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Affordability & Housing
Tax measures and rebates
Green's promise
"Eliminate federal income taxes for low income Canadians and decrease the tax burden on Canadians earning $100,000 or less by raising the Basic Personal Amount to $40,000." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Climate Change & the Environment
Green jobs
Green's promise
"Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities — not just corporate profits by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Oil and gas
Green's promise
"Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Pollution
Green's promise
"Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping, ensuring major international polluters pay their fair share. Work with global partners, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to develop a fair and effective system." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Culture, Arts, & Media
News and journalism
Green's promise
Jobs, Businesses, & Labour
Oil and gas
Green's promise
"Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Minority Rights, Fair Government, & Democracy
Tax fairness
Green's promises
"Increase the corporate tax rate from 14% to 21% for businesses with profits over $100 million ($44 billion in revenue)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Introduce a permanent Windfall Tax (Excess Profit Tax) on large corporations, including banks, grocery chains and fossil fuel companies, to prevent profiteering at the expense of Canadians. This tax will apply at a rate of 15% on profits exceeding 120% of a company’s average profits over the previous four years, ensuring that large corporations contribute fairly when they generate excessive gains." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Implement a 0.35% Financial Transactions Tax (Tobin Tax) on trades involving stocks, bonds, derivatives, and currencies. This measure will help curb speculative trading practices that destabilize markets and generate significant revenue for social, economic, and environmental programs."
"Implement a progressive wealth tax on net wealth above $10 million. The tax would apply at a rate of 1% on net wealth over $10 million, 2% on net wealth over $50 million, and 3% on net wealth over $100 million. This policy would impact only .5% of Canadian households." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Strengthen Canada’s exit tax to prevent the ultra-wealthy from avoiding taxes by moving assets abroad. We will apply a net wealth-based exit tax of 35% on assets over $10 million for individuals renouncing Canadian tax residency, ensuring those who have benefited the most from Canada’s economy must contribute significantly before leaving. Loopholes that allow tax avoidance through corporate structures and exempt assets will also be closed." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Ensure fair taxation of extreme capital gains by applying a progressive tax only to profits over $10 million. To prevent wealthy investors from avoiding taxes indefinitely, we will also limit the ability to deduct past investment losses to a maximum of 10 years." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Revise Canada’s Select Luxury Items Tax Act to eliminate the “lesser of” rule and apply a flat luxury tax rate (e.g., 10% or higher on the full purchase price).
» Increase the tax rates for extreme wealth purchases (e.g., higher rates for private jets and superyachts.)
» Close corporate loopholes that allow businesses to buy these assets to avoid the Select Luxury Items Tax.
» Exempt Canadian-made commercial and recreational vessels from the Select Luxury Items Tax, to support small manufacturers and coastal industries."
— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Close stock options and capital gains tax loopholes, which primarily benefit wealthy executives." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"End off shore tax evasion by taxing hidden funds and requiring proof of foreign business operations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Review and phase out corporate subsidies that fail to deliver proven economic, environmental, or social benefits, with priority given to eliminating subsidies that:
» Distort markets without improving public well-being.
» Contribute to corporate concentration of key industries.
» Benefit large corporations disproportionately over small businesses and workers.
» Are provided to corporations with majority foreign ownership, particularly U.S.-based firms, undermining Canadian economic sovereignty.
» Fail to pass a cost-benefit analysis."
— Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
"Increase transparency on business subsidies by mandating full public reporting on corporate tax benefits, grants, and loans — including which corporations receive them and their economic impact." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Biography
Avec les nombreux changements et prises de conscience qui traversent notre pays, face aux discours de notre voisin immédiat et aux enjeux sociétaux de plus en plus pressants, il m’a semblé essentiel de donner un sens à ces transformations. Et j’ai trouvé ma réponse.
Je m’appelle Yanick Lapierre, candidat pour le Parti vert du Canada dans la circonscription de Bécancour-Nicolet-Saurel-Alnôdak au Québec.
Je suis directeur général d’un organisme à but non lucratif, l’Association régionale de loisir pour personnes handicapées du Centre-du-Québec (ARLPHCQ). Nous œuvrons à rendre le loisir inclusif pour les personnes handicapées de notre région, grâce à diverses initiatives et partenariats avec les acteurs locaux.
Depuis mon plus jeune âge, j’ai toujours eu le désir de servir ma communauté. J’ai commencé par faire du bénévolat à l’hôpital de ma ville natale, puis j’ai rejoint des comités organisateurs d’événements. Par la suite, j’ai siégé sur plusieurs conseils d’administration d’OSBL œuvrant pour la défense des droits et le soutien des personnes handicapées et vulnérables. Je suis convaincu que l’entraide et le soutien mutuel sont essentiels au bien-être de nos communautés.
Travaillant déjà auprès des habitants de cette circonscription, je suis bien conscient des défis qui s’y posent. Il est temps d’agir et de mettre en place une transition vers un avenir durable et prometteur pour toutes et tous. Il ne s’agit pas seulement de penser à demain, mais bien à nos enfants et aux générations futures.
Dans cette magnifique circonscription bordant le fleuve Saint-Laurent et le lac Saint-Pierre, nous devons concilier développement économique et protection de notre environnement. Je veux ouvrir un dialogue sur les impacts des grands projets industriels sur nos eaux et nos terres afin que nous puissions, ensemble, mettre en place des solutions adaptées et respectueuses du bien-être collectif.
Bien que je ne sois pas résident de cette circonscription, mon engagement demeure inchangé. Je continuerai à être présent et à m’investir pleinement pour représenter les intérêts de ses citoyens.
Je suis Yanick Lapierre, candidat pour le Parti vert du Canada dans la circonscription de Bécancour-Nicolet-Saurel-Alnôdak.
Le 28 avril, je vote VERT!
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