"Address workforce shortages by increasing wages and improving working conditions for child-care professionals.

» Develop a national child-care workforce strategy, including higher wages, better training, and improved career pathways."

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"Expand access for underserved communities, including ruralareas, Indigenous communities, and families with children with disabilities.

» Ensure that every region in Canada has adequate child-care spaces, with priority for historically underserved areas."

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"Fully fund the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework, ensuring that all Indigenous-led child care programs receive adequate support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure child-care facilities remain climate-conscious, energy-efficient, and located near public transit.

» Provide targeted federal funding to retrofit and build child-care centers with green building standards and climate resilience in mind."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate all remaining financial barriers to access.

» Ensure that additional fees, waitlist costs, and administrative hurdles do not prevent families from accessing the $10-a-day child care system."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Permanently ban foreign ownership of residential real estate. The temporary ban must be made permanent, preventing speculative international investors from further distorting Canada’s housing market." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Close loopholes that allow foreign capital to flow into Canadian real estate. Restrict foreign-backed corporations and investment funds from bypassing ownership bans through partnerships or shell companies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase transparency in real estate transactions. Strengthen beneficial ownership registries to track who is really buying properties." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Crack down on corporate housing speculation. Introduce stricter regulations on hedge funds, private equity firms, and corporate landlords that drive up housing prices and push Canadians out of the market." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a deferrable property surtax on homes over $1M, ensuring windfall housing wealth contributes to affordable housing development." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a federal income tax credit for restoration expenditures on heritage properties, encouraging private owners to preserve historic buildings and sites, enhancing community heritage and local tourism.

Establish charitable tax credits for donations of heritage easements, encouraging private contributions to preserve culturally significant properties, landscapes, and heritage sites."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Declare housing affordability and homelessness a national emergency. Recognize housing as a national crisis and commit to ending homelessness within a decade through strategic investments in non- market housing, rent assistance, and stronger tenant protections." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Legislate housing as a fundamental human right, ensuring federal policies and funding prioritize those most in need." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a new annual, consistent Homelessness Prevention and Eradication fund to cut chronic homelessness across the country in half." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand investments in Housing First programs and wraparound support services, ensuring those experiencing homelessness have access to mental health care, harm reduction, and addiction recovery supports alongside permanent housing." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase municipal funding for emergency shelters and transitional housing, ensuring cities have long-term, stable federal support for frontline homelessness services." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand federal funding for youth shelters and transitional housing, ensuring dedicated housing supports for young people at risk of homelessness." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide mental health and social support services within youth housing programs, addressing the root causes of youth homelessnes." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to implementing tuition-free public post-secondary education in Canada through a phased approach, drawing on successful international models.

» Begin by offering free tuition to low-income students, Indigenous students, and those in critical fields, with the goal of expanding access to all students over time.

» Develop sustainable funding strategies to support this transition, ensuring that financial barriers do not impede access to higher education."

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"Eliminate all federal student loan debt, providing financial relief to graduates and current borrowers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) to cover tuition and living expenses for all Indigenous students who qualify.

» Once tuition-free post-secondary education is fully implemented, refocus PSSSP on funding relocation and living expenses for Indigenous students."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a $21/hour federal minimum wage, indexed to inflation.

» Work with provinces to implement regionally appropriate living wages that reflect local cost-of-living realities."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a National Livable Wage Index to set wage floors by region based on the cost of housing, food, and essentials." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce the End Poverty Supplement, delivered via the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). Target support to families earning under $19,000 per year, with a phased reduction as incomes rise." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Ensure no clawbacks on the first $10,000 of earned income, with gradual and moderate reductions above that threshold, eliminating “benefit cliffs” and incentivizing work.
2. Recognize that additional income earned remains with individuals, transitioning them into taxpaying citizens, reducing participation in the underground economy."

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1. "Implement a universal GLI structured as a negative income tax, available to all Canadians without means-testing.
2. Begin implementation in Prince Edward Island, leveraging provincial support, and expand nationwide through negotiations facilitated by the Council of Canadian Governments.
3. Ensure the federal government provides initial funding, recognizing significant long-term savings at provincial and municipal levels."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Set GLI payments according to regional Market Basket Measure (MBM) standards and Living Wage calculations, ensuring individuals can afford basic necessities such as food, housing, and essentials." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Simplify and consolidate existing welfare, provincial disability assistance, Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and Canada Worker’s Benefit (CWB) into a single, unconditional income support framework." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Simplify and consolidate existing welfare, provincial disability assistance, Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and Canada Worker’s Benefit (CWB) into a single, unconditional income support framework.

Maintain separate programs such as Employment Insurance (EI), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), childcare subsidies, social housing, and health benefits."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Set a uniform federal definition of affordable housing, requiring that all federally funded housing meet the affordability standard of costing no more than 30% of household income." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Triple the amount of social housing in Canada by building 1.2 million permanently affordable homes (non-market rental or cooperative) over seven years." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) mandate to directly finance and develop non-market housing, as it did from the 1940s to the 1990s." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require CMHC to provide long-term, low-interest loans to nonprofits, co-ops, and public housing agencies, cutting out private lenders to lower costs and accelerate the development of non-market homes." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate CMHC to establish five regional prefab/modular housing plants to mass-produce affordable housing, cutting construction costs and delays while creating thousands of skilled jobs in manufacturing and construction." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure CMHC’s modular housing plants prioritize energy-efficient, sustainable construction, integrating low-carbon materials into Canada’s public housing expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require all housing developed with public financing to have permanent affordability covenants to protect public investments." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Redesign and expand the Public Land Acquisition Fund, creating a dedicated, multi-year fund to bring more private land into public ownership for the construction of non-market affordable housing. Place a moratorium on selling off publicly-owned land that could be used to meet important social needs, like affordable housing." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase the Canada Rental Protection Fund to help nonprofits acquire existing rental buildings and keep them permanently affordable." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a dedicated infrastructure funding stream under the National Housing Strategy to support student housing development, supplementing investments by colleges and universities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support co-operative housing models for youth, enabling young people to access affordable, community-based housing solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop a dedicated rural housing strategy, ensuring federal funding supports housing affordability and availability in remote communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand green retrofitting programs for existing affordable housing, ensuring low-income tenants benefit from lower energy bills." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen legal protections for renters by implementing a National Renters’ Bill of Rights, ensuring fair lease terms, eviction protections, and transparent rent-setting mechanisms." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate federal income taxes for low income Canadians and decrease the tax burden on Canadians earning $100,000 or less by raising the Basic Personal Amount to $40,000." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Raise the federal income tax floor to $45,000.

» Ensure that low- and middle-income earners pay no federal income tax on the first $45,000 of earnings, increasing take-home pay for millions of Canadians.

» Prevent taxation from pushing vulnerable workers back into poverty as they transition to full employment."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement automatic tax filing to ensure all low-income Canadians receive the benefits they are entitled to.

» Automatically enroll recipients of the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), Canada Child Benefit (CCB), Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) and other federal/provincial benefits into tax-based income supports.

» Expand automatic filing to include low-income workers, seniors, and people with disabilities who do not regularly file taxes."

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"Provide free tax-filing assistance as a backup for those not covered by automatic filing.

» Expand free, community-based tax clinics to assist those with gig work, informal income, or missing documentation.

» Ensure that newcomers, caregivers, and people with disabilities can access the benefits they qualify for."

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"Implement a one-month benefit guarantee, ensuring fast delivery of income supports.

