CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Issue

Liberal

NDP

Education

We will
provide direct
help to
students from
low- and
middle-incom
e families to
help them pay
for their
education and
ensure that
debt loads are
manageable

will make
college and
university
more
affordable
and
accessible for
Canadian
students and
their
families.

Health Care

We will
negotiate a
new Health
Accord with
provinces and
territories,
including a
long-term
agreement on
funding.

Conservative

This will be a
significant
benefit to lowand
middle-incom
e families
who are
working hard
to put money
aside for their
childrens
future, and
should help
incent even
greater
take-up of
RESPs.
Better
Stephen
mental health Harper and
services are
the
part of
Conservative
Mulcairs plan Party strongly
to usher in
support the
the next era
Canada
of quality
Health Act
public health and I -care
care for all
system in
Canadians.
Canada. That
is why he has
increased
funding for
health care to
its objective
of a
universally
accessible,
publicly
funded health
record levels
and why we

Green
The Green
Party sees
education as
instrumental
in developing
creativity and
equality as
the
foundation of
safe and
healthy
communities.
Education is
not an
expense, it's
an
investment
The `health
law
perpetuates a
health system
that treats
health care as
a commodity
so that people
only receive
the amount of
health care
they can
afford rather
than treating
it as a public
good, as does
every other
industrialized
nation.
Mental
healthcare for
prisoners and
homeless A

Bloc
Quebecois
The Bloc
Qubcois is
demanding
the federal
government
restore the
full value of
cash
transfers for
post-seconda
ry education

"Health care
is certainly
the most
important
issue in the
federal
election
campaign"

Environment

will continue
to increase
funding for
health care at
6 per cent a
year to
ensure that all
Canadians
have access
to
high-quality
health care
regardless of
ability to pay.
We will
And with
We will
modernize the true political
ensure that
National
will and an
the rights and
Energy Board, effective plan, interests of
ensuring that
we can get
farmers in the
its
Canada on
region are
composition
the right
fully
reflects
track, grow
protected. We
regional views the economy, will also
and has
protect the
ensure that
sufficient
environment, communities
expertise in
provide
in the region
fields like
energy
remain free to
environmental security for
address their
science,
generations
infrastructure
community
to come and
needs
development, become a
and
positive
Indigenous
global player
traditional
on climate
knowledge.
change.

mental health
care system
[should]
safeguard
human
dignity,
respects
individual
autonomy,
and protects
informed
consent

The Green
Party
supports a
holistic
approach to
justice,
recognizing
that
environmenta
l justice,
social justice
and economic
justice
depend on
and support
each other.
We believe
that no
one--includin
g people of
color and the
poor--should
be poisoned
nor subjected
to harmful
levels of toxic
chemicals
and that no
group of
people should
bear a

The Bloc
supports a
federal GHG
emissions
limit that
would keep
global
warming
below 2
degrees
Celsius over
pre-industrial
levels. This is
the level
above which
we risk
dangerous
climate
change.

Law and
Order

We will
ensure that
Canada
becomes a
party to the
international
Arms Trade
Treaty.

NDP justice
critic
Francoise
Boivin said
that
legislation to
fight
cyberbullying
, and better
resources for
police, would
be among the
partys
justice
priorities.

disproportion
ate share of
the pollution
from
industrial,
governmental
and
commercial
sources or
policies.
Prior to this
The first
unnecessary
defence to
election, our
reduce crime
Government
is to keep
was
young people
attempting to from
pass other
becoming
pieces of
criminals.
legislation to
Green Party
protect
programs to
society and
alleviate
hold criminals poverty, to
accountable legalize
marijuana, to
increase
physical
fitness and
sport, as well
as investing
in community
health, will all
pay big
dividends in
reduced
crime.

Family

Because the
Canada Child
Benefit is
tax-free and
tied to
income, it
also provides
greater

With no
access to a
work permit
or health
coverage,
many families
struggle to
make ends

We will
separate
social
problems like
poverty,
violence, and
poor school
performance

We call for
social
policies to
focus on
protecting
families. The
young--our
citizens of

The new
Liberal
governments
maiden
budget is
expected to
be brought
down in
February or
early March.
And its under
enormous
pressure to
act swiftly on
medically
assisted
dying, facing
a Supreme
Court
deadline and
a new Quebec
law allowing
doctors to
help patients
die.

Ensuring
Quebec
maintains its
ability to
provide
Quebeckers
with a social
safety net

support to
those who
need help the
most:
single-parent
families and
low-income
families. Our
plan will lift
315,000
Canadian
children out
of poverty.

meet and
provide for
their children
while they
wait.

from family
structure, and
contest the
myth that the
nuclear family
is the solution
to these
challenges.

tomorrow--are
increasingly
at risk.
Programs
must ensure
that children,
who are
among the
most
vulnerable
members of
society,
receive basic
nutritional,
educational,
and medical
necessities.

through
enhanced
equalization,
increased
post-seconda
ry education
transfers and
an end to
fiscal
imbalance.