Government promises

Crack down on tax evaders.

Increase funding to "Young Canada Works" to help prepare the next generation working in the heritage sector.

Balance the budget in 2019/20.

Repeal the recent changes made to the Employment Insurance (EI) system that have been punitive to unemployed workers.

Reduce Employment Insurance (EI) premiums.

Improve the Employment Insurance (EI) system that currently leaves too many unemployed workers with no safety net.

Eliminate Employment Insurance (EI) discrimination against immigrants, younger workers and parents re-entering the workforce.

Reduce the wait time for new Employment Insurance (EI) recipients from two weeks to one week.

Improve Canadians' access to good quality job training.

Rationalize and expand the intergovernmental agreements that support skills training.

Develop a framework to fund training facilities delivered in partnership with labour unions.

Change the Repayment Assistance Plan so that graduates are required to repay only once they earn at least $25,000 per year.

Increase take up rates of Registered Education Savings Plans (RESP) and the Canada Learning Bond (CLB) by making registration easier.

Collaborate with provinces and territories on the Canada Student Loans Program, and compensate provinces and territories that do not participate in it.

Increase the number of good quality, permanent jobs for younger workers.

Increase our investment in the Youth Employment Strategy and improve the strategy's impact.

Develop or expand Pre-Apprenticeship Training Programs.

Respond to the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Youth Employment.

Implement a modern Fair Wages Policy.

Amend the *Canada Labour Code* to allow workers to formally request flexible work arrangements.

Increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) by 10%.

Develop and implement a Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Create a housing strategy.

Implement the middle class tax cut.

Cut taxes for small businesses.

Cancel income splitting, while retaining income splitting of pensions for seniors.

Enhance the Canada Pension Plan to provide more income security to retired Canadians.

Restore the tax credit for labour-sponsored funds.

Introduce a tax benefit to help teachers and early childhood educators with the cost of school supplies.

Enhance the Northern Residents Deduction to help with the high cost of living.

Repeal the *Federal Balanced Budget Act*.

Conduct a review of tax expenditures.

Develop and implement a Youth Service Program.

Ensure that Employment Insurance (EI) contributions are only used to fund EI programs.

Provide a 12-month break on Employment Insurance (EI) premiums for firms that hire younger workers into permanent positions.

Provide more generous and flexible leave for caregivers.

Develop a Social Innovation and Social Finance strategy.

Introduce the Canada Child Benefit (CCB).

Develop a National Early Learning and Child Care Framework with the provinces and territories.

Update the *Canada Labour Code* to address unpaid internships.

Develop initiatives to equip Canadians with the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow, and assist workers before they become unemployed.

Restore a fair and balanced approach to organized labour.

Improve Canadian competitiveness, create jobs and generate economic growth.

Support regional economic growth strategies.

Eliminate the $1,000 Labour Market Impact Assessment fee to hire caregivers.

Promote good quality jobs by developing the Global Skills Strategy.

Make post-secondary education more affordable for low and middle income families.

Index Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments to a new Seniors' Price Index.

Cancel the increase in age of eligibility for Old Age Security (OAS) from 65 to 67.

Coordinate programs to support low income seniors with provinces and territories.

Prioritize affordable housing and seniors' housing as part of the National Housing Strategy.

Provide support to maintain rent-geared-to-income subsidies in existing social housing.

Invest in Housing First to reduce homelessness.

Remove all GST on new capital investments in affordable rental housing.

Modernize the Home Buyers' Plan.

Identify available federal lands that could be repurposed for affordable housing.

Review prices in high-priced housing markets and consider all policy tools that could keep home ownership within reach for more Canadians.

Bring forward a proposal to prevent mortgage fraud.

Use the best data available to make decisions on housing.

Raise taxes on the top 1% of earners.

Provide more flexible parental leave.

Support seniors programming and work on initiatives that impact seniors.

Design and implement initiatives to better protect consumers, particularly seniors, from potential harms in dealing with financial institutions and telecommunications companies.

Strengthen the protection of workplace pensions.

Continue to reduce the federal debt-to-Gross Domestic Product ratio.

Update the *Canada Labour Code* to ensure modern federal employment standards.