Currently, the drug prices are determined by comparing the prices with other countries. They’ve dismissed pharmacare, instead focusing on people not covered provincially or at work. September 17: Liberal platform on child care updated • Bloc policy on climate change, immigration, jobs, NAFTA, taxes and transport updated after party platform released. October 8: NDP platform on Indigenous updated • Green platform on Indigenous updated • Bloc platform on deficits, jobs, pipelines and seniors updated • People’s Party platform on deficits and taxes updated. Greens want to make all public ground transportation in Canada zero-carbon by 2040. The Liberals set a minimum carbon price of $20 per tonne this year, increasing $10 a year to $50 by 2022, and imposed a carbon tax on businesses and individuals in provinces with no federally approved carbon price plan. Trudeau also named former First Nation leader Jody Wilson-Raybould to be his attorney general — a pivotal portfolio on the Indigenous rights front. That relationship fell apart during the SNC-Lavalin affair, which soured some First Nation leaders on the Liberals. September 30: Liberal policy on child care, climate change, deficits, education, health care, housing, Indigenous, jobs, seniors, small business, taxes, technology and transportation updated after party platform released • Conservative platform on health care updated • NDP platform on child care and guns updated • Green platform on jobs updated. New Democrats argue their plan for universal pharmacare would save small businesses money on benefits. To get there, it would spend $15 billion retrofitting buildings and create a “climate bank” to invest in renewable energy and clean technology. He has criticized the Liberals deficit reduction plans, claiming it’s being done “artificially” through “accounting maneuvers” and accusing the government of placing the burden on the provinces. How asylum seekers and resettled refugees come to Canada. The major parties have all pledged to address the problem of plastic use in some form or another. Bloc Québécois election promises from the campaign trail so far Here's a running list of the promises made by Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe in the run up to the Oct. 19 federal election. Scheer supports the Liberals’ decision to seek judicial review of First Nation child welfare compensation. Trudeau has pledged $6 billion over four years as a down payment on a national pharmacare plan, but has not said how much the federal government will ultimately stump up for the program. That example will not go unmentioned. The Liberals’ proposal to introduce initiatives that, like the Greens and NDP, will appeal to both parents and students. Since the Polytechnique massacre of 1989, the Liberal Party has presented itself as a champion of gun control. If they’re re-elected, the Liberals will continue to wait and watch what happens in the U.S. before making their next move. The Liberals are hampered by a spotty record: they’ll have to defend their decision to buy an oil pipeline and explain how that squares with their promise to respect the Paris accord pledge to meet and exceed a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions - a target the government’s own reports show it is short of meeting. It would keep the small business tax rate at 9 per cent and change rules for family transfers to avoid “the unfair tax treatment.”. This would increase to $200 per tonne by 2030. They also want to adjust the Criminal Code with new penalties for elder abuse and to collect better data on how widespread it is. They say only a Conservative government can stop the government's "assault" on the energy sector. The party has promised $1.5 billion to buy more MRI and CT machines, expand eligibility for the disability tax credit and develop a national autism strategy. The party promises to create a national seniors strategy, which would include a strategy for dementia and a prevention plan for elder abuse. Leader Maxime Bernier has said he would be willing to use the Constitution to “impose a pipeline in [his] own province of Quebec” — a move many Quebec politicians reject. Small business owners head to the polls this year with a number of items on their wish lists, including a reprieve from planned increases to CPP premiums, a steady or lower small business tax rate and changes to reforms that eliminated income-splitting. The party wants to create a national freshwater strategy. The party also proposes allowing parents to pause loan payments with no interest until their youngest kid turns five. Conservatives haven’t said exactly how many immigrants they would accept each year. They propose a “pharmacare for all” plan, covering Health Canada-approved drugs, promising $10 billion to start implementing it next year. Rising anti-immigrant rhetoric from the U.S. and Europe has also seeped into Canada, and the fledgling People’s Party of Canada is pushing some hot buttons - calling for an end to “extreme multiculturalism” and “mass immigration” and for a fence at the border. It promises high-speed internet everywhere in Canada by 2030. It wants Quebec to have a veto over any pipeline that would run through the province and for the government to sell off Trans Mountain. Federal parties vying for victory on Oct. 21 are making a range of promises on how they will better the economy. The party has pledged to maintain Liberal initiatives — it would continue with the Canada Child Benefit and increase social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year, which helps provinces and territories finance childcare and early learning. © 2019 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Trump rewards allies with high-level appointments as presidency winds down, Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell propose $28.5M bail package, including armed guards, Canadians could vote over 3 days if next election held amid coronavirus pandemic. They too want to get rid of the Safe Third Country agreement. So the Conservatives may complain, but they'll pass the deal. To reduce “red tape,” it proposes a 2-for-1 rule ⁠— for every new regulation, it would get rid of two others. But if elected, they wouldn’t re-open the agreement. Le Bloc n’a pas de comptes à rendre aux grandes pétrolières de l’Ouest, aux banques de Daniel Leblanc Parliamentary affairs reporter. In fact, the Greens say they would build and renovate these amounts annually over that time period. New Democrats promise to implement all recommendations from the MMIWG inquiry and lift all drinking water advisories by 2021. The Liberals had hoped this saga would be finished by the time an election was called but, like much of the trade negotiation process, things haven't gone exactly as planned. They are in favour of changes and hope they can be approved by the U.S. Congress. Immigration has increased under the Liberals; 321,045 immigrants came in 2018 — the largest number since the First World War. Not to be outdone, Trudeau has pledged $3 billion annually towards public transit and the Canada Infrastructure Bank is already committed to funding public transportation projects in Toronto, Montréal and Quebec City. They want to ban all neonicotinoid pesticides and some single-use plastics by 2022. The anti-carbon tax assault fits well into the Tory campaign message of anxiety and affordability — assuming they can frame is as yet another tax that is hurting Canadians. They have stressed the importance of “economic immigration” and prioritizing those facing “true persecution.” The party would allow employers to sponsor permanent residency applications. New Democrats want to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. They would also create a national council for reconciliation. The party got a lashing from small business after proposing tax reforms and had to backpedal. While carbon pricing and the continued viability of the oilsands have seemed like the most dominant environmental-related issues in this campaign, the parties have also revealed policies targeting other aspects of the natural world. Trudeau came … Frustration with Harper triggered a spike in First Nation voting, affecting the outcome in a number of ridings in 2015. They haven’t said whether this would translate to higher premiums to cover the cost. In those provinces, Ottawa is handing back carbon tax rebates to most residents. Déclaration du chef du Bloc Québécois suite à la rencontre fédérale-provinciale Lire la suite . Leader Andrew Scheer has promised not to renege on federal funds already committed to transit projects but would scrap the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which has funded transit. He plans to revive a public transit tax credit axed by Liberals in 2017. • Offered support for the $500 million commitment to rare diseases, promised in the 2019 budget by the Liberal government. In the 2015 election, voter turnout among 18- to-24 year olds increased 12 points, from 55 per cent in 2011 to 67 per cent. It does call itself an “ally of the First Peoples” and wants to fully implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A key theme of this election so far has been affordability and quality of life. He still won’t say whether he supports it, telling reporters the future of energy does not include fracking or fossil fuels. The party hopes to bump that number to 350,000 by 2021. which may hurt Trudeau as he tries to campaign for re-election on what’s been billed as one of the most ambitious carbon pricing programs in the world.