Haldimand—Norfolk's candidates' promises on Affordability & Housing

Childcare

Lily Eggink

CHP will reduce costs of living so that parents can afford to raise their own children.

There is no greater childcare than that provided by a child’s natural parents. While there is a significant need for childcare spaces when both parents are working, it is better for the children and better for society if one parent can remain in the home with young children. Socialist politicians promote state-funded institutional childcare followed by state-funded institutional education but the CHP promotes policies that allow families to prioritize at least one stay-at-home parent during the formative years. Part of the solution is reducing the tax burden on families and the cost of living, including the cost of owning or renting a home. The other part would be a monthly financial allowance to families where one parent remains at home instead of working outside the home. The current lavish and unaffordable child benefits paid out by government should be adjusted to reward families where one parent is at home caring for the children. A parent at home could still operate a home-based business. This would also apply to families where one adult remains at home providing home care for an elderly or disabled family member. In this way, childcare and homecare costs could be reduced, children and other family members would benefit from loving relational care, many social problems and hidden costs could be reduced.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Childcare.

We don't have any NDP policies on Childcare.

Conservative

Work with provinces to create nationally-recognised licenses for doctors, nurses, early childhood educators, and other professions

Liberal

Create 100,000 new childcare spaces by 2031

"Protect and strengthen $10-a-day Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) system to create 100,000 new spaces by 2031. This will increase the supply of not-for-profit and public early learning and child care, getting more families off wait lists, and saving families money. It will also create 35,000 jobs for early learning and child care workers." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Work with provinces and territories on providing predictable wage increases and investments in pensions and benefits programmes for childcare workers

"Ensure ELCC providers have good wages, which is critical to keeping child care centres staffed. We will work with provinces and territories so that workers have predictable wage increases and investments in pensions and benefits programs." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Require provinces, territories, and municipalities to expand childcare in public infrastructure, like schools and community centres, wherever possible

"Require provinces, territories, and municipalities to expand child care in public infrastructure wherever possible, including in schools and community centres, and in community infrastructure that receives federal financing, so families can get child care close to home." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Link childcare with federally-financed housing development

"Link child care with housing development on sites that receive federal financing or affordable housing funds. When child care is considered from the start of the development process, it ensures spaces grow alongside communities, saving time and money, and giving more children and families access, earlier." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Food prices

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP's Fair Tax would reduce costs on food as well as everything else. Taxes would only be on the end use product, not every stage of manufacture or production.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Food prices.

NDP

Set emergency price caps on basic food items

"We will introduce emergency price caps on basic food items—like pasta, frozen vegetables, and infant formula—to keep costs of food down. These items have seen some of the steepest increases since 2020: cooking oil is up 75 per cent, pasta is up 43 per cent, and infant formula—an essential for so many parents—is up 30 per cent and still climbing.

Price regulations are already in place for a number of sectors of Canada’s economy, like electricity, natural gas and certain medicines. And they have been used in other jurisdictions to tackle food price inflation. We would attempt to negotiate this cap but if big grocery chains refuse, we would act by passing the appropriate legislation.

To enforce this cap, we will put in place a mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct."

— ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Have the Competition Bureau act as a grocery price watchdog with the power to impose serious penalties

"We will also strengthen the Competition Bureau to act as a grocery price watchdog with the power to impose serious penalties on those who don’t comply. These powers will extend to price gouging, price surging, price fixing and shrinkflation." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Create a mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct

"Our mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct would help level the playing field in the grocery industry." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Create a National Food Cooperative Strategy to help independent small- and medium-sized grocery stores

"We would establish a National Food Cooperative Strategy aimed at boosting independent small- and medium-sized grocery stores." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Direct Nutrition North subsidies to people, not corporations

"And we would fix Nutrition North, to make sure the subsidy goes straight to people, and not to corporations." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Stop proposed new labelling and packaging requirements for food

"Stop proposed new labelling and packaging requirements that will raise the cost of fresh produce by as much as 34% and cost the average Canadian household an additional $400 each year." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

Liberal

Make the National School Food Program permanent

"Make the National School Food Program permanent. The program is a direct investment in the middle class, making life a little easier for working families especially as they try to keep up with inflation. It is also a safety net for children who don’t always have enough to eat at home. Last year, this program was introduced with a goal of reaching 400,000 children. In less than ten months, agreements were reached with all provinces and territories to reach over 500,000 kids, exceeding targets and helping more families. Conservatives voted against this program. No child should go hungry. So, we will make this program permanent. And we will prioritize Canadian-made food as much as possible." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Amend the mandates of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to ensure they consider food security and the cost of food in regulatory decisions

"Amend the mandates of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to ensure they consider food security and the cost of food in all their regulatory decisions without compromising on health and safety. Currently, these important agencies only look at their respective mandates through a health and safety lens." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

Fuel and transportation costs

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP's Fair Tax would reduce costs on fuel and transportation. Taxes would only be on the end use product, not every stage of refinery and delivery. We would also get rid of the Carbon Tax.

