Green Party of Canada

Affordability & Housing

Home construction and supply

Permanently ban foreign ownership of residential real estate

"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

Restrict foreign-backed corporations and investment funds from using partnerships or shell companies to bypass foreign ownership bans

"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

"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

End preferential tax treatment for Real Estate Investment Trusts and other corporate landlords

Introduce stricter regulations on hedge funds, private equity firms, and corporate landlords

"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

"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

Homelessness

Declare housing affordability and homelessness a national emergency

Commit to ending homelessness within a decade

"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

"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

"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

Poverty

Raise the federal minimum wage to $21/hour, and index it to inflation and productivity growth

Set livable wage floors by region based on the cost of housing, food, and essentials

"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

Mandate living wages for all federally-funded jobs, including contractors and subcontractors

Work with provinces and indigenous governments to implement a Guaranteed Livable Income

Public and affordable housing

Set a uniform federal definition of affordable housing as causing no more than 30% of household income

"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

Ensure that affordability thresholds account for regional cost of living differences

Prioritise federal funding for deeply affordable housing targeted specifically at households earning less than 50% of area median income

Build 1.2M permanently affordable homes over seven years

"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 CMHC's mandate to directly finance and develop non-market housing

"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 to build non-market homes

"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 set up five regional prefab/modular housing plants to mass-produce affordable housing

"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

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

Create a dedicated, multi-year fund to bring more private land into public ownership for building non-market affordable housing, and keep publicly-owned land that could meet social needs like housing

"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

Remove the GST on housing construction materials for non-market housing

Extend the existing GST removal for developers of for-profit rental housing to include all homes built for affordable home ownership through orgs like Habitat for Humanity

Increase the Canada Rental Protection Fund

"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

Expand CMHC's rental construction financing initiative to post-secondary institutions to incentivise them to build affordable student housing

Create a dedicated infrastructure funding stream to support student housing development

"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

Expand green retrofitting programmes for existing affordable housing

"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

Renting and rental housing

Require all provinces and territories to have strong rent and vacancy controls and sufficiently funded landlord/tenant dispute resolution agencies to access all federal housing funding

Enact a National Renters' Bill of Rights, with fair lease terms, eviction protections, and transparent rent-setting mechanisms

"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

Tax measures and rebates

Raise the Basic Personal Amount for income tax to $40,000

"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

Climate Change & the Environment

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Clean energy

Ban new nuclear development

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

Invest in domestic manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, and energy storage tech

"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 clean energy technologies

"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

Invest in solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy; and modernised transmission, smart grids, and energy storage systems

Climate adaptation

Start a National Civil Defence Corps to build resilience and preparedness for emergencies

"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

"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.
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.
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.
NCDC members will support emergency response, disaster recovery, and climate adaptation efforts in their own communities.
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.
Promote non-militarized national preparedness by supporting public awareness campaigns, universal training opportunities, and community-led civil defence engagement.
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

Normalise Canadian Armed Forces deployment for civilian protection during climate disasters

Transform Public Safety Canada into a FEMA-equivalent agency with specialised disaster intervention teams ready for rapid deployment

"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

Incorporate Indigenous governments in all national emergency planning and response efforts through the Council of Canadian Governments

Create a Federal-Provincial-Territorial Emergency Response Framework, ensuring seamless coordination between federal, provincial, municipal, and Indigenous governments

Launch a National Wildfire Resilience Strategy, invoking federal emergency powers to expand tree planting, fire breaks, and wildfire suppression efforts

Procure additional water bombers for high-risk zones

Restore natural buffer zones to protect vulnerable communities from wildfires and floods

Mandate Floodplain and Disaster Risk Mapping

"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

Integrate AI-based disaster prediction tools into national planning

Expand climate-resilient infrastructure investments, prioritising drinking water and wastewater systems

"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

Expand adaptation funding for the most vulnerable communities, particularly Indigenous and remote communities

Invest in domestic manufacturing of solar panels, wind turbines, and energy storage tech

Fund domestic manufacturing of critical disaster response equipment, including water bombers, search-and-rescue tools, and emergency medical supplies

"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 standardised federal evacuation guidelines to ensure seamless coordination with different levels government

"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 to allocate at least 50% of its investments to climate resilience projects

"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

"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

"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

Expand and fully fund emergency response forces, including Northern Rangers, Coast Guard, National Civil Defence Corps, Park Rangers, and Fisheries Patrol

