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mean to you? Prorogation and omnibus bills
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Trans* rights
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/prorogation-and-omnibus-bills/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/trans-rights/) We will not resort to legislative tricks to avoid scrutiny. Stephen Harper has used prorogation to Go a...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/help-for-the-worlds-poor We will make sure that trans* rights are recognized as human rights and fully protected. We will int...
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(http://www.liberal.ca/infrastructure-plan)
The United States and Mexico
(http://www.liberal.ca/openness-and-transparency)
Getting Canadian goods to market
INVEST NOW IN OUR FUTURE
HELP THE MIDDLENorth American partners. For the past decade, St... CLASS
OPEN, HONEST Canada. Trade is vital for our economy. It opens GOVERNMENT ma...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/the-united-states-and-mexico/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/getting-canadian-goods-to-market/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/stronger-communities%e We will renew and repair our relationships with our We will expand export opportunities that benefit
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Ending MSM Blood Donation Ban
Greener communities
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/ending-msm-blood-donation-ban/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/greener-communities%e2%80%a8%e2%80%a8%e2%80%a8/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/canadas-leadership-in-th We will bring an end to the discriminatory ban that We will invest in sustainable infrastructure that prevents men who have had sex with men from dona...
makes our communities safer and more resilient. Re...
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Promoting international peace and security
Job and skills training
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/job-and-skills-training%e2%80%a8%e2%80%a8/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/promoting-international-peace-and-security/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/investing-in-our-military/ We will help Canadians get the training they need to We will renew Canada’s commitment to find and keep good jobs. In a changing economy,...
peacekeeping operations. Under Stephen Harper, Canada has dra...
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New Building Canada Fund
F-35
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/new-building-canada-fund/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/f-35/) We will make the New Building Canada Fund more focused and more transparent. The New Building Canada...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/royal-canadian-navy/) We will not buy the F-35 stealth fighter-bomber. We will immediately launch an open and transparent ...
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Strategic priorities
Report on Transformation
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/strategic-priorities/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/report-on-transformation/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/central-and-eastern-euro We will immediately begin an open and transparent We will implement the recommendations made in review process of existing defence capabilities, w...
the Canadian Forces’ Report on Transformation. The C...
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Keeping our commitment to communities
Combat mission in Iraq
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/keeping-our-commitment-to-communities/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/combat-mission-in-iraq/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/canada-infrastructure-ba We will make sure that no money intended for We will end Canada’s combat mission in Iraq. We investment in communities is allowed to lapse. Too ofte...
will refocus Canada’s military contribution in t...
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Jobs and innovation
Agriculture
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/jobs-and-innovation/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/agriculture/) We will kick-start investment in innovation to grow our economy and create good, middle class jobs. ...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/labour-unions/) We will help Canada’s agriculture sector be more innovative, safer, and stronger. Canada’s farme...
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Labour-sponsored funds
More flexibility for parents
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/labour-sponsored-funds/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/more-flexibility-for-parents/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/supporting-caregivers/) We will reinstate the tax credit for contributions made We will make parental benefits more flexible. Every to labour-sponsored funds, to help support e...
family’s needs are different. Canadian parents...
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Flexible working conditions
Employment Insurance
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/flexible-working-conditions/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/employment-insurance/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/child-care/) We will make it easier for federally regulated workers We will fix Employment Insurance to better serve to request more flexible working conditions. ...
Canadians now, and help boost Canada’s economic g...
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Healthier kids
Canada’s North
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/healthier-kids/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/canadas-north/) We will do our part to help Canadian children live healthier lives, with less exposure to known heal...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/a-new-nation-to-nation-p We will invest in Canada’s North, to help northern Canadians with the high cost of living, and hel...
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Climate change
A new fiscal relationship
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/climate-change/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/a-new-fiscal-relationship/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/clean-jobs/) We will provide national leadership and join with the We will expand investment in First Nations provinces and territories to take action on c...
communities and work toward forging a new fiscal relation...
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First Nations education
Environmental assessments
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/first-nations-education-2/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/environmental-assessments/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/metis-nation/) We will work with First Nations to make sure that We will make environmental assessments credible every First Nations child receives a quality educa...
again. Resource-based projects can create jobs and s...
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Water
National Parks
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/water/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/national-parks/) We will protect our freshwater and oceans. Canada is uniquely blessed with an abundance of freshwate...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/missing-and-murdered-i We will preserve and promote Canada’s National Parks. Canada’s National Parks belong to all Cana...
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Truth and Reconciliation
Veterans’ pensions
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/truth-and-reconciliation-2/)(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/veterans-pensions/) We will enact the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. To support the work of...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/education-and-training/) We will give veterans more compensation, more choice, and more support in planning their financial ...
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Better service for veterans
More support for veterans’ families
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/better-service/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/more-support-for-veterans-families/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/preventing-domestic-vio We will make it easier for veterans to access We will do more to support the families of Canada’s services, including mental health services. We will d...
veterans. Veterans have given years of their l...
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Bill C-51
Guns
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/bill-c-51/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/guns/) We will repeal the problematic elements of Bill C-51, and introduce new legislation that better bala...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/marijuana/) We will take action to get handguns and assault weapons off our streets. Over the last decade, Steph...
