Party leaders, left to right: Gilles Duceppe, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May, Tom Mulcair, Justin Trudeau
Party logos, left to right: Bloc-Quebecois, Conservative, Green, NDP, Liberal
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Conservative -Balance the budget -Income splitting -Supports pipelines -Reduce emissions to 70% of 2005 levels by 2030 -$5.3 billion/ year on infrastructure -Fight ISIS -Additional $3.5 billion to maternal and child health-Health care funding to provinces will rise min. 3% /year -Gave Immigration Minister power to limit # of new immigration applicants -Health care funding to provinces will rise min. 3% /year -$65 million to help post secondary institutes amend courses to meet demand |
Liberal -Balance 2016 budget - 33% tax for incomes >$200 000 -No to N. Gateway, yes to Energy East and Keystone pipelines -Phase out subsidies to oil industry -Increase spending by up to 1% -Stop bombing, keep military trainers in Iraq -Allow more refugees into Canada -$400 million to increase the efficiency of the immigration system -Meet with premiers to decide how to improve system |
NDP -Balance 2016 budget -Not raise personal income tax -No to N. Gateway and Keystone pipelines, maybe to Energy East -Create cap and trade system on carbon emissions -$1.3 billion/year on transit -Stop bombing, pull out personnel from Iraq and Syria -Increase aid spending from 0.24% of GNI to 0.7% -Allow for the fair entry of refugees and immigrants on humanitarian and family reunification grounds -6% /year increase to healthcare transfers to provinces -Create $15/day child care |
Green -No tax for incomes <$20 000 -Raise corporate taxes to 19% -No new coal plants in Canada ->50% of Canada’s energy from renewable sources by 2025 - Invest in trains and green infrastructure -Focus defence spending on on UN peacekeeping contributions -Remove barriers to recognize the professional credentials of immigrants -Create national drug program -More access to apprentice programs |
Bloc -Deficit 2015-16, surpluses after -$10 billion/year to green infrastructure -$10 billion/year to green infrastructure -Oppose TPP if milk producers not protected - Believe that provincial and not federal authorities should control immigration in the provinces -Reduce drug costs by $3 billion/year |
Environment:
The three main parties have all put out substantial platforms on the environment. When it comes to pipelines, the Conservatives have approved the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, and support both the TransCanada Energy East pipeline, and the Keystone XL pipeline. At the same time, they have agreed with other countries to stop using fossil fuels by 2100. The NDP are against the Northern Gateway pipeline and the Keystone XL pipeline, but have been unclear on their position on Energy East. They seem to say different things depending on whether they are speaking in French or English. Overall, their position appears to be that the project must go through a tighter review process. The Liberals are against the Northern Gateway pipeline, but for Energy East and Keystone. They plan to phase out government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
Overall, the Conservatives seem to have the least concern for the environment, the NDP the most, and the Liberals some amount of concern between the two. The Conservatives don’t seem to have put out much of a plan to meet the promise to stop using fossil fuels by 2100, and though the NDP has promised to direct $1 billion from the oil sector to clean energy, which I like, the flip-flopping of their position on the Energy East pipeline is worrying. I support the Liberals’ platform, because while they promise to talk with the provinces on reducing carbon emissions, they also promise to take actions, like spend $300 million on clean technologies. They seem to have a good balance between planning and doing.
The three main parties have all put out substantial platforms on the environment. When it comes to pipelines, the Conservatives have approved the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, and support both the TransCanada Energy East pipeline, and the Keystone XL pipeline. At the same time, they have agreed with other countries to stop using fossil fuels by 2100. The NDP are against the Northern Gateway pipeline and the Keystone XL pipeline, but have been unclear on their position on Energy East. They seem to say different things depending on whether they are speaking in French or English. Overall, their position appears to be that the project must go through a tighter review process. The Liberals are against the Northern Gateway pipeline, but for Energy East and Keystone. They plan to phase out government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.
Overall, the Conservatives seem to have the least concern for the environment, the NDP the most, and the Liberals some amount of concern between the two. The Conservatives don’t seem to have put out much of a plan to meet the promise to stop using fossil fuels by 2100, and though the NDP has promised to direct $1 billion from the oil sector to clean energy, which I like, the flip-flopping of their position on the Energy East pipeline is worrying. I support the Liberals’ platform, because while they promise to talk with the provinces on reducing carbon emissions, they also promise to take actions, like spend $300 million on clean technologies. They seem to have a good balance between planning and doing.