We object to the carbon tax on several grounds.

CO2 is not pollution! Canadians need to recognize that Carbon Dioxide is beneficial to crops and forestry. CO2 enhances photosynthesis, increases leaf area, plant branch, and fruit numbers, water use efficiency, biological nitrogen fixation, and ability to adapt to environmental stresses, such as poor soil, weeds, insects, disease and drought.

The financial benefit of increased CO2 is enormous. Of 45 crops examined, every crop had an increase of more than $1 billion dollars. Wheat was the crop with the 2nd greatest financial increase at 274 billion dollars. Vineyards was third at 270 billion dollars increase.

Explain to me why the government is trying to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Reduction in Carbon Dioxide is reduction in food production.

This tax will NOT reduce climate change. It will INCREASE the cost of goods and services, penalizing Canadians for heat, light, food, and clothing.

The conclusion that CO2 causes climate change is an UNPROVEN theory. Extreme weather events have been happening for thousands of years.There are MANY scientists that do not accept that climate change is caused by humans.

CHP would axe the Carbon Tax.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Fuel and transportation costs.

We don't have any NDP policies on Fuel and transportation costs.

Conservative

Commit $50M to removing tolls on the Confederation Bridge

"Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman announced today that a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre will scrap the tolls on the Confederation Bridge to save residents and businesses over $50 every time they travel to the mainland." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"This $50 million commitment will cover the operating costs for the Confederation Bridge which is currently paid for with tolls. It will end the unfair tax that Islanders have to pay just to leave their own province, keeping more of their money in their pockets." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Review government support for the Wood Islands-Caribou ferry to Nova Scotia

"Conservatives will also immediately conduct a review of federal support for the Wood Islands-Caribou ferry." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Liberal

Reduce tolls on the Confederation Bridge from $50 to $20
Lower costs for passengers by at least half on the Northumberland Ferries, several Marine Atlantic ferry routes, and The Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien ferry
"We will also lower costs by at least half for passengers on the following routes:
1. The Northumberland Ferries, while commiting to the long-term viability of the two-ferry service;
2. The Marine Atlantic ferry routes between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and between Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador and North Sydney, Nova Scotia; and,
3. The Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien ferry in cooperation with the Government of Quebec.
We will also reduce fares for those using these routes to transport goods. Significantly reducing the costs associated with the Confederation Bridge and these ferry services will make it easier to trade between provinces, unite Canada, and build one Canadian economy."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

Home construction and supply

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP's Fair Tax would reduce costs on food as well as everything else. Taxes would only be on the end use product, not every piece of lumbar and screw and contractor that works on the project.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Home construction and supply.

NDP

Create a permanent $16B national housing strategy

"We will replace the expiring Housing Accelerator Fund with a permanent $16 billion national housing strategy made up of the new Canadian Homes Transfer and the Communities First Fund." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Reward cities that build quickly, allow more townhomes and apartments, and prioritise homes near transit, using a $2B/year Canadian Homes Transfer

"The Canadian Homes Transfer will reward cities that build quickly, allow more townhomes and apartments, and prioritize homes near transit." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Set aside 100% of suitable federal crown land to build over 100,000 rent-controlled homes by 2035
Publicly finance new construction of homes with a new Community Housing Bank that will partner with non-profit developers, co-ops, and Indigenous communities
Support provinces to build infrastructure needed for housing growth, like water, transit, and public services, with $2B/year

"The Communities First Fund will support provinces in building the infrastructure needed for growth – like water, transit, and public services." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Require municipalities to free up land, speed up permits, and cut development charges, or have their federal funding removed

"Conservatives will also incentivize municipalities to free up land, speed up permits and cut development charges to build 15% more homes each year." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"We’ll start by firing the gatekeepers who block housing construction instead of giving them massive bonuses. A Conservative government will require cities to free up land, speed up permits and cut development charges to build 15 percent more homes each year. If they miss their target, their federal funding will be withheld, equal to how much they miss their target by.