Increase disaster assistance and rapid response capabilities through defence spending

Conservation

Ensure 30% of lands and waters are protected by 2030, and 50% by 2050

"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 to its pre-2012 standards, and require cumulative impact assessments in all federal project approvals

"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 annual funding for Indigenous-led conservation efforts, with long-term support for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and Land Guardian programmes

"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

"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

Provide funding to create wildlife corridors, protect key migration routes, and link national parks, conservation lands, and Indigenous-managed territories

"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

"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

"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

Electric vehicles

Ban the sale of internal combustion engine passenger vehicles by 2030

Exempt new and used zero-emission vehicles from federal sales tax

Expand electric vehicle charging stations at all federal facilities and parking lots

Electricity

Swiftly transition to a fully renewable electricity system

"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

Invest in solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy; and modernised transmission, smart grids, and energy storage systems

Implement a National Electrical Grid Strategy to connect regional and provincial grids

"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

Expand access to community-owned renewable microgrids for northern and remote communities

"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

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

Freshwater

Develop a National Water Strategy to ensure long-term protection of freshwater resources in collaboration with Indigenous and provincial governments

Recognise water as a collective resource in federal legislation to prevent privatisation and unsustainable extraction

Green building retrofits

Launch a nationwide energy efficiency retrofit programme to lower emissions from buildings, homes, and industrial facilities

Revisit trade restrictions with China to balance economic and environmental goals, and protection of Canadian EV manufacturing jobs, while reducing tariffs on Chinese solar panels

"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

Update the National Building Code to mandate net-zero building standards by 2030

Set a national target to reduce overall energy demand across all sectors by 50% by 2050 through efficiency measures, electrification, and sustainable urban planning

Provide rebates to for electric heat pumps, with priority on low-income households, rural communities, and regions with extreme weather

"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

Provide direct grants and zero-interest loans for renewable installations in homes, businesses, and communities

Green jobs

Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding

"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

Enact a Just Transition Act to ensure affected workers and communities lead their own transition plans with legally-protected rights to income support, retraining, and career placement

Create a Just Transition Benefit to provide wage insurance, income protection, early retirement options, and relocation assistance for workers in declining industries

Set up locally-driven Just Transition Centres to connect displaced workers to new employment, training, and economic development opportunities

Set up a National Skills Tracking & Transition Database to ensure every fossil fuel worker has a direct job-matching pathway to well-paid, long-term work

Start a National Civil Defence Corps to build resilience and preparedness for emergencies

"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.
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.
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.
NCDC members will support emergency response, disaster recovery, and climate adaptation efforts in their own communities.
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.
Promote non-militarized national preparedness by supporting public awareness campaigns, universal training opportunities, and community-led civil defence engagement.
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 program to provide free training, paid apprenticeships, and wage support in green jobs, prioritising workers affected by automation and the transition away from fossil fuels

"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

Support the Youth Climate Corps to create tens of thousands of youth jobs in green infrastructure, conservation, and public service

Invest in green value-added industries such as battery production and critical minerals refining, green steel and zero-emission aluminium processing, and mass timber and engineered wood production

Greenhouse gas emissions

Develop a National Industrial Decarbonization Strategy

"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

Redirect Natural Resources Canada to support low-carbon industrial development, sustainable resource extraction, and clean tech innovation

Introduce carbon border adjustments to protect Canadian industries from high-emissions imports

"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

Contribute to international climate finance, including a Global Justice Fund

"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 Buy Clean strategy for government procurement, with 75% Canadian-made goods and services, and 50% clean technology and low-carbon materials

"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

"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

"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

Implement legally-binding emissions reductions targets aligned with the Paris Agreement, with independent audits and annual reporting to ensure compliance

"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

Reintroduce and gradually increase the revenue-neutral consumer price on carbon

"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

Align national trade policy with climate goals and implement carbon-intensity tariffs on imported goods

Marine conservation

Expand marine protected areas to cover 30% of Canadian waters by 2030

"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

Prioritise Indigenous-led conservation efforts, ensuring IPCAs receive permanent fundign and legal recognition within Canada's marine governance framework

Fund marine ecosystem restoration, focusing on seagrass, kelp forests, and ocean-based carbon sequestration

