Elections
Kazi Fabiha Tasneem
University of Regina
Election
Elections Canada is an independent and the sole agency that is responsible for administering Canadian federal elections. It ensures that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections through an impartial process. Voting helps us to select the person we want to represent us. There are some platforms we should look after that will serve the purpose of improving the individual and collective well-being of the Canadian citizens. I am residing in Regina--Wascana, Saskatchewan, and the candidates in my electoral districts are: Candidate Name Status Party Name
April Bourgeois Confirmed New Democratic Party
Ralph Goodale Confirmed Liberal…show more content… He has a plan to provide affordable quality childcare; because he thinks quality childcare helps the family and boosts the economy. He has a plan to protect the environment for the future generations by making big polluters pay to clean up their mess and by strengthening laws to protect Canada’s rivers and lakes. To strengthen communities he has a plan to reduce commute times across Canada- investing 1.3 billion over 20 years, building and repairing roads and bridges that will create 54,000 good jobs. He promises to strengthen the Canada pension plan; because he thinks after a lifetime of hard work, every Canadian deserves financial security. He promises better health care by hiring 7,000 family doctors and nurses, making prescriptions affordable, and expanding homecare to support 41,000…show more content… They have a plan to increase jobs funded by Canada summer jobs program by 35,000 each year. The party ensures greater economic security for middle class families by creating bigger, tax-free, automatic monthly child benefit to put more money back in the pockets of those Canadians who need it the most. To create jobs, grow the economy and strengthen Canadian identity the Liberal government will reinvest in culture and creative industries. They have a plan to invest $150 million in new annual funding for CBC/Radio-Canada and double investment in Canada Council for the Arts to $360 million per year from $180 million. To help the heritage sector they have a plan to increase funding for the Young Canada Works program. The party promises a safe, secure and humane refugee program for Canada by expanding Canada’s intake to 25,000 refugees through direct sponsorship by the government of Canada. Liberals are committed to create an all-party national security oversight to monitor operations of every government department and agency. They will ensure gender based analysis in cabinet decision making, since they think public policies don’t affect men and women equally and it is important that the government understands the impacts. The party ensures to remove trade barriers by improving border infrastructure, making the