Going forward, this target will compound on top of the previous year’s 15% target. Cities that fail to meet their targets will be required to build even more homes the following year while those who get homes built will be rewarded with a bonus based on how much they exceed the target. Municipalities will also be required to pre-approve building permits for high-density housing around transit stations, and will not receive federal funding for transit until there are keys-in-doors." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Hold back federal dollars from cities that raise building fees or block needed development." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Sell off 15% of federal buildings and lands within 100 days to build new homes

"Identify 15% of federal buildings and lands to sell for housing in liveable new neighbourhoods within 100 days." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Reimburse municipalities at a rate of 50% for every dollar they take off of development charges, up to $50,000

"For every dollar of relief a municipality offers in development charges, a Conservative government will reimburse 50%, up to a maximum of $50,000 in savings for new homebuyers." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Require municipalities to pre-approve building permits for high-density housing around transit stations

"Municipalities will also be required to pre-approve building permits for high-density housing around transit stations, and will not receive federal funding for transit until there are keys-in-doors." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Cut bonuses and salaries for, and potentially fire, staff of CMHC if they don't approve applications for financing for affordable housing housing in 60 days or less

"We’ll also end federal delays by cutting the bonuses, salaries and, if needed, firing the gatekeepers at the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation if they fail to approve housing applications in 60 days or less." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Establish a 60-day standard that CMHC executives must meet for approving or rejecting affordable housing financing applications." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Remove the Underused Housing Tax, which applies a 1% tax on the ownership of vacant or underused properties

"Axe the Underused Housing Tax that costs more to administer than is collected in taxes." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Require cities to publish approval timelines and development charges

"Require cities to publish approval timelines and development charges so Canadians can see how their city is performing compared to others." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Remove CMHC programme eligibility requirements for homebuilders to access affordable housing funding

"Remove onerous CMHC program eligibility requirements to make it easier for homebuilders to access the benefits of affordable housing funding." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Return CMHC operating expenses back to 2015 levels
Simplify and harmonise the National Building Code

"Simplify and harmonize the National Building Code to make it more affordable to build safely, with maximum flexibility for new materials and new building methods." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23
Require plain language in housing regulations

"Require plain language in housing regulations to eliminate gatekeeping and delay." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Liberal

Have the federal government act as a developer to build affordable housing at scale, including on public lands

"Create Build Canada Homes (BCH) to get the federal government back into the business of building homes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Provide $25B in financing to prefabricated home builders

"catalyzing the housing industry by providing over $25 billion in financing to innovative prefabricated home builders in Canada, including those using Canadian technologies and resources like mass timber and softwood lumber, to build faster, smarter, more affordably, and more sustainably;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"BCH will also catalyze the housing industry and create higher-paying jobs by providing $25 billion in debt financing and $1 billion in equity financing to innovative Canadian prefabricated home builders. Prefabricated and modular housing can reduce construction times by up to 50 per cent, costs by up to 20 per cent, and emissions by up to 22 per cent compared to traditional construction methods." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16
Subsidize municipalities for five years so that municipal development charges for multi-unit residential housing can be cut in half

"cutting municipal development charges in half for multi-unit residential housing while working with provinces and territories to keep municipalities whole;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"We will cut municipal development charges in half for multi-unit residential housing and work with provinces and territories to make up the lost revenue for municipalities for a period of five years. For a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto, the cost savings from this measure would be approximately $40,000." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Publicly report on municipalities' progress on speeding up permitting and approval timelines

"publicly report on municipalities’ progress to speed up permitting and approval timelines and implement other commitments under the Housing Accelerator Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Use pre-approved, standardised housing designs across all public lands, and encourage their adoption country-wide

"leverage pre-approved, standardized housing designs across all public lands and encourage its adoption as-of-right across the country;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Allow builders and other orders of government to apply for multiple projects at once
Fast track applications for builders with a proven record with government funding
Simplify national building codes to speed up approvals

"Speed up approvals by reforming and simplifying national building codes; eliminating duplicative inspections and streamlining regulations for prefabricated and modular housing; leveraging pre-approved, standardized housing designs across all public lands and encouraging the adoption of the designs as-of-right across the country; allowing builders and other orders of government to apply for multiple projects at once; and fast tracking builders who have a proven record with government." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

Home heating

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP would reduce the cost of home heating by getting rid of the carbon tax.

We object to the carbon tax on several grounds.

CO2 is not pollution! Canadians need to recognize that Carbon Dioxide is beneficial to crops and forestry. CO2 enhances photosynthesis, increases leaf area, plant branch, and fruit numbers, water use efficiency, biological nitrogen fixation, and ability to adapt to environmental stresses, such as poor soil, weeds, insects, disease and drought.