» Require the CRA to process and deliver federal benefits within one month of major life changes (job loss, disability onset, family changes)."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban new nuclear development and direct federal investment exclusively to proven, cost-effective renewable energy solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prioritize Canadian workers and supply chains in the energy transition by investing in domestic manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, and energy storage technologies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand public R&D funding for next-generation technologies, including green hydrogen, long-duration battery storage, and carbon capture for hard-to-abate industries." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a National Civil Defence Corps — a civilian-led national service dedicated to building Canada’s resilience and preparedness for emergencies. This initiative will provide meaningful employment for workers impacted by economic transitions, equipping them with vital skills in disaster response, emergency management, infrastructure protection, and climate resilience." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Establish a National Civil Defence Corps (NCDC) to strengthen Canada’s emergency readiness, protect critical infrastructure, and support national resilience in the face of 21st-century threats.
2. Structure the NCDC as a multi-tiered program that includes paid service placements, seasonal or term-based roles, and civilian volunteers, all contributing to community preparedness and national resilience.
3. Create paid civil service placements in emergency response, infrastructure protection, and environmental restoration, prioritizing workers and communities affected by economic transition, including former fossil fuel and resource sector workers.
4. NCDC members will support emergency response, disaster recovery, and climate adaptation efforts in their own communities.
5. NCDC members will deliver universal civil defence training to Canadians — covering first aid, crisis response, and cybersecurity awareness — and those who complete it will receive Civil Defence Certification, recognizing them as part of Canada’s broader resilience network.
6. Promote non-militarized national preparedness by supporting public awareness campaigns, universal training opportunities, and community-led civil defence engagement.
7. Ensure that NCDC opportunities are open and accessible to people of all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and regions, reflecting the diversity and strength of Canadian society."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Transform Public Safety Canada into Canada’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), a FEMA-equivalent agency with specialized disaster intervention teams ready for rapid deployment." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate Floodplain and Disaster Risk Mapping, improving flood plain, tornado corridor, and natural hazard mapping to support local emergency planning." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand climate-resilient infrastructure investments, prioritizing drinking water and wastewater systems to protect against flooding, droughts, and contamination." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prioritize Canadian workers and supply chains in the energy transition by investing in domestic manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, and energy storage technologies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Canada’s emergency production capabilities by funding domestic manufacturing of critical disaster response equipment, including water bombers, search-and-rescue tools, and emergency medical supplies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement standardized federal evacuation guidelines to ensure seamless coordination across federal, provincial, and municipal agencies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to allocate at least 50% of its investments to climate resilience projects, including flood defenses and wildfire mitigation. Establish low-interest financing and grants for municipalities and Indigenous governments to implement climate- proofing measures in public infrastructure projects." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a National Adaptation Strategy, ensuring that climate adaptation gaps not covered by the NCDC, YCC, National Green Jobs Training and Apprenticeship Program or the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) are fully addressed.

» Focus funding on community-driven adaptation initiatives, particularly for Indigenous, rural, and remote communities, to enhance local resilience.

» Provide targeted emergency preparedness funding for climate- resilient evacuation routes, cooling centers, wildfire shelters, and disaster response systems.

» Launch regional climate risk planning and resilience grants, equipping municipalities with the resources needed to develop long-term adaptation strategies tailored to local climate threats."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure drought adaptation, water conservation, and sustainable soil management are fully supported through Canada’s climate strategy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate workplace protections for extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and climate-related hazards, including:

» Additional hazard pay for workers exposed to climate hazards.

» EI emergency benefits for climate-related work stoppages."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to annual funding for biodiversity conservation, ensuring that 30% of Canada’s land and waters are protected by 2030 and expanding to 50% by 2050 through protected areas, habitat restoration, and conservation agreements with provinces and Indigenous nations.

» Prioritize Indigenous-led conservation efforts, ecological connectivity, and protection of carbon-rich ecosystems like peatlands, wetlands, and boreal forests."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to its pre-2012 standards, ensuring robust, science-based environmental reviews for industrial and resource extraction projects. Require cumulative impact assessments to account for climate, biodiversity, and Indigenous land use considerations in all federal project approvals." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to annual funding for Indigenous-led conservation efforts, ensuring long-term support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and Land Guardian programs" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Indigenous co-management of national parks and conservation lands, integrating traditional ecological knowledge into Canada’s biodiversity strategy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Allocate funding to establish wildlife corridors, protect key migration routes and link national parks, conservation lands, and Indigenous- managed territories. Ban industrial development in key wildlife corridors, ensuring habitat continuity for species at risk and migratory wildlife." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to funding endangered species recovery plans, ensuring strict federal oversight and enforcement of habitat protection measures. Prioritize woodland caribou, freshwater fish and migratory birds, collaborating with provinces and Indigenous nations to restore critical habitats." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest in a National Waterway and Carbon Sink Restoration Program, restoring rivers, wetlands, and buffer zones to improve water quality, mitigate floods, and sequester carbon." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Swiftly transition Canada to a fully renewable electricity system by eliminating coal, oil, and gas-fired power generation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a National Electrical Grid Strategy to connect and modernize regional grids, improve interprovincial energy sharing, and ensure renewable electricity can flow efficiently across the country." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support northern and remote communities in transitioning off diesel by expanding access to community-owned renewable microgrids, tailored to local needs and priorities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban new nuclear development and direct federal investment exclusively to proven, cost-effective renewable energy solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Revisit trade restrictions with China to strategically balance economic and environmental goals, maintaining tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles to protect Canadian manufacturing and jobs in our rapidly growing domestic EV sector, while reducing tariffs on Chinese solar panels to accelerate the adoption of affordable renewable energy and create jobs in solar installation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Launch a Low-Cost Heat Pump Program providing rebates to support the adoption of electric heat pumps. Prioritize low-income households, rural communities, and regions with extreme weather." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities — not just corporate profits by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a National Civil Defence Corps — a civilian-led national service dedicated to building Canada’s resilience and preparedness for emergencies. This initiative will provide meaningful employment for workers impacted by economic transitions, equipping them with vital skills in disaster response, emergency management, infrastructure protection, and climate resilience." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Establish a National Civil Defence Corps (NCDC) to strengthen Canada’s emergency readiness, protect critical infrastructure, and support national resilience in the face of 21st-century threats.
2. Structure the NCDC as a multi-tiered program that includes paid service placements, seasonal or term-based roles, and civilian volunteers, all contributing to community preparedness and national resilience.
3. Create paid civil service placements in emergency response, infrastructure protection, and environmental restoration, prioritizing workers and communities affected by economic transition, including former fossil fuel and resource sector workers.
4. NCDC members will support emergency response, disaster recovery, and climate adaptation efforts in their own communities.
5. NCDC members will deliver universal civil defence training to Canadians — covering first aid, crisis response, and cybersecurity awareness — and those who complete it will receive Civil Defence Certification, recognizing them as part of Canada’s broader resilience network.
6. Promote non-militarized national preparedness by supporting public awareness campaigns, universal training opportunities, and community-led civil defence engagement.
7. Ensure that NCDC opportunities are open and accessible to people of all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and regions, reflecting the diversity and strength of Canadian society."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Launch a National Green Jobs Training and Apprenticeship Program to provide free training, paid apprenticeships, and wage support, prioritizing workers affected by the transition away from fossil fuels and automation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Create a national Youth Climate Corps, inspired by the success of Katimavik, empowering youth aged 18-30 to lead Canada’s response to the climate crisis through meaningful employment, leadership development, and community-building.
2. Offer structured placements lasting from six months to two years, engaging young people directly in climate-focused work, including ecosystem restoration, wildfire prevention, flood mitigation, renewable energy projects, and sustainable agriculture.
3. Provide participants with a guaranteed living wage, indexed annually, comprehensive health benefits, and completion bonuses applicable toward post-secondary education or vocational training.
4. Deliver professional certifications, skills training, mentorship, and job placement assistance to enhance long-term employment opportunities in Canada’s green economy.
5. Ensure inclusive participation with culturally appropriate placements, particularly prioritizing Indigenous-led initiatives and community collaboration, reflecting commitments to reconciliation and intercultural understanding.
6. Establish collaborative governance managed jointly by federal ministries responsible for youth, employment, environment, and climate change, supported by an independent advisory council with Indigenous leaders, youth advocates, climate experts, and community representatives."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop a National Industrial Decarbonization Strategy to transition manufacturing, resource processing, and heavy industry away from fossil fuels." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce carbon border adjustments to protect Canadian industries from high-emissions imports and ensure fair competition. Use these tools to encourage global emissions reductions and incentivize climate action in international trade." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support a just global transition by contributing to international climate finance, including a Global Justice Fund." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a national Buy Clean strategy, ensuring that:

» At least 75% of federal procurement prioritizes Canadian-made goods and services.

» At least 50% of federal procurement prioritizes clean technology and low-carbon materials.

» All federally funded infrastructure projects align with Buy Clean standards.

