The platform: https://action.ndp.ca/page/-/2019/Q2/NDP-Commitments_EN.pdf
A couple CBC articles on the subject:
Didn't see this even posted in the Canadian Politics thread so I thought it might be worthy of a discussion on EtcetEra since there are plenty of Canadians on here and tons of progressives ones. For non-Canadians, the NDP are a center-left, social democratic party in Canada, and tend to be our third largest party. They've never won and there chances are incredibly slim for the 2019 election.
A couple CBC articles on the subject:
The NDP will be the first Canadian federal party to unveil an election platform that promises to drastically expand Canada's health care system to include, not just pharmacare, but mental, dental, eye and hearing coverage for all citizens.
What else does the NDP platform promise to do?
- Commit to fully and equitably fund health education and other services in Indigenous communities.
- Create an action plan to prevent suicide.
- Cap and reduce tuition fees and student loan interest, with an eventual goal of free post-secondary education.
- Ban unpaid internships.
- Introduce federal incentives for zero-emissions automobiles and prioritize cars made in Canada.
- Invest $1 billion in affordable childcare in 2020.
- Focus on revitalizing industries like forestry, fisheries and agriculture.
- Put a price cap on cellphone and internet bills, and introduce a telecommunications bill of rights.
- Close tax loopholes and introduce a one per cent "wealth tax" on personal earnings over $20 million.
- Increase access to public transit, including along rural routes cut off by Greyhound service discontinuation.
- Power Canada with net carbon-free electricity by 2030.
- Ban single-use plastics
- End veteran homelessness
- Launch a basic income pilot project
- Strengthen the air passenger bill of rights
- Create an affordable housing plan that includes construction of more low-cost and co-operative housing across the country.
At the heart of their platform, called "A New Deal for People," and shortened to NDP, is a pledge to reform Canada's health-care system to first include universal pharmacare and later another suite of services, like dental, eyecare and hearing.
Singh said it would save families who already have an insurance plan $550 a year.
To pay for the seismic shift, and other platform promises like drug decriminalization, the creation of 500,000
more affordable housing units, improved child care and enacting all recommendations of the missing and murdered Indigenous inquiry, the party is proposing a new one per cent wealth tax on those with a net worth of more than $20 million.
It's also promising to roll back corporate tax cuts brought in by previous governments to 2010 levels, increasing to 18 per cent from 15 per cent.
"The other strategic element of the vision today is that it targets precisely the crumbling progressive coalition of the Liberals that put them in power in 2015," he said. "The NDP needs those votes back."
While the NDP platform promises some big ticket items, there's little costing in it.
The party says the Parliamentary Budget Officer, an independent officer of Parliament, will review the plan and more numbers will be released, likely closer to the Oct. 21 election.
This election is the first time the PBO, which typically reviews government spending and policy initiatives, will make itself available to review the fiscal soundness of party platforms.
Didn't see this even posted in the Canadian Politics thread so I thought it might be worthy of a discussion on EtcetEra since there are plenty of Canadians on here and tons of progressives ones. For non-Canadians, the NDP are a center-left, social democratic party in Canada, and tend to be our third largest party. They've never won and there chances are incredibly slim for the 2019 election.