CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Conservative

Green

Bloc
Quebecois

Education

make post
secondary
education more
affordable

phasing out
interest on all
federal student
loans

slash Canadas
student debt

increase the
maximum
Canada student
grant

boost funding for

the Canada
Student Grant
Program

eliminating
in-study income
and reducing the
expected parental
contribution from
the Canada
Student Loan
Program
assessment

Push the federal

government to
restore education
transfers to the
levels seen before
the cuts in the
mid-nineties.

make student
loans more
flexible

abolish tuition fees in

colleges and
universities

Continued support
for tax-exempt
scholarships for
postdoctoral
students.

expanding the
number of
students eligible
for the Canada
Student Grant
helping students
through
Registered
Educational
Savings Plan

Health Care

make home care

more available,
prescription
drugs more
affordable, and
mental care
more accessible
negotiate a new
health accord
with provinces
and territories
develop a
pan-Canadian
collaboration on
health innovation
introduce
National
Disabilities Act

renewing public
health care in
Canada
enforce the
principles of
Canada Health
Act
reverse cuts to the
Canada Health
Transfer
expand universal
public healthcare
system to include
universal access
to prescription
drugs

improve the
administration of
Registered
Disabilities
Savings Plan
increase health
care funding to
the provinces and
territories
renew the
Canada Brain
Research Fund
find a cure for
cancer

expand health care to

cover prescription
medication and public
dental medication for
low income youth and
increase the
emphasis on
preventive health care
implement a National
Pharmacare Plan
adopt a stricter
regulations to prohibit
cancer-causing in our
foods and consumer
products

reduce the price of

prescription drugs
reviving the fight
against the fiscal
imbalance,
starting with
restoring health
transfers

Environment

provide national
leadership and
join with the
provinces and
territories to take
action on climate
change, put a
price on carbon,
and reduce
carbon pollution

work with
provinces and
territories to
develop a
pan-Canadian cap
and trade system
reintroduce
Climate Change
Accountability Act

establish
national
emission
reduction targets

Law and
Order

repeal C-51
preventing
domestic
violence and
sexual assault
get guns and
assault weapons
off our streets
legalize and
regulate
marijuana

Family

make parental
benefits more
credible
make flexible
working
conditions
help families
make better food
choices

invest in more
front-line police
officers
repeal C-51
invest in Canadian
Forces

balance
environment with
the needs of the
economy

defend our coastal

waters from risky
pipelines and
oil-tankers

continue the plan

for careful well
designed
regulations and
support
companies and
researchers to
develop new
and cleaner
technologies

implement a robust
canadian climate and
energy strategy

increase online
security

repeal C-51

implement
national anti-drug
strategy

end thermal coal

exports

use resources to
promote clean
energy
promote the clean
energy availability
in Quebec
implement a plan
on climate change
propose a rebate
program for the
purchase of
electric vehicle

evidence-based
policy making

authentication of
consumption and
sale of cannabis
repeal C-51

targeting criminal
gangs

implement
Canadas Action
Plan on Womens
Peace and
Security

make a national
program for
families dealing
with the rising cost
of childcare
passing a new
Consumer
Protection Plan
ensuring tax
fairness

double grant for

low and middle
income families
savings for their
childrens
education
provide new tax
relief for single
and widowed
seniors
expand grants for
families with
disabled children

expand Canada
Pension Plan
implement a national
seniors strategy
ensuring equal pay
for equal work
ensuring a high
quality child care
providing a school
nutrition program

proposing that the

universal child
care benefit is not
taxable
increase benefits
in the Canada
Pension Plan