• implement liberal electoral platform;
• traditional confidence matters, like budget;
• address shared values protections guaranteed charter rights freedoms.

• proactively contact canadians entitled , receiving, tax benefits;
• offer complete returns clients, particularly -income canadians fixed incomes financial situation  unchanged year--year;
• support canadians wish file taxes using paper forms;
• deliver correspondence straightforward easy read.

<> families money help high cost  kids.

cancel tax breaks benefits wealthy – including universal child care benefit – introduce <> canada child benefit canadian families money kids.

canada child benefit, canadian families receive  stephen harper’s confusing collection child benefit programs.  typical family , means additional $2,500 help, tax-free,  year.

canada child benefit tax-free tied income, provides  support need help : single-parent families low-income families. lift 315,000 canadian children poverty.

stephen harper thinks government provide child support payments  millionaires. end unfair giveaway.

<> cancel income splitting tax breaks benefits  wealthy. end pension income splitting seniors.

<> middle class canadians tax break, making taxes fair.

invest jobs opportunities young canadians.

years stephen harper, good-quality job opportunities young canadians tougher tougher . faced high unemployment  underemployment, young people stopped looking work altogether.

hard young people families. parents seeing  household debt rise retirement savings dwindle struggle  support grown children, return home.  time invest young canadians – help work experience  need start careers contribute fully economy.

40,000 good youth jobs – including 5,000 youth green jobs –  year years, investing $300 million renewed youth employment strategy.

double 11,000 canadians access skills link  year. program helps young canadians – including aboriginal  disabled youth – make successful transition workplace.

initial -year boost funding, set renewed youth employment strategy’s funding level $385 million year – $50 million increase 2015/16.

invest $40 million year help employers -op placements students science, technology, engineering, mathematics,  business programs.

encourage companies hire young canadians permanent positions,  offer 12-month break employment insurance premiums.  waive employer premiums ages 18 24  hired permanent position 2016, 2017, 2018.

work provinces, territories, post-secondary institutions  develop expand pre-apprenticeship training programs. provide   $10 million year help young canadians gain skills need enter high-demand trades.

end rule discriminates workers reentering  workforce requiring accumulate 910 hours work  qualify employment insurance benefits, including training support.

invest $25 million year restored youth service program,  young canadians valuable work life experience, provide communities  help required -needed projects.

<> make home care available, prescription drugs affordable,  mental health care accessible.

canada’s publicly-funded universal health care source pride  canadians – source economic security middle class  working hard join . canadians good physical mental health,  able work , productive, contribute fully   economy living healthier, happier lives.

despite health care ’s value importance,  decade canadian prime minister sat provincial territorial premiers program, ensure meet current needs  challenges come aging population.

restart important conversation provide collaborative federal leadership missing harper decade.  negotiate health accord provinces territories, including long-term agreement funding.

immediate commitment, invest $3 billion, years,  deliver home care services canadians. includes  access high quality -home caregivers, financial supports family care, , necessary, palliative care.

help families care loved ones home, make employment insurance compassionate care benefit flexible easier access,   provides help just end--life care.

develop pan-canadian collaboration health innovation,   access necessary prescription medications. join  provincial territorial governments buy drugs bulk, cost canadian governments pay drugs, making affordable  canadians.

make high-quality mental health services available canadians  need , including veterans responders.

eliminate systemic barriers deliver equality opportunity canadians living disabilities, consult provinces, territories,  stakeholders introduce national disabilities act.

<> lift canadians – including children seniors –  poverty.

poverty inequality just problems individual canadians –  canada affected. canadians, poverty makes difficult  stay healthy, difficult good work. canada,  costs poverty – seen health care costs demand social assistance – immense.

lift canadians poverty starting immediately  election.

introduce canada child benefit. tax-free, tied income  delivered monthly, benefit provides support need help : single-parent families low-income families. lift 315,000 children  poverty.

help lift hundreds thousands seniors poverty increasing  guaranteed income supplement single low-income seniors  percent. million vulnerable seniors –  women – $1,000 year.

, investment social infrastructure, prioritize investments affordable housing seniors’ facilities, build housing units refurbish old ones, support municipalities maintain rent-geared--income subsidies -ops, communities money  need housing initiatives help homeless canadians  housing.

make building canada fund focused transparent.

establish canadian infrastructure bank provide low-cost financing infrastructure projects.

kick-start investment innovation grow economy good, middle class jobs.

economy growing , need immediately invest helping businesses entrepreneurs – including manufacturing – innovative, competitive, successful.

