
of creditors
when their
employers
entered court
protection or
declare
bankruptcywil
l increase the
funding in the
Canada Student
Grants Program
https://www.libe by$200 million
ral.ca/realchange a year
/helpingfamilies/
http://www.ccdo
nline.ca/en/socia
lpolicy/elections
/2011/ndpplatform
With the
Canada Child
Benefit, nine out
of ten Canadian
Families will
receive more
than under
Stephen Harper's
confusing
collection of
child benefit
programs. For
The typical
family of
four,that means
an
additional$2,500
in help,tax-free,
every year.

reduced crime.
https://www.gre
enparty.ca/en/po
licy/visiongreen/people/jus
tice/real-security

Conservative
Government has
consistently cut
taxes and put
more money
back into the
pockets of every
single Canadian
Family to help
ensure that
families have
more money to
spend on their
priorities, like
paying their
mortgage,
planning for
retirement and
saving for their
children's postsecondary
education.
http://www.cons
ervative.ca/prim
e-ministerharperannouncesfurther-supportfor-familiessaving-for-theirchildrenseducation-2/

Urge reforms to
our tax and
labour policies
in ways that will
increase the
opportunity for
Canadians to
spend more time
with
family.Promot
e an integrated
program of
supports, tax
cuts, and
awarenessraising
emphasizing that
time spent with
children and/or
in the
community is
essential for the
continuation of
our society.
https://www.gre
enparty.ca/en/po
licy/visiongreen/people/fa
mily