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Economy
-Wanted to keep the federal budget balanced.
-Lower taxes on small businesses and workers
-Provide new tax reliefs and benefits to ones who are known and seniors
-Aim to create another 1.3 million new, well-paying jobs by 2020
-Open new markets for Canadian businesses and through the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Aim to add more than 700,000 new homeowners by 2020
Defense and Security
-Enact “Declared Areas” legislation to prosecute foreign fighters
-Continue to participate in the broad internation coalition against ISIS
-Crack down in criminal gangs
-Support persecuted religious minorities around the world
-Defend Canada's Northern Sovereignity
-Expand Canada's reserves and Special Operations Forces
-Expand our National Anti-Drug strategy
Environment
-Protection for BC's natural environment
-Investing $15 million to restore and conserve key BC estuaries
-Preserve the lower Harrison's Rivers Salmon ecosystem
-Complete the establishment of a National Marine Conservation Area Reserve
-Protect marine environment and restore Salmon habitat
Immigration
-A stricter immigration policy and properly staffed to improve application
-Change the policy to be faster and fairer to support economic development
-Address the need for adequate and equitable resources for the instruction of language to immigrants and immigrant families
-Hope to help with societal and workplace integration
-Want to streamline th funding process for settlement services in order to build on stability and allow for long-term planning by service providers
-Reduce the need for Temporary Residence Permits
Health Care
-Strongly support the Canada Health Act
-Increase funding for health care at 6% per year
-More support for mental health & homecare
-Countering obesity and addiction
-believe provinces should take responsibility for health care funding and management
-Helping to find a cure for cancer

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Defence & Security
- are proposing the imposition of additional charges on the transportation of dangerous goods by rail to find a substantial increase in rail inspection and control of cooperate practices by transport Canada.
- Require from the next federal government financial compensation that's paid to the Quebec government for constitution of it's own registry.
- Propose to repeal bill C-51, and appointment of SIRC members be supported by all parties.
Economy
- will oppose with all it's strength a weakening of the supply management system.
- will demand that the government of Canada honour its commitment by creating $300 million 3-year assistance.
- will make it clear to the Canadian government that the capital go-ins exemption rules no longer oppose the transfer of an agricultural business to family succession.
- increase transfers for Post- Secondary education.
Environment
- Believe in the urgent need to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
- wan to fight climate change.
- Believe that Quebec's  economy will be better  served by getting out of dependence to oil.
- Plan to introduce a zero emission bill which will require manufactures to sell a minimum of zero emission cars based on # of gasoline cars sold.
Immigration
-Approved that

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Defense and Security:

Have to contribute troops and money to show that Canada is back in the field

Strong, Secure, Engaged to grow annual Defense from $18.9 billion to $32.7 billion

ensure all navy replacement ships are built in Canada

reconsider purchase of F-35 fighter jets

increase police officers on streets by an additional 2500

double funding for prevention programs that keep young children from joining gangs

make gang recruitment illegal

Economy

Increases taxes on the wealthy

Want to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour

Want more effort to go into tax cheats and close loopholes

balance the budget by fiscal year

building sustainable economy by reducing debt to gross-domestic product GDP ratio

progressive tax system

increased and fair taxes on large, profitable companies

double pension benefits

reduce small business tax from 11% to 9%

Environment

Build a national east to west renewable electricity super-grid

Create emissions targets

Phasing out gas and diesel cars for electric

Oppose on oil pipelines and want to eliminate subsidies on fossil fuel industry

Create an independent officer of Parliament responsible to report on progression on meeting emission targets

Immigration

Allow room for immigrants to come in

Trying to provide temporary citizenship and work in the immigrants’ fields

Giving permanent citizenships to immigrants

Work with Syria and refugee crisis

Make immigration easier and open to more people

Health Care

Increase senior’s benefits by $4 billion

Decriminalization on drugs for personal possession

Allow transgender people to choose a non-binary gender on ID

Provide basic income for Canadians with disabilities

Would spend up to $123 million to recruit new doctors

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Defense and Security:
-work with allies to defend Canada’s security
-reclassify firearms through law, not RCMP or cabinet

Economy:
-repeal the carbon tax
-end supply management
-income tax is too high and should be lowered
-remove interprovincial trade barriers

Environment:
-reduce farm taxes from 15% to 10%
-carbon tax cannot protect the environment
-phase out supply management

Immigration (including refugees):
-Focus on recruiting immigrants with skills that will contribute to the economy
-background checks. interviews if needed
-limit number of immigrants to 250,000/year

Health Care:
-federal government shouldn’t interfere with health care
-send tax points to provinces to help with health care

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The Liberal Party Leader is Justin Trudeau
The Liberal Party’s views on...

-Defence and Security:

They find that investing in the Royal Canadian Navy is a top priority.

They are planning on promoting or increasing the budget of the International Peace and Security platform by 70% to 327 billion over next 10 years.

Mr. Sajjan is the Minister of National Defense.

-Economy:

more money for poor parents

lower taxes for some, and higher for others (those who have a poor income would get to Payless income tax)

want to invest money in public transit, housing (

Cancel child benefit for millionaires to increase child benefits for the middle class

-Environment:

Minister of Environment and Climate Change is Catherine McKenna

Clean energy.

Invest in local water and waste facilities.

Boost investment in green infrastructure by nearly $6 billion and

-Immigration:

Minster of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizens is Ahmed Hussen.

The liberal party announced that they raised the number of accepted immigration applications to 10,000 a year.

Justin Trudeau announced a plan that'll bring 980,000 refugees to Canada over 3 years (310,000 in 2018, 330,000 in 2019 , 340,000 in 2020

- Health Care:

Minister of Health is Ginette Petitpas Taylor

Announced that they are making an immediate investment of 3 Billion dollars over the next 4 years to prioritize additional and improved Health/Home Care

Improving access and reducing the cost of prescription medication

Increasing availability of high quality mental health service

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Defence & Security
- The Green Party supports members of the Canadian military, including their rights to be properly equipped while in service and properly cared for as a veteran.
- Green parties MPs will work to reform military spending to reflect Canadian Green Party core values by converting the Canadian armed forces (CAF) to peace keeping (a large proposed purchase is the F-35).
- Obligation to protect public safety (border security).
- Seek security procedures that provide rigorous standards of procedural fairness.
- Must be consistent with the values of democratic society they seek to protect.

Economy
-Introduce carbon price which will encourage Green technology, Green energy, and Green jobs.
-Investment in Green energy- like wind, solar, and hydro.
-Build tourism and cultural industries.

Environment
- They have plans for a sustainable future in health, social justice and taxing.
- The natural environment is the source of the wealth and health of Canada.
- Because of a lack of federal regulation, monitoring, and action, there is a lot of toxic waste dumped into nature.
- Invest in Green infrastructure and implement a comprehensive adaption strategy.
- Virtual elimination of fossil fuel use in Canada by the mid century.

Immigration
- Preferential quotas based on race, class, and ideology should be abandoned for immigration policies that promote fairness, non discrimination and family reunification.
- Support policies that reflect constitutional guarantees of freedoms of speech, association and travel.
- Reforms will ensure inefficient path to citizenship for immigrants and their families.
- Increase immigration where labour shortages are established
- Work with municipalities and provinces to improve the integration of new Canadians

Health Care
- Increase health care (community and homes) because of the increase in seniors population.
- If we don’t act on this, they believe it will create a crisis.
- Create a bulk medicine buying agency so Canadians can save billions annually.
- Expanding public health insurance to cover prescription medicine to create a healthier and fairer Canada.