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E asier voting, stronger punishments for law breakers
Personal information
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/personal-information/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/%ef%bf%bceasier-voting-stronger-punishments-for-law-breakers/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/cbcradio-canada/) We will make it easier for Canadians to access their We will make it easier for Canadians to vote, and own personal information. Canadians have a righ...
harder for election lawbreakers to evade punishmen...
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Cultural and creative industries
Government watchdogs
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/cultural-and-creative-industries/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/government-watchdogs/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/supreme-court-appointm We will invest in our cultural and creative industries We will not interfere with the work of government to create jobs and grow the middle class, and...
watchdogs. Our Officers of Parliament do important...
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Official languages
Parliamentary Budget Officer
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/official-languages/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/parliamentary-budget-officer/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/community-heroes/) We will encourage and promote the use of Canada’s We will make the Parliamentary Budget Officer truly official languages. Canada’s diversity is its ...
independent. The decisions that government makes...
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Financial oversight
National security oversight
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/financial-oversight/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/national-security-oversight/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/parliamentary-committee We will provide better oversight of taxpayer dollars. We will deliver stronger national security oversight. Canadians understand the importance of saving,...
At present, Parliament does not have oversight...
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Canada Revenue Agency
Search and rescue
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/canada-revenue-agency/)(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/search-and-rescue/) We will make the Canada Revenue Agency fairer, more helpful, and easier to use. The Canada Revenue ...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/canada-post/) We will restore funding for Canada’s four heavy urban search and rescue teams. Being able to resp...
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Diversity in government
Young people
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/diversity-in-government/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/young-people/) We will build a government as diverse as Canada. Our country is stronger, and our government more ef...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/helping-educators/) We will involve young people in government. At its highest levels, our government needs to do a bett...
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Gender impacts
Online services
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/gender-impacts/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/online-services/) We will consider the gender impacts of the decisions we make. Public policies affect women and men i...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/quality-of-service/) We will deliver easy online access to government services. Accessing government services online shou...
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Your voice
Science and scientists
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/your-voice/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/science-and-scientists/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/the-long-form-census/) We will involve Canadians in policy-making. We will value science and treat scientists with Technology makes it easier for citizens and government t...
respect. We will appoint a Chief Science Officer who...
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Access to information
Statistics Canada
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/access-to-information/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/statistics-canada/) We will make government information more accessible. Government data and information should be open ...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/making-decisions/) We will make Statistics Canada fully independent. Data collected by Statistics Canada helps the priv...
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Open data
Helping families
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/open-data-2/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/helping-families/) We will embrace open data. We will accelerate and expand open data initiatives, and will make govern...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/open-parliament/) We will give families more money to help with the high cost of raising their kids. We will cancel t...
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Ending unfair tax breaks
Retirement security
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/ending-unfair-tax-breaks/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/retirement-security/) We will cancel income splitting and other tax breaks and benefits for the wealthy. We will not end ...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/government-advertising/ We will provide Canadians with a more secure retirement. After a lifetime of hard work, Canadians ha...
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Middle class tax cut
Fair elections
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/middle-class-tax-cut/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/fair-elections/) We will give middle class Canadians a tax break, by making taxes more fair. When middle class Canadi...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/opportunities-for-youngWe will protect the integrity of our elections and encourage more Canadians to vote. Fair elections...
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Political financing
Affordable housing
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/political-financing/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/affordable-housing/) We will close political financing loopholes. When fixed election date legislation was introduced, it...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/leaders-debates/) We will make it easier for Canadians to find an affordable place to call home. Today, one in four Ca...
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Reuniting families
Post-secondary education
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/reuniting-families/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/post-secondary-education/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/electoral-reform/) We will make it easier for immigrants to build We will make post-secondary education more successful lives in Canada, and contribute to the ec...
affordable. For too many Canadians, rising costs have mad...
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A new Health Accord
Young Canadians
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/a-new-health-accord/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/young-canadians/) We will make home care more available, prescription drugs more affordable, and mental health care m...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/fighting-poverty/) We will engage with first-time voters and encourage more Canadians to vote. Every young person shoul...
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International students and temporary residents
Investing now
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/investing-now/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/international-students-and-temporary-residents/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/remittances/) We will invest now in the projects our country needs We will give international students and temporary and the people who can build them. Interest ra...
residents credit for time already spent in Canada....
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Senate reform
Hiring caregivers
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/senate-reform/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/hiring-caregivers/) We will bring real change to the Senate. The status quo is not an option: the Senate needs to change...
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/question-period/) We will make it easier and more affordable to hire caregivers. Canadian families looking for caregiv...
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Syrian refugees
Public transit
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/syrian-refugees/)
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/public-transit%e2%80%a8/) (https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/free-votes/) We will welcome more refugees from Syria to We will invest in public transit to shorten commute Canada, and offer more help to those providing aid in t...
times, cut air pollution, strengthen our communi...
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Refugees
(https://www.liberal.ca/realchange/refugees/)
We will restore Canada’s reputation and help more people in need through a program that is safe, s...
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