Elections 2 Assignemnt

2 Question One: Who is the leader and their biography? ● Erin O’Toole is the leader of this party ● O’Toole was born on January 22, 1975 ● O’ Toole has two children, and is married to Rebecca O’Toole ● He studied at law at Dalhousie University and the Royal Military College of Canada ● He has been the member of the Canadian House of Commons since 2012 Question Two: What is the Party’s Platform Regarding these Topics? g) Economic Standpoint: This party prefers less taxes and less government control. Instead, they have more power towards the province’s government. The Conservative party would also like to invest about $5 billion to the Canadian Advanced research Agency. Doing this would increase the GDP to around 0.6% to 1.6% in the next 1-5 years . h) Environmental Standpoint: One of the Conservatives goals is to meet the Paris Climate Goal which wants to reduce emissions by 30% before 2030. Doing this will lead to a carbon tax within two years. In case their climate plan fails, they would like to set the prices of $170/tonne by 2030. Another goal they are trying to implement is a personal low carbon savings account. This is an account that gives money back from the government through rebates . With this, anytime someone purchases hydrocarbon-based fuel this party would pay back, this way the money can be used for other green products. Yes, the conservative party does still believe in our oil and gas industry, and they would like to invest in green technologies. An example of this would be a Direct Air Capture and what this device does is sucks carbon out of our atmosphere. i) COVID-19 Standpoint: The conservatives have a very strong standpoint when it comes to the Corona Virus firstly, they would like to prioritize the covid booster shots, have testing kits at Canadian borders, and make rapid COVID tests more accessible and widely available to use and for schools. Another plan they have is that they want to investigate the origins of COVID 19 and drive-up Canadian research and the production of the vaccines. The conservative party would also implement a clear strategy for re-opening the borders, and quickly close the borders to travellers from where there is a covid hotspot. j) Gun Control Standpoint: Bill-C71 is a law in Canada that restricts the use of firearms. The Conservatives disagree with this law as they think that Canadians have the responsibility and can manage using firearms safely. k) Immigration Standpoint: The conservative party would like for foreign family and family members to live in Canada for more than 5 years without a PR card. Canada currently uses a lottery system for immigration and the conservatives would like to remove that for grandparents and parents and replace this system with a first come first serve type thing. Interactions between offices and applicants would be recorded, and applications would have to pay a fee if they want to speed up the process . The money would go towards the immigrants ' process for many things such as hiring new workers. l) Pipeline Standpoint: The party is favouring putting Canadians jobs back as well as building the pipeline to help bring Canada's economy back. They are planning on re-establishing the oil and gas industry and strengthening it .

5 Question One: Who is the leader and their biography? ● Jagmeet Singh is the leader of this party ● Singh was born on January 2, 1979 ● Singh is married to Gurkiran Kaur ● He studied at Western University and Osgoode Hall Law School Question Two: What is the Party’s Platform Regarding these Topics? a) Economic Standpoint: This party has a lot to offer towards affordable daycare for parents and hope for $10/day. As well they promise to provide fair wages and to extend sickness benefits five more weeks making it 20 weeks instead of 15 weeks b) Environmental Standpoint: This party wants to reduce emissions by 50% from 2005 levels before 2050. Similar to lots of other party’s they want to remove the fossil fuels subsidies and also increase the government regulations through 5-year targets. They plan to repeal the Liberals loopholes and continue carbon pricing. They plan to spend $200 billion and create over 30,000 new green jobs which include climate change, reconciliation and healthcare. c) COVID-19 Standpoint: NDP wants to extend 10 paid sick days for workers and plans to improve long term care facilities and working conditions for those who work in senior homes due to COVID- 19. They want to also establish a crown corporation that will produce all kinds of vaccines. They plan to fund more for public health care and expand it to include dental, eye care, hearing care and fertility problems which currently are not covered in the Canadian public health care. d) Gun Control Standpoint: They don’t have too much to say from this standpoint, but they will support antigang invitations as well as discourage violent extremism. They also plan to ensure communicates to have access to funding to an anti-gang’ programs, e) Immigration Standpoint: They promise to work with each province to improve services for new immigration and foreign credential recognitions. They will regulate immigration consultants within the government instead of unethical immigration consultants. They would like to prioritize pay equality towards women immigrants. Lastly, they want to eliminate parental and grandparents program caps. f) Pipeline Standpoint: They believe that it is the indigenous peoples who have the right to reject any project that is affecting their land or any of their resources. As their party is a climate activist they are against pipelines as it will only increase greenhouse gas emissions and they are trying to reach their global climate goal. Candidates & Ridings: Question One: Who are the candidates in your riding? ● Robert Dickinson