About The Liberal Party

Trudeau

This year the liberal party is being led by the current Priminister of Canada; Justin Trudeau.
The liberal party is one of the oldest parties inc canada's history being founded in 1867.

  • Mandatory vaccines on planes, trains, and in the federal public service.
  • Support proof-of-vaccination credentials.
  • Safer indoor spaces, like schools and businesses, with better ventilation.
  • Free vaccine boosters, for everyone.
  • “Restore and protect” large lakes and river by investing 1 billion over 10 years
  • Establish a Canada Water Agency in 2022 to coordinate federal freshwater efforts
  • Modernize Canada Water Act to reflect today’s freshwater realities to include Indigenous water rights and address climate change
  • Invest $37.5 million over six years to support freshwater research at the International Institute for Sustainable Developments Experimental Lakes Area
  • Ensure oil and gas sector reduces emissions to achieve net-zero by 2050
  • Require oil and gas companies to reduce methane emissions by at least 75 per cent below 2012 levels by 2030
  • Accelerate G20 commitment to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies from 2025 to 2023
  • Provide grants of up to $5,000 for home retrofits and interest-free loans up to $40,000 for deep retrofits to improve home energy efficiency of canadian’s home
  • Invest $700 million to add 50,000 new electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen stations
  • Implement regulated sales requirement that at least 50 per cent of all new light-duty vehicle sales be zero emissions vehicles in 2030
  • Develop investment tax credit of up to 30 per cent for a range of clean technologies including low carbon and net-zero technologies
  • Eliminate flow through shares for oil, gas and coal projects to help promote clean growth and Canada’s transition to net-zero economy
  • Expected $78 billion in new spending over five years
  • Expected $25.5 billion in new revenue over five years
  • $336 billion expected cumulative budget deficit over five years
  • Introduce a $1-billion proof of vaccination fund that will be available to provinces and territories that implement a proof-of-vaccine requirement for non-essential businesses and public spaces
  • Immediately invest $6 billion – on top of $4 billion already committed – to support the elimination of health system waitlists
  • Commit $1 billion in loans and grants towards rent-to-own program
  • Introduce tax-free First Home Savings Account, allowing Canadians under 40 to save up to $40,000 toward their first home with no requirement to repay it
  • Give Canadians option of deferred mortgage loan as alternative to shared equity model and reduce monthly mortgage costs
  • Increase insured mortgage cut-off from $1 million to $1.25 million and index this to inflation
  • Reduce monthly mortgage costs by reducing price charged by Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation on mortgage insurance by 25 per cent. Liberal Party says this will save “a typical person” $6,100.
  • Invest 4 billion in a new fund to grow the annual housing spp;u in the country's largest cities every year
  • “Build, preserve or repair” 1.4 million homes in the next four years
  • Create target of 100,000 new middle class homes by 2024-25
  • Expand the upcoming tax on vacant housing
  • Will not introduce a capital gains tax on the sale of principal residences
  • Halt so-called renovictions by “deterring” unfair rent increases
  • Expand the upcoming tax on vacant housing
  • Extend the Canada Recovery Hiring Program to March 31, 2022
  • Provide $3.2 billion to provinces and territories to hire 7,500 new family doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners
  • Reform economic immigration programs to help temporary foreign workers and former international students
  • Establish system to help Canadian companies hire temporary foreign workers to fill labour shortages
  • Provide the country’s tourism industry with temporary wage and rent support of up to 75 per cent of their expenses to help them get through the winter months
  • Extend COVID-related insurance coverage for media production stoppages to support 150,000 jobs
  • Provide all federally regulated workers with 10 days of paid sick leave, pending amendments to Canada Labour Code
  • Invest $2 billion to create jobs for fossil fuel workers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Require financial institutions to offer flexible repayment options, including mandatory option for six-month deferral of mortgage payments in “qualifying circumstances”
  • Establish single independent ombudsperson for handling consumer complaints involving banks
  • Crack down on predatory lenders by lowering criminal rate of interest
  • Invest $200 million over next four years to establish nation-wide agency to investigate financial crimes and enforce federal law in this area
  • Table legislation to ensure that every business and organization that decides to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination from employees and customers can do so without fear of legal challenge
  • Introduce new EI benefit for self-employed Canadians that would last for up to 26 weeks
  • Introduce EI Career Insurance Benefit available to those who have worked continuously for same employer for five or more years and are laid off when business closes
  • Reform economic immigration programs to help temporary foreign workers and former international students
  • Create minimum tax rule so everyone who earns enough to qualify for top bracket pays at least 15 per cent each year, removing their ability to “artificially pay no tax through excessive use of deductions and credits”
  • Permanently increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $500 annually for single seniors and $750 for senior couples
  • Double Home Accessibility Tax Credit, providing up to an additional $1,500 to make seniors’ homes more accessible
  • Introduce Multigenerational Home Renovation tax credit to support families looking to add secondary unit to their homes
  • Boost Old Age Security by 10 per cent next year for seniors 75 years of age and older
  • Increase maximum loan amount from $350,000 to $500,000 and extend loan coverage from 10 to 15 years for equipment and leasehold improvements
  • Introduce a tax credit for small businesses to help with investing in better ventilation. Claims will cover 25 per cent of eligible expenses up to $10,000 per location and a maximum of $50,000 per company
  • Introduce legislation that would require digital platforms that generate revenues from publication of news to share a portion with Canadian news outlets
  • Launch new Asia-Pacific strategy to “deepen diplomatic, economic, and defence partnerships in the region. Negotiate new bilateral trade agreements and expand foreign investment promotion and protection agreements
  • 50 per cent reduction in average fees for early learning and child care by end of next year
  • Reduce child care fees to $10 per day on average within next five years – everywhere outside of Quebec
  • Invest up to $30 billion over the next five years – minimum of $9.2 billion per year – to make Canada-wide child care system “a reality”

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