All Candidates Forum
DH: Building a strong middle class and creating jobs will strengthen the economy. RT: We will use buckets to get oil and dollars back into the economy. That DH: There is a plan “From farm to fork.” RT: We will limit foreign investments in farm land. RT: We will focus on all victims of crime, and give their families 10 minutes alone with the perpetrators, to get their answers on why the crimes were committed. DH: We will instigate a nation to nation approach. There will be an inquiry into the missing and murdered Aboriginal women within 100 days of our election. TL: We have invested billions of dollars in reserves. We passed the Matrimonial Property Act which gives Aboriginal women the same rights as every other woman in Canada. We will
the jobs that are available. DH: We will bring in 10,000 refugees by the end of the year. TL: We will bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees by September 2016. This will give us the opportunity to verify their need and to ensure that they are genuine and not used as a type of Trojan Horse by ISIS. RT: As many as we can. We will put them on Prince Edward Island.
What will your party do about the thousands of manufacturing jobs
TL: We are a trading nation and a trad- for our products. RT: We will create jobs.
DH: We will put a cap on emissions funds will be used to develop green technologies. TL: We will work with the world’s
- na to create a plan that is workable. RT: My worthy opponents seem to be nickel and diming this issue. Our party states that climate change will be rounded up to the nearest dollar.
How can seniors live on a pension that is lower than the minimum wage? (Public’s question)
DH: We will increase pensions and have a modest increase in the GIS. Pharmacare will also help to free up some money because prescriptions will be affordable. TL: 400,000 seniors have been taken off the tax roll. We will continue to work with seniors and use their suggestions to implement programs such as pension splitting. RT: We will increase the pensions by making the senators’ pensions equal to every other senior’s. That will give us plenty of money to do that.
Will the Canadian Wheat Board be reinstated? (Public’s question)
TL: Our party believes in marketing freedom. We will not reinstate an institution that dictates where you can sell your products. DH: We have no plan to reinstate the CWB, but we will continue to advocate for farmers. RT: Farmers should be working togeth-
split down the middle.