» A procurement review ensures compliance with trade agreements while protecting Canadian industries."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce an international aviation and shipping fuel tax to ensure these industries contribute to climate initiatives." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a Cross-Party Climate Cabinet and mandate annual climate progress reports to Parliament to ensure accountability, ensuring that climate policy decisions remain stable regardless of changes in government.

» This body will include MPs from all federal parties, key Indigenous leaders, and climate experts, ensuring long-term, science-based decision-making on emissions reductions, energy transition, and climate resilience."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Use part four of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to implement legally binding emissions reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement. Achieve zero emissions by 2050 with clear interim goals every five years. Establish sector-specific carbon budgets for all major industries. Require independent audits and annual reporting to ensure compliance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Re-establish and gradually increase Canada’s revenue-neutral carbon pricing system ensuring fairness for low-income Canadians and rural communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand marine protected areas (MPAs) to cover 30% of Canada’s waters by 2030, and invest in coastal ecosystem conservation, sustainable fisheries and marine biodiversity restoration." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund marine ecosystem restoration, focusing on seagrass, kelp forests and ocean-based carbon sequestration initiatives to combat ocean acidification and habitat degradation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase productivity by incentivizing value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships that maximize efficiency in processing and manufacturing." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Align Canada’s resource policies with the Pan-Canadian Energy Strategy to ensure resource extraction, processing, and industrial development support the transition to a net-zero economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Co-develop federal legislation with First Nations to establish revenue- sharing frameworks for natural resources, ensuring structured, rights- based agreements that honour Treaty obligations and the principles of UNDRIP." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to its pre-2012 standards, ensuring robust, science-based environmental reviews for industrial and resource extraction projects. Require cumulative impact assessments to account for climate, biodiversity, and Indigenous land use considerations in all federal project approvals." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Align Canada’s resource policies with the Pan-Canadian Energy Strategy to ensure resource extraction, processing, and industrial development support the transition to a net-zero economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban fracking due to environmental and seismic risks." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Explore options for public ownership or nationalization of fossil fuel assets in cases where foreign-controlled companies withdraw from environmental obligations or threaten Canada’s energy and climate security." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to its pre-2012 standards, ensuring robust, science-based environmental reviews for industrial and resource extraction projects. Require cumulative impact assessments to account for climate, biodiversity, and Indigenous land use considerations in all federal project approvals." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping, ensuring major international polluters pay their fair share. Work with global partners, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to develop a fair and effective system." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement stronger environmental accountability measures to prevent corporate abuse of Canada’s natural resources." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require that federally procured goods prioritize circular economy principles, including repairability, durability, and recycled content, reducing waste and supporting sustainable industries." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a Polluter Pays Act, ensuring that corporations responsible for environmental damage bear the full cost of cleanup and climate adaptation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"» Require large retailers and manufacturers to donate, recycle, or repurpose excess inventory instead of destroying it.

» Establish federal waste diversion targets and provide funding for logistics support to help businesses donate surplus products to food banks, shelters, and community programs."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a national sustainability index for household appliances and electronics, requiring manufacturers to display durability, repairability, and recyclability ratings on all products." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Sign on to the Global Plastics Treaty and implement a National Plastics Pollution Strategy, ensuring that Canada eliminates non-essential single- use plastics, expands reusable alternatives, and strengthens recycling infrastructure."

"Mandate producer responsibility for plastic waste, requiring corporations to finance plastic collection, reuse systems, and post- consumer recycling efforts." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Canada’s microbead ban to include household and industrial cleaning products, preventing microplastic pollution in waterways and ecosystems." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate microfibre filters in all new washing machines sold in Canada by 2026, ensuring manufacturers adopt proven filtration technology to prevent microplastic pollution." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs, requiring corporations to finance collection, recycling, and disposal of packaging, electronics, and hazardous waste." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate producer responsibility for toxic electronic waste (TEW), ensuring that corporations finance collection, safe disposal, and recycling." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a National E-Waste Recycling and Cleanup Fund, financed through manufacturer waste fees to support large-scale recycling programs and environmental remediation of toxic e-waste sites." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban polluting e-waste smelters and require closed-loop recycling systems for electronic waste, preventing the release of toxic heavy metals into air and water." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of Canada’s solid waste by 2030, ensuring that hazardous and plastic waste is processed domestically under strict environmental standards." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a permanent high-level Office of Environmental Justice within Environment Canada, implementing Canada’s national strategy on environmental racism and justice." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require all federally funded transit projects to purchase only zero-emission buses to accelerate the transition away from diesel." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Advocate for user-fee-free public transit, with an annual federal transfer to municipalities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support preferential public transit tariffs for youth and ensure safe, accessible transit options for seniors." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Legislate full decriminalization of drug possession for personal use, replacing discretionary policies with a consistent legal framework." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reform the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) to guarantee fair funding for rural and remote healthcare services, ensuring staffing levels, facility funding, and service access are equitable across all regions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Pass a new Primary Care Health Act, complementing the Canada Health Act, to ensure that every Canadian can access a family doctor, nurse practitioner, and community-based primary care team.

» Link new federal health transfers to measurable targets, requiring provinces and territories to demonstrate that no one goes without a primary care provider.

» Expand group practices and community health clinics by hiring more nurse practitioners, mental health professionals, physician assistants, and allied health workers to reduce wait times and improve preventive care."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a Canada Mental Health Transfer (CMHT) as a transitional measure, ensuring mental health funding reaches community services while provinces fully integrate mental health into Medicare. The CMHT will be phased out once full integration is achieved." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide mental health and social support services within youth housing programs, addressing the root causes of youth homelessnes." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Earmark 50% of all mental health funding for community-based providers, ensuring stable, long-term funding for nonprofit mental health agencies, harm reduction services, and Indigenous-led programs." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban imports of U.S. food and pharmaceuticals that fail to meet international safety standards, protecting Canadian consumers from deregulated products." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement Universal Pharmacare to establish single-payer pharmacare across Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Establish a national strategic stock pile of essential emergency supplies.
2. Increase Canada’s domestic pharmaceutical production to ensure self-sufficiency during crises.
3. Establish a PPE Reserve to prevent shortages in future pandemics or climate disasters."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a National Community Disaster Resilience Fund to support community-based disaster training, planning, and prevention." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a permanent National Pandemic Preparedness Plan, ensuring strategic Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stockpiles, domestic vaccine production, and a rapid-response task force for future health emergencies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Advocate for the enforcement of the Canada Health Act to ensure all provinces and territories provide comprehensive reproductive health services, including abortion, without financial or logistical barriers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support the expansion of telemedicine services to provide medication abortion and related care, particularly in underserved and remote communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"End the financial exploitation of international students by capping tuition fees at fair and reasonable rates." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Sign and publicly endorse the London Statement, establishing a national regulatory framework for education agents and ensuring ethical recruitment of international students." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Adopt the London Statement into Canada’s framework for education agents, create a code of ethical practice and impose penalties for noncompliance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require colleges and universities to include accurate cost of living and housing information — on-campus costs, local vacancy rates, average rents — in acceptance letters to international students." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Periodically assess all designated learning institutions (DLIs) approved to host international students, restricting visas for institutions with low student retention rates." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Conduct detailed assessments of DLIs, restricting visa issuance for schools where 15% or more of international students fail to enroll, withdraw, or transfer out." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require study permit and SDS visa holders to periodically report proof of sufficient financial support (minimum funds in a Canadian financial institution) to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) as a condition of maintaining their status." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Re-establish the limit on off-campus work to a maximum of 20 hours per week, ensuring students remain primarily focused on their studies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a Guaranteed Livable Income (GLI) for all Canadians, ensuring young people have the financial security to pursue education, training, and early-career opportunities without poverty barriers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy to create stable, well-paid job opportunities for young workers in high-demand fields." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Encourage flexible and remote work models for young Canadians, ensuring better work-life balance and access to diverse job opportunities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to implementing tuition-free public post-secondary education in Canada through a phased approach, drawing on successful international models.

» Begin by offering free tuition to low-income students, Indigenous students, and those in critical fields, with the goal of expanding access to all students over time.

» Develop sustainable funding strategies to support this transition, ensuring that financial barriers do not impede access to higher education."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate all federal student loan debt, providing financial relief to graduates and current borrowers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) to cover tuition and living expenses for all Indigenous students who qualify.