"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

Ban new offshore oil and gas development and phase out existing operations

Mining and minerals

Incentivise value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships

"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, so that resources are refined, processed, and value-added here before export

"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

Ensure resource extraction, processing, and industrial development supports the transition to a net-zero economy

"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

Invest in a Sudbury-based mining innovation cluster to drive sustainable mining practices and processing

Mandate strong environmental and labour protections all mining developments

Increase funding to the Canadian Impact Assessment Agency to expand Indigenous participation in decision making on industrial projects

Co-develop federal legislation with First Nations to establish revenue-sharing frameworks for natural resources

"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 to its pre-2012 standards, and require cumulative impact assessments in all federal project approvals

Invest in green value-added industries such as battery production and critical minerals refining, green steel and zero-emission aluminium processing, and mass timber and engineered wood production

Oil and gas

Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects

"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, so that resources are refined, processed, and value-added here before export

Ensure resource extraction, processing, and industrial development supports the transition to a net-zero economy

Increase funding to the Canadian Impact Assessment Agency to expand Indigenous participation in decision making on industrial projects

Invest in green value-added industries such as battery production and critical minerals refining, green steel and zero-emission aluminium processing, and mass timber and engineered wood production

Cancel all new fossil fuel pipelines and oil exploration projects

End federal fossil fuel leases and retire existing licenses

Ban new offshore oil and gas development and phase out existing operations

Ban fracking

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

Phase out bitumen production for fuel through a managed decline strategy

Explore options to nationalise fossil fuel assets in cases where foreign-controlled companies withdraw from environmental obligations, or threaten energy and climate security

"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

Make fossil fuel companies fully liable for abandoned wells and tailings ponds

Repurpose orphaned wells for geothermal energy where viable, and restore all remaining sites through soil remediation, rewilding, and Indigenous-led land recovery

Divest federal public investment funds from fossil fuels, and require Crown corporations to do the same

Mandate Canadian banks and pension funds to phase out fossil fuel investments and transition financing toward clean energy

Restore the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to its pre-2012 standards, and require cumulative impact assessments in all federal project approvals

Pollution

Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping

"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

"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 prioritise repairability, durability, and recycled content

"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 to ensure corporations responsible for environmental damage pay the full cost of cleanup and climate adaptation

"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

Remove corporate tax deductions for unsold consumer goods, ending financial incentives for wasteful inventory disposal

Require large retailers and manufacturers to donate, recycle, or repurpose excess inventory

"» 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

Require manufacturers of household appliances and electronics to display durability, repairability, and recyclability ratings on all products

"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 onto the Global Plastics Treaty, and implement a National Plastics Pollution Strategy to eliminate single-use plastics, expand reusable alternatives, and strengthen recycling infrastructure

"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."

Make producers responsible for plastic waste

"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

"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 by 2026

"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 programmes that require corporations to finance collection, recycling, and disposal of packaging, electronics, and hazardous waste

"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

Make producers responsible for toxic electronic waste

"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

Start a fund to support large-scale recycling programmes and environmental remediation of toxic e-waste sites, financed through manufacturer waste fees

"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

Require closed-loop recycling systems for electronic waste

"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

"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 to implement the national strategy on environmental racism and justice

"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

Public transit

Adopt a National Transportation Strategy to reach zero-carbon public ground transportation across Canada by 2040

Commit to a permanent, dedicated federal public transit fund annually starting in 2026

Require all federally-funded transit projects to purchase only zero-emission buses

"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

Allow cities to use federal transit funding for operations, including hiring drivers, increasing service frequency, and reducing fares

Provide an annual federal transfer to municipalities to support free public transit

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

Support discounted public transit fares for youth

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

Require all passenger ferries to convert to electric or hybrid systems

Introduce fair tax measures to encourage sustainable mobility choices, including public transit use and active transportation

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News and journalism

Prohibit Canadian businesses from deducting advertising costs on foreign-owned sites, like Google and Facebook

Introduce a tax on US tech monopolies operating in Canada and reinvest the revenue into Canadian-owned tech, broadband expansion, and independent journalism

"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

Health & Healthcare

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Pharmaceuticals and pharmacare

Ban imports of US food and pharmaceuticals hat fail to meet international safety standards

"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

Public health emergencies

Create a national strategic stockpile of essential emergency supplies and a reserve of personal protective equipment