The financial benefit of increased CO2 is enormous. Of 45 crops examined, every crop had an increase of more than $1 billion dollars. Wheat was the crop with the 2nd greatest financial increase at 274 billion dollars. Vineyards was third at 270 billion dollars increase.

Explain to me why the government is trying to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Reduction in Carbon Dioxide is reduction in food production.

This tax will NOT reduce climate change. It will INCREASE the cost of goods and services, penalizing Canadians for heat, light, food, and clothing.

The conclusion that CO2 causes climate change is an UNPROVEN theory. Extreme weather events have been happening for thousands of years.There are MANY scientists that do not accept that climate change is caused by humans.

CHP would axe the Carbon Tax.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Home heating.

NDP

Provide free energy-saving upgrades, including heat pumps and insulation, to 2.3M low-income households, and grants and low-interest loans for 1M more

"With the cost of living soaring and energy bills eating into household budgets, we will make it more affordable for Canadians to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer. A major home retrofit program will deliver free energy-saving upgrades to 2.3 million low-income households, and offer grants and low-interest loans to 1 million more. This could include the installation of heat pumps, insulation and other energy efficiency upgrades. It is estimated that in some areas, such upgrades could save a household as much as $4,500 a year." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Pay for free and subsidised energy-saving household upgrades by eliminating public subsidies for oil and gas companies

"This measure will be entirely financed by eliminating public subsidies for oil and gas companies, saving $18 billion over ten years." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

We don't have any Conservative policies on Home heating.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Home heating.

Home ownership

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP will make housing more affordable through the reduction of taxes and cost of living and foreign owned property.

Owning one’s own home is perhaps one of the highest priority goals of most Canadians.

In some of Canada’s largest cities, this goal has become almost impossible due to soaring prices and the other costs of living. Even renting or leasing a home within cities like Vancouver and Toronto has become so expensive that many young couples starting out feel they have no choice regarding childcare but feel compelled to use childcare services to allow both parents to work outside the home.

Aside from the stresses created by having to manage two work schedules, there are additional transportation costs and most importantly a reduction in the amount of quality family time and increased influence of other, non-family members on child development.

The high cost of housing has also discouraged many low-income citizens from even the dream of home ownership. In combination with unemployment or under-employment, drug use, mental illness and broken, dysfunctional families, high housing costs have contributed to the number of people choosing to live on the streets rather than face 32 the challenges of finding a safe, secure place to live.

Many times, it can be said that “homelessness” is not the same as “houselessness”. Some of the people now living on the street could be living under an existing roof if their families had managed to stay together. There are also many empty houses on rural farmland and in urban towns and cities.

Real estate speculation and often foreign investment in Canadian properties have had a significant role in the surge in housing prices. Red tape, bureaucratic delays and short-sighted zoning restrictions have also made construction of new housing more expensive.

A CHP government would take steps to reduce foreign ownership of Canadian homes, businesses and farms. This would help to lower housing costs. We would also take steps to strengthen the family unit, reduce divorce and broken homes, restore a sense of hope and purpose to young people and make stay-at-home parenting more affordable.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Home ownership.

NDP

Have the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation offer low-interest public-backed mortgages for first-time homebuyers

"We will also help more people buy their first homes, by unlocking the financial power of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to offer low-interest public-backed mortgages." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Remove the GST on the sale of new homes up to $1.3M, and cut $8B of current government housing initiatives to pay for it

"A Poilievre government would fund this homebuyers’ tax cut by eliminating $8 billion of the Liberals’ bureaucratic housing schemes that have only driven up housing prices. Conservatives will also incentivize municipalities to free up land, speed up permits and cut development charges to build 15% more homes each year." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Remove the requirement to report home sales to the CRA

Liberal

Remove the GST on the sale of homes up to $1M for first-time homebuyers

"Cut the GST for first-time homebuyers on homes up to $1 million. Canadians will save up to $50,000, allowing more young people and families to achieve their dream of homeownership. This will lower upfront costs so Canadians can keep more of their hard-earned money." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Lower the GST on homes between $1M and $1.5M for first-time homebuyers
Look at barriers to longer interest rate terms on mortgages

"Make mortgage payments more affordable by reviewing Canada’s mortgage market with the objective to offer Canadians more options while retaining stability in the market. This work will look at barriers to longer interest rate terms on mortgages, which would give Canadians more financial stability." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

Homelessness

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP would stop the proposed loss of Charity Status by Religious Charities.