» Once tuition-free post-secondary education is fully implemented, refocus PSSSP on funding relocation and living expenses for Indigenous students."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide direct research funding to Canadian universities, allocated automatically based on graduate student enrollment in thesis-based programs, to ensure stable baseline funding for curiosity-driven, early-stage research. This will support long-term scientific inquiry and breakthrough discoveries without the burden of competitive grant applications.

» Require that all research funded through this program be fully public, preventing the privatization of publicly funded knowledge and ensuring open access for researchers, businesses, and the public."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase stable, long-term federal funding for universities and colleges to support mentorship programs, expand faculty diversity, and create more tenure-track positions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Guarantee stable public funding for universities and colleges to reduce dependence on corporate donors and safeguard academic independence." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to post-secondary education in sustainable industries by funding local campuses, online programs, and co-op learning opportunities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure stable federal funding for minority-language post-secondary institutions, supporting cultural preservation and linguistic diversity across Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase R&D funding to 2.7% of GDP to bring Canada in line with the OECD average." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase funding for research councils (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR), ensuring a minimum 60% success rate in grant competitions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) considerations in federal research grants to ensure ethical and sustainable research funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate open access for publicly funded research, following Europe’s “Plan S” model to make science freely available." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase federal funding for graduate research by tripling Canada Graduate Scholarships for master’s students and doubling them for PhD students." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to training for all workers, ensuring employment programs cover:

» Secondary school completion and upgrading.

» Adult literacy and numeracy training.

» English/French language instruction.

» Union and community-led workforce development."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide income support for workers seeking training, eliminating financial barriers to career shifts." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand re-skilling and apprenticeship programs through the Canada Training Benefit, ensuring workers can transition into sustainable, high- demand careers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Co-develop and introduce a strengthened First Nations Clean Water Act to affirm First Nations jurisdiction over source water, drinking water, wastewater, and related infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the minimum standards of UNDRIP — and permanently end boil-water advisories through long-term, Indigenous-led solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to implementing tuition-free public post-secondary education in Canada through a phased approach, drawing on successful international models.

» Begin by offering free tuition to low-income students, Indigenous students, and those in critical fields, with the goal of expanding access to all students over time.

» Develop sustainable funding strategies to support this transition, ensuring that financial barriers do not impede access to higher education."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Guarantee full funding for Indigenous post-secondary education by eliminating the 2% cap and ensuring all First Nations and Inuit students receive adequate financial support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) to cover tuition and living expenses for all Indigenous students who qualify.

» Once tuition-free post-secondary education is fully implemented, refocus PSSSP on funding relocation and living expenses for Indigenous students."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Indigenous-led training and employment opportunities in clean energy, ensuring full Indigenous participation in Canada’s transition economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require at least 5% of federal contracts be awarded to Indigenous businesses, supporting economic reconciliation and Indigenous economic self-determination." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prioritize economic reconciliation by significantly expanding federal support for Indigenous-led land ownership, economic development, and entrepreneurship programs to strengthen Indigenous economic sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Indigenous-led health services, eliminating barriers to primary and mental health care for Indigenous communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support Indigenous self-governance in healthcare, ensuring Indigenous organizations lead policy development and service delivery." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure access to land-based healing and culturally grounded addiction treatment, recognizing the links between disconnection from land, intergenerational trauma, and the substance use crisis." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Significantly expand culturally appropriate mental health, maternal, infant, and reproductive health services, ensuring comprehensive, community-based, culturally safe care." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop and implement a For Indigenous, By Indigenous Housing Strategy, ensuring long-term, sustainable funding for Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous housing rather than short-term project-based allocations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Transfer federal land to Indigenous-led housing organizations to support community-driven housing solutions, in alignment with self- determination principles under UNDRIP.'" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure all Indigenous housing projects are funded through direct, non-market financing, removing barriers to co-operative and community-led Indigenous housing developments." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to ending the systemic over-incarceration of Indigenous Peoples by substantially investing in preventative measures to remedy the impact of colonization, residential schools, forced displacement, and the Sixties Scoop, including Indigenous education, languages, cultural and spiritual institutions, housing, and mental health." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish benchmark goals for the reduction of the number of Indigenous prisoners, and actively work to take Indigenous persons out of the prison system earlier. This includes creating alternatives to prisons and reinventing current risk assessment models." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the number of healing lodges that are available across the country, so that there are more healing lodges available close to every community that has an Indigenous population." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to land-based learning, recognizing its essential role in cultural revitalization, intergenerational knowledge transmission, and holistic education rooted in connection to territory and community." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase investments in Indigenous language revitalization, supporting community-driven initiatives and culturally relevant resources." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Protect Indigenous intellectual and artistic property rights by legislating and enforcing meaningful recognition and protections, ensuring Indigenous artists and communities retain full control over their cultural creations and heritage." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund initiatives for Indigenous artists to travel and provide mentorship in Indigenous communities, supporting cultural transmission, artistic development, and youth engagement." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide stable federal funding dedicated specifically to the preservation, revitalization, and promotion of Indigenous languages across Canada, in alignment with the Indigenous Languages Act." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement all 231 Calls for Justice from the MMIWG Inquiry, including a national strategy to end gender-based violence and ensure accountability." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase food security in northern and remote Indigenous communities through substantial investments in Arctic agriculture, community greenhouses, traditional harvesting, and nutrition education programs." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully implement all 94 Calls to Action from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to repair harm, support healing, and build a fair relationship with Indigenous Peoples." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Project, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with long-term stable funding and Indigenous-led oversight to uncover and address Canada’s colonial history transparently and respectfully." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish dedicated national funding for reconciliation-focused commemoration projects, supporting initiatives that recognize and honour Indigenous histories and experiences." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Confront the systemic over-incarceration of Indigenous Peoples— especially Indigenous women — through a coordinated justice strategy grounded in Indigenous self-determination. This includes supporting Indigenous-led alternatives to incarceration and dismantling the colonial systems that disproportionately criminalize and imprison Indigenous Peoples (see Justice)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a permanent Council of Canadian Governments, replacing traditional First Ministers’ meetings with a collaborative forum where federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and Indigenous governments set national priorities and tackle common challenges together." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Formally reject the colonial doctrines of terra nullius and discovery, affirming that Canada was built on Indigenous lands whose rights and sovereignty must be respected." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Formally recognize Indigenous sovereignty over self-defined and self-governed lands, ensuring full jurisdiction and self-determination." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Explicitly recognize and support Inuit sovereignty over Inuit Nunangat, empowering Inuit-led governance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Identify federal and Crown lands suitable for transfer to Indigenous ownership, following Supreme Court rulings such as Tsilhqot’in Nation, to support land restitution." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support Nation-to-Nation partnerships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governing institutions, ensuring meaningful, equitable, and respectful collaboration — including full participation in national decision-making through the Council of Canadian Governments (see Council of Canadian Governments)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Collaborate with Indigenous communities to reduce RCMP involvement in community policing, and replace with Indigenous-created and led law enforcement mechanisms; Re-allocate police funding to social services and mental health support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Affirm First Nations jurisdiction over policing by recognizing it as an essential service and co-developing federal legislation to support Indigenous-created and led law enforcement systems, with long-term, equitable funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban imports of food products containing substances prohibited in Canada to protect Canadian health, food safety, and agricultural standards." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand farm-to-institution procurement, ensuring public institutions (schools, hospitals, universities) prioritize Canadian-grown food." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate a “Canada First” purchasing policy for all federally funded food procurement programs, requiring a minimum of 75% Canadian-grown food, with priority given to local and provincial suppliers" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase Canada’s food self-sufficiency by replacing one-third of food imports with locally produced food." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest in urban agriculture to increase food production and distribution in high density areas." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand farmers’ markets, culinary tourism, and direct-to-consumer food sales, reducing corporate control over food distribution and supporting local food cooperatives and processing facilities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Promote plant-based eating in alignment with Canada’s Food Guide, supporting public health and lowering the environmental impact of food production." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase productivity by incentivizing value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships that maximize efficiency in processing and manufacturing." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest in East-West Canadian trade infrastructure. Improve rail, roads, and energy transmission lines to strengthen internal markets and reduce reliance on U.S. exports." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen trade relationships with Europe, Latin America, Africa, and BRICS+ nations (India, Brazil, South Africa, etc.) to create new markets for Canadian goods and services." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Lead a global effort to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO) into a World Trade and Climate Organization, ensuring trade agreements prioritize environmental and social justice." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Revisit trade restrictions with China to strategically balance economic and environmental goals, maintaining tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles to protect Canadian manufacturing and jobs in our rapidly growing domestic EV sector, while reducing tariffs on Chinese solar panels to accelerate the adoption of affordable renewable energy and create jobs in solar installation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a clear ABC Test to classify workers properly and prevent gig economy exploitation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Crack down on sham contracting and unjust misclassification of employees as independent contractors." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase federal labour inspectors and compliance funding to strengthen enforcement against employer violations, including worker misclassification, wage theft, and unfair labour practices." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require gig companies (Uber, DoorDash, Amazon, etc.) to guarantee minimum pay, mileage reimbursement, and employment protections." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a Portable Benefits Fund for gig workers, ensuring access to:

» Pensions, health insurance, and paid leave regardless of employment classification.