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

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

Create a fund to support community-based disaster training, planning, and prevention

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

Prioritise local emergency preparedness programmes for rural, remote, and Indigenous communities

Indigenous Peoples and Nations

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Drinking water in Indigenous communities

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

"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

Indigenous businesses and economic opportunity

Expand Indigenous-led training and employment opportunities in clean energy

"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

"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

Ensure First Nations governments, not federal officials, determine eligibility for Indigenous procurement programmes, with safeguards to prevent fraudulent Indigenous identity claims

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

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Agriculture

Ban imports of food products containing substances prohibited in Canada

"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

Ensure public institutions prioritise Canadian-grown food

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

Require federally-funded food procurement programmes purchase at east 75% Canadian-grown food

"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

Build and expand food processing, storage, and distribution infrastructure

Replace 1/3 of food imports with locally-produced food

"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

Create a system of regional food hubs

Reduce regulatory barriers for small-scale processors to ensure local producers have access to food processing

Invest in urban agriculture

"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

"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

Implement safeguards to prevent speculation of agricultural lands

Support a transition of agroecological systems using and respecting traditional ecological knowledge

Ensure that the National School Lunch Program prioritises purchasing local and regional food

Promote plant-based eating

"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

Employment Insurance

Lower the eligibility threshold for EI to 360 hours or 12 weeks

Extend maximum EI benefit periods to 50 weeks nationwide

Raise the EI replacement rate from 55% to 66.6% of previous earnings

Create an EI Emergency Response Fund for workers affected by disasters, economic downturns, or industry shutdowns

Set a minimum EI benefit of $450/week, increasing over time

Increase Maximum Insurable Earnings (MIE) to $94,000, aligning with Quebec's parental insurance plan

Establish EI Emergency Response Measures, ensuring automatic eligibility adjustments during national disasters

Provide immediate payouts for disaster-affected workers, waiving standard waiting periods

Expand the EI Work-Sharing Emergency Special Measure to prevent mass layoffs

Fishing and aquaculture

Ban the export of unprocessed resources, so that resources are refined, processed, and value-added here before export

Forestry

Incentivise value-added resource use through tax incentives, innovation grants, and industrial partnerships

Develop a National Forest Strategy focused on carbon sequestration, wildfire resilience, and biodiversity restoration

Expand tree nursery infrastructure and invest in sustainable forestry research to accelerate reforestation efforts

Fund Indigenous-led protection of old-growth and boreal forests while supporting sustainable community forestry initiatives

Ban the export of unprocessed resources, so that resources are refined, processed, and value-added here before export

Inter-provincial business and trade

Invest in east-west Canadian trade infrastructure, like railroads, roads, and energy transmission lines

"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

International trade

Strengthen trade partnerships with Europe, Latin America, Africa, and BRICS+ nations

"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

Align national trade policy with climate goals and implement carbon-intensity tariffs on imported goods

Renegotiate trade agreements to remove Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions, which allow multinational corporations to sue Canada over public interest laws

Lead a global effort to reform the World Trade Organization to prioritise enviornmental and social justice

"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 balance economic and environmental goals, and protection of Canadian EV manufacturing jobs, while reducing tariffs on Chinese solar panels

Labour rights

Implement a clear ABC Test to classify workers as employees and prevent gig economy exploitation

"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 misclassification of employees as independent contractors

"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

"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

Establish a Federal Worker Rights Ombudsman to support employees experiencing workplace harassment, wage theft, and unfair treatment

Expand and enforce full successor rights for workers, to prevent contract flipping that reduces wages and benefits

Require gig companies to guarantee minimum pay, mileage reimbursement, and employment protections

"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, to provide pensions, health insurance, and paid leave

"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

Fund a permanent Statics Canada study on gig work to ensure accurate data

Establish a Federal AI and Workplace Privacy Roundtable to oversee AI-driven workplace changes

Strengthen worker protections to prevent unfair job losses due to AI-based automation

Require mandatory AI impact assessments for federally-funded companies, ensuring job security and ethical AI use

Expand Labour Code protections against workplace monitoring and algorithmic exploitation, ensuring workers can challenge AI-driven employment decisions

Implement mandatory human rights and labour due diligence standards for all government contractors

Manufacturing

Invest in repair, remanufacturing, and local recycling industries to support a circular economy with more jobs in sustainable production, and in R&D to develop these

"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