• invest $200 million year innovation agenda significantly expand support incubators accelerators, emerging national network business innovation cluster support;
• invest additional $100 million year industrial research assistance program, proven track record helping small- medium-sized businesses innovate world leaders.

reinstate tax credit contributions labour-sponsored funds, help support economic growth help canadians save retirement.

parts country, labour-sponsored funds used help small- medium-sized businesses ground, jobs economic growth. quebec, serve important retirement savings vehicle. , labour-sponsored funds help 650,000 workers save retirement investing canada’s entrepreneurs.

• allow parents receive benefits smaller blocks time period  18 months;
• make possible parents longer leave – 18 months  combined maternity benefits – benefit level.

• <> easier access – applicants expected submit medical certificate order qualify, benefit inclusive;
• <> flexible – caregivers claim benefit blocks time year-long period, family members share months benefits;
• <> inclusive – example, caring seriously ill adult family member needs care provided evenings weekends, caring seriously ill child attend school extended period time, longer excluded benefit.

• introduce restrictions commercial marketing unhealthy food beverages children, similar place quebec;
• bring tougher regulations eliminate trans fats, similar u.s., salt processed foods;
• food labels information added sugars artificial dyes processed foods.

• fully interim federal health program provides limited temporary health benefits refugees refugee claimants;
• establish expert human rights panel determine designated countries origin, provide right appeal refugee decisions citizens countries;
• appoint individuals appropriate subject-matter expertise canada’s immigration refugee board.

• guarantee canadian security intelligence service warrants respect charter rights freedoms;
• establish -party national security oversight committee;
• ensure canadians limited lawful protests advocacy;
• require government review appeals canadians -fly list;
• narrow overly broad definitions, defining “terrorist propaganda” clearly;
• limit communications security establishment’s powers requiring warrant engage surveillance canadians;
• require statutory review anti-terrorism act years;
• prioritize community outreach counter-radicalization, office community outreach counter-radicalization coordinator.

• repeal changes c-42 allow restricted prohibited weapons freely transported permit, decision-making weapons restrictions hands police, politicians;
• provide $100 million year provinces territories support guns gangs police task forces illegal guns streets gang violence;
• modify membership canadian firearms advisory committee include knowledgeable law enforcement officers, public health advocates, representatives women’s groups, members legal community;
• require enhanced background checks seeking purchase handgun restricted firearm;
• require purchasers firearms license buy gun, require sellers firearms confirm license valid completing sale;
• require firearms vendors records firearms inventory sales assist police investigating firearms trafficking gun crimes;
• immediately implement imported gun marking regulations repeatedly delayed stephen harper;
• investment border infrastructure, invest technologies border guards’ ability detect halt illegal guns united states entering canada.

• doubling investment canada council arts $360 million year;
• increasing funding telefilm canada national film board, investment totalling $25 million year;
• promart trade routes international cultural promotion programs cut stephen harper, increasing funding programs $25 milllion year.

• developing official languages support english french linguistic minorities;
• ensuring federal services delivered compliance official languages act;
• establishing free, online service learning retaining english french second languages;
• reinstating court challenges program canada cut stephen harper;
• making investments support cbc/radio-canada, vital national institution brings canadians , promotes defends official languages, supports shared culture.

bring end discriminatory ban prevents men sex men donating blood.

currently canadian blood services (cbs) héma-québec (hm-qc) ban men sexually active men point previous years donating blood, entirely safe monogamous. policy ignores scientific evidence end.

liberal government work health canada, cbs, hm-qc end stigmatizing donor-screening policy adopt non-discriminatory based science.

• robust oversight thorough environmental assessments areas federal jurisdiction, working provinces territories avoid duplication;
• ensure decisions based science, facts, evidence, serve public’s ;
• provide ways canadians express views opportunities experts meaningfully participate;
• require project advocates choose best technologies available environmental impacts.

• 2017, 150th anniversary confederation, admission visitors national parks free.
• beginning 2018, admission children 18 free, adult canadian citizen previous 12 months given year’s free admission.
• expanded learn camp program, low- middle-income families opportunity experience canada’s outdoors.