» This fund will be financed through a mandatory per-trip or per-hour employer levy, ensuring companies contribute their fair share."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate workplace protections for extreme heat, wildfire smoke, and climate-related hazards, including:

» Additional hazard pay for workers exposed to climate hazards.

» EI emergency benefits for climate-related work stoppages."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand and improve parental leave, including dedicated leave for elder care and miscarriage recovery, ensuring more flexibility and higher wage replacement." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support the transition to a circular economy by investing in repair, remanufacturing, and local recycling industries, reducing dependence on raw material extraction while creating jobs in sustainable production." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase research and innovation funding for circular economy solutions, including material recovery technologies, zero-waste manufacturing, and advanced recycling systems." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prioritize Canadian workers and supply chains in the energy transition by investing in domestic manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, and energy storage technologies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase productivity by incentivizing value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships that maximize efficiency in processing and manufacturing." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Align Canada’s resource policies with the Pan-Canadian Energy Strategy to ensure resource extraction, processing, and industrial development support the transition to a net-zero economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Co-develop federal legislation with First Nations to establish revenue- sharing frameworks for natural resources, ensuring structured, rights- based agreements that honour Treaty obligations and the principles of UNDRIP." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to its pre-2012 standards, ensuring robust, science-based environmental reviews for industrial and resource extraction projects. Require cumulative impact assessments to account for climate, biodiversity, and Indigenous land use considerations in all federal project approvals." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Align Canada’s resource policies with the Pan-Canadian Energy Strategy to ensure resource extraction, processing, and industrial development support the transition to a net-zero economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban fracking due to environmental and seismic risks." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Explore options for public ownership or nationalization of fossil fuel assets in cases where foreign-controlled companies withdraw from environmental obligations or threaten Canada’s energy and climate security." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to its pre-2012 standards, ensuring robust, science-based environmental reviews for industrial and resource extraction projects. Require cumulative impact assessments to account for climate, biodiversity, and Indigenous land use considerations in all federal project approvals." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase direct annual federal funding for private and student-led business R&D, ensuring more research is commercialized by Canadian companies." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop flexible IP licensing tools and provide discounted federally funded IP for Canadian firms to strengthen Canada’s innovation ecosystem." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand entrepreneurship training and support for equity-seeking groups, including Indigenous, Black, and women-led businesses, with an annual grant program." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate stronger protections for young people on social media platforms, preventing harassment, exploitation, and design practices that encourage addiction to social media." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Enforce strict digital privacy laws to prevent social media companies from collecting, storing, or exploiting youth data for profit." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a tax on U.S. tech monopolies operating in Canada, ensuring companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, and Starlink pay their fair share. This will include a Digital Services Tax (DST) on digital advertising, app store fees, streaming services, and consumer data monetization, as well as a corporate tax surcharge on tech giants. Revenue from these taxes will be reinvested in Canadian-owned technology, broadband expansion, and independent journalism, reducing reliance on U.S. corporate giants while strengthening Canada’s digital sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish national strategic reserves of Canadian resources to protect against U.S. trade disruptions, stabilize domestic markets, and strengthen Canadian sovereignty.

» Stockpile essential raw materials to ensure stable supply and prevent price spikes during shortages.

» Ensure reserves are managed on a cost-recovery basis."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Apply export taxes on key Canadian resources that the U.S. relies on— such as oil, gas, uranium, aluminum, potash, and natural gas. This would make it more expensive for U.S. industries to source these materials, discouraging tariffs on Canadian goods while generating revenue to invest in domestic industries." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Cancel government contracts with U.S. companies tied to Trump’s corporate allies, redirecting public funds to Canadian businesses and ethical international partners." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen protections against foreign takeovers by lowering the threshold for government review of U.S. and foreign acquisitions of Canadian companies. This will prevent American investors from buying up struggling Canadian industries at bargain prices and ensure critical sectors remain under Canadian control." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reform the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act to ensure all pension funds are invested in Canada, supporting Canadian workers, communities, and infrastructure. The current CCPIBA requires pension funds to be invested solely based on return on investment (ROI).

» Prioritize investments in Canadian industries, clean energy, public infrastructure, and long-term economic resilience rather than speculative market activities.

» Increase transparency and accountability in how CPP funds are managed, ensuring investments align with Canada’s economic and social priorities."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a tax on U.S. tech monopolies operating in Canada, ensuring companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, and Starlink pay their fair share. This will include a Digital Services Tax (DST) on digital advertising, app store fees, streaming services, and consumer data monetization, as well as a corporate tax surcharge on tech giants. Revenue from these taxes will be reinvested in Canadian-owned technology, broadband expansion, and independent journalism, reducing reliance on U.S. corporate giants while strengthening Canada’s digital sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce targeted taxes on U.S. oil and gas corporations operating in Canada to ensure they contribute fairly to our economy. This measure would prevent American fossil fuel companies from profiting off Canadian resources while their government imposes tariffs on Canadian exports." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement “Buy Canadian” policies. Prioritize domestic procurement and consumer spending on Canadian-made goods, ensuring federal and provincial governments lead by example." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support local and regional value chains. Invest in domestic food, energy, and manufacturing supply chains to build economic resilience and insulate Canadian households from global price shocks." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Form a common diplomatic and economic alliance (“economic NATO”) with democracies including EU, UK, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Brazil, and ASEAN nations to counter US economic pressure." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand access to training for all workers, ensuring employment programs cover:

» Secondary school completion and upgrading.

» Adult literacy and numeracy training.

» English/French language instruction.

» Union and community-led workforce development."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide income support for workers seeking training, eliminating financial barriers to career shifts." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand re-skilling and apprenticeship programs through the Canada Training Benefit, ensuring workers can transition into sustainable, high- demand careers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"End Canada’s reliance on U.S.-owned defence, digital, and IT systems by investing in sovereign infrastructure and partnerships with like-minded democracies to strengthen cyber defence and national security." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Arctic and coastal security patrols, upgrading surveillance, monitoring, and defence equipment to protect Canada’s northern and maritime sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the Canadian Election Security Task Force, incorporating AI-based threat detection to combat election interference and foreign manipulation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate transparency in media ownership, requiring full disclosure of foreign interests in major Canadian media outlets." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the per-vote subsidy for political party funding and reduce donation limits to curb foreign influence in elections, strengthen financial transparency, and reduce reliance on private donors who may act as conduits for foreign interests." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen protections against foreign funding and influencein Canadian elections, including expanding third-party political financing rules." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, requiring individuals and entities lobbying on behalf of foreign governments to disclose their activities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce public reporting on foreign interference threats in elections, balancing transparency with national security concerns." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Form a common diplomatic and economic alliance (“economic NATO”) with democracies including EU, UK, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Brazil, and ASEAN nations to counter US economic pressure." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Re-engage in the UN system, increasing Canada’s funding for peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts. Explore opportunities to host expanded UN programs and institutions in Canada to strengthen global geographic equity in multilateral governance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to global climate diplomacy that centres equity, international justice, and the leadership of the Global South. Prioritize contributions to international climate finance and support reforms to global trade and financial institutions that advance sustainability and human rights." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Sustain diplomatic initiatives with a PR campaign involving prominent Canadian personalities to emphasize Canada’s historical alliances and independence." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"End Canadian arms exports to regimes that commit human rights abuses, ensuring Canadian-made weapons are not used in conflicts that violate international law." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Work with the Global Greens network to foster the creation of a new security alliance for democracies, encompassing Europe, South America, and the Asia Pacific." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund direct support services for people targeted by online hate and harassment, including legal aid, counselling, and emergency response programs delivered through community organizations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase federal funding for research on how online hate and misinformation fuel real-world violence, ensuring transparency in findings and policy recommendations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Equip the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) with tailored, modernized capabilities to address today’s threats, including cyber warfare, climate-related disasters, and hybrid warfare." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure that Canada formally recognizes Quebec as a nation within its Constitution, with the definition of this status to be determined by Quebecers themselves." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Accept that, in the event of a “Yes” to a clear referendum question, Canada must negotiate Quebec’s secession in good faith, in accordance with the Constitution and international law." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish national strategic reserves of Canadian resources to protect against U.S. trade disruptions, stabilize domestic markets, and strengthen Canadian sovereignty.

