CANADAS FEDERAL PARTY PLATFORMS

Group Members: Neel

Issue

Liberal

Educatio
n

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

https://www.libera
l.ca/realchange/po
st-secondaryeducation/

NDP
o

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

Conservative
o

https://www.ndp.ca
/news/collegeuniversity-to-bemore-affordableunder-ndp

Establishing the
Canada Student
Grants Program,
the most
important reform
to federal postsecondary
funding in
decades

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.
This includes

To support
provinces and
territories in the
delivery of
quality mental
health services
to young
Canadians and
their families,
an NDP
government
will establish a
$100 million

Boost
participation
in cooperative
education
programs and
apprenticeshi
ps

Harmonize
government
programs
such as the
Millennium
Scholarship
Fund to
provide a
single needbased grant
program to
reduce
student debt

Reforming the
Canada Student
Loans program
to remove instudy income
and personal
vehicles from the
loan calculation,
and to reduce the
expected parental
contribution

http://www.conservat
ive.ca/primeminister-harperannounces-furthersupport-for-familiessaving-for-theirchildrens-education2/

Health
Care

Green

The
Conservative
government
announced a
$31.5-million
plan on dementia
in partnership
with private and
public-sector
groups last year.
The
Conservatives
have said they

https://www.green
party.ca/en/platfor
m2006/education
_employment

Establish a
federal Crown
corporation to
bulk buy
prescription
medication to
drive down
the cost to
provinces
Establish a
national
seniors
strategy, and

Bloc
Quebecois
o

Demand more
federal
transfers for
post-secondary
education
(college and
university) and
social programs
of $2.75 billion
over three years
for Quebec

Continued
support for taxexempt
scholarships for
postdoctoral
students

https://diyyinah.wo
rdpress.com/2011/0
4/27/blocquebecoiselections-2011platform-outline/

More control
over finances at
a provincial
level more so
than control at
the federal level
as the federal
government
doesnt run any
hospitals other
than the first
nations and
veterans which

more access to
high quality
in-home
caregivers,
financial
supports for
family care,
and, when
necessary,
palliative
care
https://www.libera
l.ca/realchange/anew-healthaccord/

Environ
ment

The Liberals
have pledged
that they
would spend
$20-billion
over 10 years
on greener
infrastructure,
and issue
Green Bonds
to fund
environmental
ly friendly
energy
projects

http://www.theglo
beandmail.com/ne
ws/politics/electio
ns/party-platformcomparison/article
26758784/

Mental Health
Innovation
Fund for
Children and
Youth aimed at
wait-time
reduction and
improved care
https://www.ndp.ca
/news/mulcair-toimprove-mentalhealth-care-youngcanadians

intend to study
the Supreme
Courts ruling on
physicianassisted death
before they
respond

http://www.theglob
eandmail.com/news
/politics/elections/p
arty-platformcomparison/article2
6758784/

His government
has also
championed
Enbridges $7.9billion Northern
Gateway plan
and
TransCanadas
$12-billion
Energy East
pipeline
The
Conservatives
pledged to cut
Canadas
greenhouse-gas
emissions by 30
per cent from
2005 levels
before 2030

http://www.theglobea
ndmail.com/news/pol
itics/elections/partyplatformcomparison/article26
758784/

https://www.green
party.ca/en/health
care

http://www.theglobea
ndmail.com/news/pol
itics/elections/partyplatformcomparison/article26
758784/

The NDP
promises it will
invest $100million in
renewable
energy
development in
northern and
remote
communities.

increase
investment in
preventative
health care

they suggested
to be poorly
managed
$250-million
over 5 years for
a tax credit for
caregivers

https://diyyinah.wo
rdpress.com/2011/0
4/27/blocquebecoiselections-2011platform-outline/

Strengthen
CEPA with
specific and
strong
regulations to
reduce
particulates,
sulphur
dioxide,
nitrogen
oxide, and
other airborne
contaminants

Address
smog-causing
heat and
pollution
through
solutions
outlined in
Part 2:
Addressing
the challenge
of the Climate
Crisis:
Enhancing
economic
performance
while
safeguarding
our future in
this

The Bloc
supports a
federal GHG
emissions limit
that would keep
global warming
below 2
degrees Celsius
over preindustrial
levels. This is
the level above
which we risk
dangerous
climate
change
The Bloc
supports
Qubecs cap
and trade
scheme, and
suggests it
could form the
basis for a
national
market

http://www.ecojusti
ce.ca/election2015-comparingfederal-partypolicies-on-climatechange/

document
https://www.green
party.ca/en/policy
/visiongreen/environmen
t/air-quality

Law and
Order

The Liberal
Party believes
that
possession of
small amounts
of marijuana
for personal
use should be
decriminalized
. That is what
we attempted
to achieve
while in
government,
and we
continue to
believe that
decriminalizin
g such
possession
would be a
more sensible
drug policy
for our young
people and
would allow
for better uses
of police
resources

New
Democrats
believe in [...]
Decriminalizin
g marijuana
possession with
the goal of
removing its
production and
distribution
from the
control of
organized
crime

http://www.cbc.ca/
news/politics/theissues-the-partiespositions-on-lawand-order1.1064865

That is why [the

Harper]
government is
opposed to
legalizing drugs
especially
because of the
damage it can do
to our cities and
our communities
because of
increased
addiction and
crime

Green Party
MPs will [...]
Legalize
marijuana by
removing
marijuana
from the drug
schedule

http://www.cbc.ca
/news/politics/theissues-the-partiespositions-on-lawand-order1.1064865

http://www.cbc.ca/ne
ws/politics/theissues-the-partiespositions-on-lawand-order-1.1064865

We tabled a
parliamentary
motion
supported by
88% of MPs
asking the
government to
legalize the
medical use of
marijuana

http://www.cbc.ca/n
ews/politics/theissues-the-partiespositions-on-lawand-order1.1064865

http://www.cbc.ca/
news/politics/theissues-the-partiespositions-on-lawand-order1.1064865

Family

The Liberals
would
reallocate
funds from
income

The NDP
promises to
budget $2.6billion for the
expanded

The party
promises to
expand EI
maternity and
parental benefits

Urge
reforms to our
tax and labour
policies in
ways that will

Continue to
support $184million per year
going to a
federal child-

splitting and
the Universal
Child Care
Benefit to
create a
Canada Child
Benefit, which
would provide
an additional
$2,500 a year
for a typical
family of
four
http://www.theglo
beandmail.com/ne
ws/politics/electio
ns/party-platformcomparison/article
26758784/

Universal Child
Care Benefit
program,
adding $595million toward
their vision of
$15-a-day
universal child
care with one
million childcare spaces,
and $500million for lowincome
families to be
delivered
through the
National Child
Benefit
Supplement
and Working
Income Tax
Benefit
http://www.theglob
eandmail.com/news
/politics/elections/p
arty-platformcomparison/article2
6758784/

for new parents,

increase the
Child Care
Expense
Deduction by
$1,000 and
maintain the
Universal Child
Care Benefit
http://www.theglobea
ndmail.com/news/pol
itics/elections/partyplatformcomparison/article26
758784/

increase the
opportunity
for Canadians
to spend more
time with
family
Promote 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.green
party.ca/en/policy
/visiongreen/people/fami
ly

care tax credit

Gradual
investment by
the federal
government
until $2-billion
per year is
invested in
social housing

http://mrsbader.com
/pdf/5social/Compa
re%20the%20party
%20platforms.pdf