» Stockpile essential raw materials to ensure stable supply and prevent price spikes during shortages.

» Ensure reserves are managed on a cost-recovery basis."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban the export of unprocessed resources. Ensure Canadian oil, minerals, timber, and seafood are refined, processed, and value-added before export, creating Canadian jobs and reducing U.S. leverage over our economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Apply export taxes on key Canadian resources that the U.S. relies on— such as oil, gas, uranium, aluminum, potash, and natural gas. This would make it more expensive for U.S. industries to source these materials, discouraging tariffs on Canadian goods while generating revenue to invest in domestic industries." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Cancel government contracts with U.S. companies tied to Trump’s corporate allies, redirecting public funds to Canadian businesses and ethical international partners." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen protections against foreign takeovers by lowering the threshold for government review of U.S. and foreign acquisitions of Canadian companies. This will prevent American investors from buying up struggling Canadian industries at bargain prices and ensure critical sectors remain under Canadian control." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reform the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act to ensure all pension funds are invested in Canada, supporting Canadian workers, communities, and infrastructure. The current CCPIBA requires pension funds to be invested solely based on return on investment (ROI).

» Prioritize investments in Canadian industries, clean energy, public infrastructure, and long-term economic resilience rather than speculative market activities.

» Increase transparency and accountability in how CPP funds are managed, ensuring investments align with Canada’s economic and social priorities."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a tax on U.S. tech monopolies operating in Canada, ensuring companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, and Starlink pay their fair share. This will include a Digital Services Tax (DST) on digital advertising, app store fees, streaming services, and consumer data monetization, as well as a corporate tax surcharge on tech giants. Revenue from these taxes will be reinvested in Canadian-owned technology, broadband expansion, and independent journalism, reducing reliance on U.S. corporate giants while strengthening Canada’s digital sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce targeted taxes on U.S. oil and gas corporations operating in Canada to ensure they contribute fairly to our economy. This measure would prevent American fossil fuel companies from profiting off Canadian resources while their government imposes tariffs on Canadian exports." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement “Buy Canadian” policies. Prioritize domestic procurement and consumer spending on Canadian-made goods, ensuring federal and provincial governments lead by example." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support local and regional value chains. Invest in domestic food, energy, and manufacturing supply chains to build economic resilience and insulate Canadian households from global price shocks." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Form a common diplomatic and economic alliance (“economic NATO”) with democracies including EU, UK, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Brazil, and ASEAN nations to counter US economic pressure." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Permanently fund integrated support services for veterans and their families, ensuring access to healthcare, housing, and financial assistance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore lifetime pensions for veterans, ensuring long-term financial security and replacing inadequate lump sum payments." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Eliminate unfair restrictions on survivor benefits, ensuring veterans’ spouses receive full pension entitlements regardless of marriage date." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure veterans have full access to addiction treatment services, removing financial and bureaucratic barriers to care." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Swiftly transition Canada to a fully renewable electricity system by eliminating coal, oil, and gas-fired power generation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a National Electrical Grid Strategy to connect and modernize regional grids, improve interprovincial energy sharing, and ensure renewable electricity can flow efficiently across the country." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support northern and remote communities in transitioning off diesel by expanding access to community-owned renewable microgrids, tailored to local needs and priorities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ban new nuclear development and direct federal investment exclusively to proven, cost-effective renewable energy solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure affordable, accessible internet nationwide with investments in broadband expansion for rural businesses." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Collaborate on critical infrastructure investments, jointly funding projects that benefit all regions, support rural and remote communities, empower Indigenous communities, and meet shared national objectives." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest in East-West Canadian trade infrastructure. Improve rail, roads, and energy transmission lines to strengthen internal markets and reduce reliance on U.S. exports." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Nationalize Canada’s freight rail line (CN) as public infrastructure to ensure efficient, climate-friendly transport and economic resilience. To ensure service for Canadian farmers and ensure passenger rail has priority over freight" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a National Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Fund to expand bike lanes, pedestrian infrastructure, and municipal bike-share programs." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Investin urban biodiversity initiatives, expanding tree canopy coverage, pollinator-friendly landscapes, and naturalized green spaces in cities. Require biodiversity action plans for all major cities, integrating urban ecosystems into climate resilience planning." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require all federally funded transit projects to purchase only zero-emission buses to accelerate the transition away from diesel." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Advocate for user-fee-free public transit, with an annual federal transfer to municipalities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support preferential public transit tariffs for youth and ensure safe, accessible transit options for seniors." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully fund the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) and expand eligibility.

» Ensure recipients receive the maximum amount they are eligible for under the legislation that created the benefit.

» Expand eligibility to remove restrictive barriers, ensuring broader access without excessive means-testing or clawbacks."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Make the Caregiver Tax Credit refundable, providing greater financial relief for families caring for loved ones." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand accessibility retrofitting grants for existing housing, ensuring barrier-free homes for people with disabilities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require universal design in all federally funded housing, ensuring new homes are accessible for people of all ages and abilities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Implement a universal GLI structured as a negative income tax, available to all Canadians without means-testing.
2. Begin implementation in Prince Edward Island, leveraging provincial support, and expand nationwide through negotiations facilitated by the Council of Canadian Governments.
3. Ensure the federal government provides initial funding, recognizing significant long-term savings at provincial and municipal levels."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Set GLI payments according to regional Market Basket Measure (MBM) standards and Living Wage calculations, ensuring individuals can afford basic necessities such as food, housing, and essentials." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reform the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) to ensure it is accessible, automatic, and fair, including:

» Clear, simplified eligibility rules and plain-language application materials.

» Expanding the list of healthcare providers who can certify applications.

» Removing financial and administrative barriers (e.g., free medical form processing).

» Ensuring automatic eligibility for people already receiving provincial disability benefits."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Redesign CPP-Disability eligibility to ensure it does not exclude working-age people with disabilities who seek employment, aligning with the DTC where appropriate." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen and enforce the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), expanding its scope to cover all federally funded projects, including housing and social programs." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a national equipment fund to provide wheel chairs and other essential accessibility tools." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure people with disabilities are not the last hired and first laid off through stronger workplace protections." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create and enforce binding National Standards for Long-Term Care (LTC) to ensure quality, safety, and accessibility, with federal funding tied to compliance." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate a national standard of four hours of regulated care per day per resident, ensuring evidence-based staffing levels." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Enforce LTC standards with accountability measures and criminal penalties for non-compliance, preventing repeat violations by LTC operators." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure safe family access to LTC facilities, maintaining public health protocols without isolating residents from loved ones." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund 10 paid sick days for LTC staff, reducing the risk of illness transmission in care facilities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Simplify and consolidate existing welfare, provincial disability assistance, Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and Canada Worker’s Benefit (CWB) into a single, unconditional income support framework." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Simplify and consolidate existing welfare, provincial disability assistance, Old Age Security (OAS), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), and Canada Worker’s Benefit (CWB) into a single, unconditional income support framework.

Maintain separate programs such as Employment Insurance (EI), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), childcare subsidies, social housing, and health benefits."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the Home Renovation Tax Credit, ensuring home modifications support seniors living independently." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support home-sharing programs and other affordable housing solutions to help seniors stay in their homes and communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure that there is proper education and training in restorative justice models, so that victims can benefit by being more engaged in the process, and by finding more meaningful healing; and so that offenders are better able to take on accountability and can have the support they need to reintegrate into society safely." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Require judges to explicitly consider systemic racism in sentencing, aligning sentencing with Supreme Court decisions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure full implementation of a national action plan to eliminate gender-based violence, with dedicated funding for services supporting women, girls, and gender-diverse people, including Indigenous and racialized communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Amend the Criminal Code to make coercive control a distinct offence, including patterns of psychological abuse, isolation, surveillance, threats, and control over finances, movement, or personal expression." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure coercive control is recognized under the federal Divorce Act and support cooperation with provinces to improve how family courts handle these cases." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Direct funding to services for those at highest risk of coercive control, including Indigenous women, women with disabilities, migrant women, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest in prevention and support through public education, legal aid, housing, counselling, and culturally safe services, in partnership with survivors and advocates." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand training for immigration officers, RCMP, and federally funded service providers. Work with provinces to extend training to frontline workers in family services and child welfare." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a national, evidence-based police use-of-force standard, banning chokeholds, carotid holds, and other dangerous techniques." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Place strict limits on how the RCMP can exercise its injunction powers, particularly when acting for private interests. Specifically, RCMP must not use military gear or weapons, and must stop the harassment of Indigenous persons who are living peacefully on their own lands or on unceded territory." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop clear laws on how the RCMP can use third party or private companies to collect and use personal information about Canadians, so that the privacy rights and other fundamental rights of individuals are protected." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a safer, more compassionate society by changing our prison models and systems to ones that are focused more on rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners into society, and less on isolation and punitive measures." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Permanently end sustained and regular use of “Structured Intervention Units,” i.e., solitary confinement." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest in increased and improved rehabilitation programs, so that people who complete their sentences can more easily and meaningfully reintegrate into society." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop and enforce uniform standards to address and alleviate overcrowding, reduce lockdowns, and improve the availability of meaningful educational, vocational, spiritual, medical and other rehabilitative and reintegrative resources." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Privacy Commissioner powers to protect personal data and enforce privacy laws." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Decriminalize sex work, replacing criminal laws with legislation that protects the health, safety, and labour rights of sex workers. New laws would be developed in full consultation with sex workers, human rights experts, and frontline organizations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a pathway for clearing past convictions related to consensual sex work, so that those affected are not unfairly punished for laws that have since changed." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund training and policy reform within the RCMP and other federally regulated policing bodies to ensure responses to sex workers are grounded in human rights, harm reduction, and non-discrimination. Encourage provinces to adopt best practices through federal funding agreements." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure that online safety tools and communication platforms used by sex workers are not criminalized under vague or overbroad laws intended to target trafficking or exploitation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Align anti-trafficking efforts with the approach outlined in [the Justice section of the platform], ensuring that prevention, victim support, and prosecution efforts do not criminalize or endanger consensual adult sex workers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Improve access to justice by ending discriminatory policing practices and expanding trauma-informed, culturally safe legal supports for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, with a focus on survivors of state violence and hate crimes." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen enforcement of the federal ban on conversion therapy to ensure survivors have access to justice and support services." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Oppose the pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause and support legislative measures to restrict its application, ensuring it remains a tool of last resort in exceptional circumstances." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Guarantee Quebec’s participation in Supreme Court appointments by requiring the federal government to choose from a list of nine candidates submitted by the Quebec government, from which three would be appointed." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Convene a Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Renewal to study proportional representation systems, lowering the voting age to 16, online voting, and mandatory voting.
2. Ensure the Citizens’ Assembly is independent, diverse, and consensus-driven."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Hold media and polling firms accountable for responsible poll reporting, ensuring all published polls are independently verified and presented with clear methodological context." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish an all-party standing committee to examine the risks and opportunities of emerging technologies, including AI and digital platforms, in elections." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Modernize Canada’s emergency alert and communication networks, upgrading national emergency broadcasting systems to ensure real- time disaster communication." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand the Canadian Election Security Task Force, incorporating AI-based threat detection to combat election interference and foreign manipulation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate transparency in media ownership, requiring full disclosure of foreign interests in major Canadian media outlets." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore the per-vote subsidy for political party funding and reduce donation limits to curb foreign influence in elections, strengthen financial transparency, and reduce reliance on private donors who may act as conduits for foreign interests." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen protections against foreign funding and influencein Canadian elections, including expanding third-party political financing rules." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, requiring individuals and entities lobbying on behalf of foreign governments to disclose their activities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce public reporting on foreign interference threats in elections, balancing transparency with national security concerns." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Support constitutional protections for the French language and culture in Quebec, recognizing the importance of maintaining these within a predominantly English-speaking continent." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Modernize the Official Languages Act to strengthen protections for French and English minority communities, ensuring robust linguistic rights and services across Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Guarantee bilingual federal government services in every province and territory, actively supporting French-speaking immigration and integration, and ensuring linguistic equality nationwide." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prioritize implementation of a modernized Official Languages Act within the first year of the next Parliament, underscoring federal commitment to linguistic equity and minority-language rights." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Actively defend and promote the equal status of Canada’s two official languages (English and French), ensuring full linguistic equality and accessibility across all Canadian communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Significantly increase federal funding for French immersion programs and second-language education, providing enhanced opportunities for bilingualism to students throughout Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen the Conflict of Interest Act by broadening the definition of conflicts to include personal, political, and family interests, with meaningful financial penalties for violations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Close the revolving door between politics and lobbying by enforcing a five-year cooling-off period for former politicians and senior public officials." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen the independence and investigative powers of parliamentary officers, including the Auditor General and Ethics Commissioner." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prohibit federal funding for industry-backed NGOs that advocate private interests under the guise of public benefit." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Mandate open government practices, ensuring proactive disclosure of government documents and timely responses to access to information requests." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund direct support services for people targeted by online hate and harassment, including legal aid, counselling, and emergency response programs delivered through community organizations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase federal funding for research on how online hate and misinformation fuel real-world violence, ensuring transparency in findings and policy recommendations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Invest annually in provincial immigration settlement programs, expanding funding for language training, employment support, and multicultural community-building." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a limited pathway to permanent residency for international students entering occupations experiencing critical labour shortages — such as doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other essential health care roles — where qualified Canadians are not available to fill the need." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to aprincipled, case-by-case process for regularizing the status of undocumented residents — one that upholds Canada’s humanitarian values and recognizes their contributions to our communities and economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reduce PR application fees and financial requirements for international students, eliminating excessive financial burdens." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create a new employer-driven immigration program to transition foreign workers in essential sectors to permanent residency." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase penalties for unethical immigration consultants, and crack down on fraudulent practices that exploit newcomers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

1. "Begin exploring how immigration policy might support rural renewal and climate resilience, in collaboration with communities and local governments.
2. Engage with municipalities, provinces, Indigenous governments, and community organizations to assess the potential for voluntary resettlement strategies that align with local development goals.
3. Study best practices from other jurisdictions that have successfully used immigration to reverse population decline and strengthen rural economies.
4. Ensure any future policy development in this area is grounded in equity, climate adaptation, and community consent."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish a permanent Council of Canadian Governments, replacing traditional First Ministers’ meetings with a collaborative forum where federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and Indigenous governments set national priorities and tackle common challenges together." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Include Indigenous governments as equal partners, fully reflecting nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, and government-to-government relationships in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Jointly set national goals and priorities, ensuring cooperative approaches to climate change, healthcare, infrastructure, immigration, economic equity, and reconciliation, bridging jurisdictional divides." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop coordinated national responses to emergencies, improving Canada’s ability to quickly and effectively respond to public health crises, climate disasters, economic disruptions, and other national threats." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure transparent and democratic governance, with publicly accessible meetings, decisions, and regular consultations to strengthen public trust and accountability." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Promote fair and collaborative fiscal policies, improving financial relationships and resource-sharing among governments, ensuring stable funding for healthcare, education, affordable housing, and essential public services nationwide." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Commit to a long-term, shared vision for Canada, setting clear national objectives beyond electoral cycles, and regularly reporting progress to the Canadian public." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"End reliance on costly private consulting firms such as McKinsey and Deloitte, ensuring that core governmental functions and services are delivered by professional, experienced public servants." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reinstate effective, citizen-focused service delivery models,reversing damaging restructuring from previous governments, such as the creation of Service Canada under Harper." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reinvest in Canada’s federal public service, rebuilding capacity, morale, and expertise to deliver high-quality, efficient services that Canadians expect and deserve." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Enhance oversight and accountability to prevent misuse of taxpayer dollars." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Reduce wasteful spending at the political level, including significantly cutting the Prime Minister’s Office budget from $10 million to $1 million." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure that Canada formally recognizes Quebec as a nation within its Constitution, with the definition of this status to be determined by Quebecers themselves." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Accept that, in the event of a “Yes” to a clear referendum question, Canada must negotiate Quebec’s secession in good faith, in accordance with the Constitution and international law." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand refugee resettlement programs, ensuring refugees receive housing, language training, and employment support." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase the corporate tax rate from 14% to 21% for businesses with profits over $100 million ($44 billion in revenue)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a permanent Windfall Tax (Excess Profit Tax) on large corporations, including banks, grocery chains and fossil fuel companies, to prevent profiteering at the expense of Canadians. This tax will apply at a rate of 15% on profits exceeding 120% of a company’s average profits over the previous four years, ensuring that large corporations contribute fairly when they generate excessive gains." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement a 0.35% Financial Transactions Tax (Tobin Tax) on trades involving stocks, bonds, derivatives, and currencies. This measure will help curb speculative trading practices that destabilize markets and generate significant revenue for social, economic, and environmental programs."

"Implement a progressive wealth tax on net wealth above $10 million. The tax would apply at a rate of 1% on net wealth over $10 million, 2% on net wealth over $50 million, and 3% on net wealth over $100 million. This policy would impact only .5% of Canadian households." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen Canada’s exit tax to prevent the ultra-wealthy from avoiding taxes by moving assets abroad. We will apply a net wealth-based exit tax of 35% on assets over $10 million for individuals renouncing Canadian tax residency, ensuring those who have benefited the most from Canada’s economy must contribute significantly before leaving. Loopholes that allow tax avoidance through corporate structures and exempt assets will also be closed." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Ensure fair taxation of extreme capital gains by applying a progressive tax only to profits over $10 million. To prevent wealthy investors from avoiding taxes indefinitely, we will also limit the ability to deduct past investment losses to a maximum of 10 years." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Revise Canada’s Select Luxury Items Tax Act to eliminate the “lesser of” rule and apply a flat luxury tax rate (e.g., 10% or higher on the full purchase price).

» Increase the tax rates for extreme wealth purchases (e.g., higher rates for private jets and superyachts.)

» Close corporate loopholes that allow businesses to buy these assets to avoid the Select Luxury Items Tax.

» Exempt Canadian-made commercial and recreational vessels from the Select Luxury Items Tax, to support small manufacturers and coastal industries."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Close stock options and capital gains tax loopholes, which primarily benefit wealthy executives." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"End off shore tax evasion by taxing hidden funds and requiring proof of foreign business operations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Review and phase out corporate subsidies that fail to deliver proven economic, environmental, or social benefits, with priority given to eliminating subsidies that:

» Distort markets without improving public well-being.

» Contribute to corporate concentration of key industries.

» Benefit large corporations disproportionately over small businesses and workers.

» Are provided to corporations with majority foreign ownership, particularly U.S.-based firms, undermining Canadian economic sovereignty.

» Fail to pass a cost-benefit analysis."

— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase transparency on business subsidies by mandating full public reporting on corporate tax benefits, grants, and loans — including which corporations receive them and their economic impact." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Strengthen the federal census to accurately capture data on trans and non-binary Canadians, ensuring better policy decisions based on real demographic data." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fully implement and enforce federal pay equity laws, ensuring equal pay for work of equal value. The Pay Equity Commission remains underfunded and requires a budget increase." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide stable, multi-year core funding to CBC/Radio-Canada, indexed to inflation, guaranteed for minimum periods of seven years through a formal memorandum of understanding to maintain independence and stability." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restore CBC local news outlets to historical levels, specifically re-establishing local news bureaus and daily suppertime TV news programming in multiple locations within each province and territory, in both official languages (English and French)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund CBC TV news and information programming to be commercial-free or minimally commercial, implementing a maximum of four minutes of advertising per hour to preserve program integrity and reduce commercial influence." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Develop a public, community-oriented online service through CBC/Radio-Canada, offering essential local updates including emergency alerts, fire notifications, and community events, providing an effective alternative to commercial social media platforms." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand CBC Indigenous broadcasting significantly, ensuring culturally relevant, Indigenous-led content is widely accessible and reflects diverse Indigenous experiences and perspectives across Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Prohibit CBC from airing syndicated foreign entertainment programming (“junk food TV”), such as U.S. commercial game shows, prioritizing quality Canadian cultural content that reflects Canada’s unique identity and creativity." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase CRTC bandwidth allocation specifically for independent, non-profit, and community broadcasters, ensuring these voices are clearly heard within Canada’s media landscape." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Modernize and maintain Canadian Content (CanCon) regulations, ensuring they effectively sustain domestic creative industries and Canadian storytelling in a rapidly evolving digital environment." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund direct support services for people targeted by online hate and harassment, including legal aid, counselling, and emergency response programs delivered through community organizations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase federal funding for research on how online hate and misinformation fuel real-world violence, ensuring transparency in findings and policy recommendations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide targeted additional funding specifically to the Canada Council for the Arts, National Film Board, and Telefilm Canada to support creative projects that focus explicitly on climate action, sustainability, and raising public awareness about the climate crisis." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide targeted federal funding to ensure that all museums and cultural institutions across Canada fully comply with UNDRIP and the TRC Calls to Action, facilitating accurate representation and meaningful reconciliation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish stable, multi-year base funding for community arts programs across Canada, ensuring long-term sustainability and access to cultural activities at the community level." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide federal incentives to provinces and territories to restore, expand, and enhance arts education programs, especially within rural and remote schools, promoting equal educational opportunities in arts and culture nationwide." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Implement income averaging for artists and cultural workers to stabilize their financial circumstances, accommodating the income fluctuations typical within the creative sector." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Establish dedicated federal funding to support touring artists and cultural events, particularly in rural and underserved communities, ensuring equitable access to arts and cultural experiences across Canada." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Fund initiatives that support communities in reinterpreting historical monuments, plaques, and heritage sites associated with Canada’s colonial past, emphasizing accuracy, reconciliation, and inclusivity." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Provide targeted additional funding specifically to the Canada Council for the Arts, National Film Board, and Telefilm Canada to support creative projects that focus explicitly on climate action, sustainability, and raising public awareness about the climate crisis." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a tax on U.S. tech monopolies operating in Canada, ensuring companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, and Starlink pay their fair share. This will include a Digital Services Tax (DST) on digital advertising, app store fees, streaming services, and consumer data monetization, as well as a corporate tax surcharge on tech giants. Revenue from these taxes will be reinvested in Canadian-owned technology, broadband expansion, and independent journalism, reducing reliance on U.S. corporate giants while strengthening Canada’s digital sovereignty." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Significantly increase public funding for Canadian-owned media, reducing reliance on foreign media, supporting domestic journalism, and safeguarding media independence." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Restrict foreign ownership of Canadian media, introducing clear legislative measures to protect cultural sovereignty, promote ownership diversity, and limit exposure to foreign propaganda or misinformation campaigns." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Create an Independent Commission to study media ownership in Canada, with a clear plan to break up media monopolies, support local journalism, encourage diverse ownership, and ensure Canadians have access to trustworthy, independent news sources." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Direct all government advertising spending exclusively to Canadian-owned publications and platforms, ensuring federal support prioritizes domestic media and journalism." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase sustained, reliable long-term funding for the Local Journalism Initiative with a continued focus on Canadian media organizations offering local civic journalism in underserved communities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Expand Indigenous co-management of national parks and conservation lands, integrating traditional ecological knowledge into Canada’s biodiversity strategy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Increase annual funding for Parks Canada, ensuring stronger ecological protection, trail maintenance, and Indigenous-led stewardship of national parks and heritage sites." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

"Introduce a national sustainability index for household appliances and electronics, requiring manufacturers to display durability, repairability, and recyclability ratings on all products." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25