This is the Sleeper Issue. Finance Committee Report #21 was presented in December. All 4 parties were represented. Over half were Conservatives. Recommendation #430 will strip ALL religions of their Charitable Status by removing the qualification “Advancement of Religion”. This Revocation of Status comes with a tax of 100% of total assets and property. This includes buildings, equipment, furniture, everything is taken by the government.

This Recommendation, that promises to financially ruin ALL religions in Canada WITHIN ONE YEAR, passed through the committee WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.

Conservatives had concerns with other recommendations, but said nothing about financially ruining EVERY religion in Canada. If an election had not been called, this could have been passed into the budget already. The Conservative Party chose not to warn ANYONE. No press release, nothing. If they cared, why did they not sound the alarm?

What does this have to do with the marginalized and homeless? Religious organizations provide pregnancy centers, treatment centers, counseling, mental-health services, childcare, refugee sponsorship, food banks, soup kitchens, warming centers, shelters, visits, community events. Do I need to continue?

What are the marginalized to do without these supports? I can tell you what, because it’s already happening. The government is promoting MAID to them as if DEATH is the best option for them. If the government takes away all their support, it leaves them with no choice but to comply with the death agenda.

But hey, the government knows IT WILL SAVE ON HEALTHCARE...

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Homelessness.

NDP

Provide a Housing Insecurity Prevention Benefit to help 50,000 people in critical need find homes

"We will also establish a Housing Insecurity Prevention Benefit to help 50,000 people in critical need find homes. This program will be piloted and delivered through existing Reaching Home community entities, ensuring a community-based approach to helping Canadians experiencing chronic homelessness." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Empower police to remove repeat offenders causing a public nuisance, defined broadly to include tent cities

"End tent cities by empowering law enforcement to remove repeat offenders causing a public nuisance so our public spaces can once more be safe for the public and stop the violence for those living in them" — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Liberal

Immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with provinces and territories, and use for targeting investments

"We will immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with every province and territory to inform Housing First investments, improve access to treatment, and end encampments community by community." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters to address links between housing and mental health outcomes

"Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters in recognition of the link between housing and mental health outcomes. We will do this through $6 billion invested in the new Build Canada Homes (BCH) which will build and acquire housing. This investment builds on the Rapid Housing Initiative which supported 15,000 homes for our most vulnerable, including projects like Dunn House in Toronto, Canada’s first-ever social medicine supportive housing initiative. We will continue to work with partners to deliver projects that recognize the link between housing and health outcomes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Post-secondary costs and loans

We don't have any Green policies on Post-secondary costs and loans.

We don't have any NDP policies on Post-secondary costs and loans.

We don't have any Conservative policies on Post-secondary costs and loans.

Liberal

Keep interest off of Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans

"Continue to uphold the removal of interest on Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

Poverty

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

Canadians should always be ready to care for the ‘deserving poor’—those facing financial hardship through no fault of their own.

People are happiest when they are able to care for their families and contribute to their communities through safe, productive and meaningful work. Welfare systems are intended to help those who cannot help themselves and should be extended with compassion to help recipients rise to their highest possible level of self-help in meaningful remunerative service. Those capable of work and who choose not to—when work is available —should not receive state funding for their choices. Taxpayers should not be asked to carry the burdens and responsibilities of those who are capable of work and refuse to do so. The Bible says, “Those who do not work should not eat”. Compassionate help from the state should be reserved for those who are truly needy

Read less

Green

Raise the federal minimum wage to $21/hour, and index it to inflation and productivity growth
Set livable wage floors by region based on the cost of housing, food, and essentials

"Establish a National Livable Wage Index to set wage floors by region based on the cost of housing, food, and essentials." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25
Mandate living wages for all federally-funded jobs, including contractors and subcontractors
Work with provinces and indigenous governments to implement a Guaranteed Livable Income

NDP

Double the Canada Disability Benefit

"We will double the Canada Disability Benefit, providing individuals up to an additional $2400 a year." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Raise the Guaranteed Income Supplement to lift all seniors out of poverty

"And we will take a tangible step towards a guaranteed livable income by raising the Guaranteed Income Supplement to lift all seniors out of poverty." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

We don't have any Conservative policies on Poverty.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Poverty.

Public and affordable housing

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP will make housing more affordable through the reduction of taxes and cost of living and foreign owned property.

Owning one’s own home is perhaps one of the highest priority goals of most Canadians.

In some of Canada’s largest cities, this goal has become almost impossible due to soaring prices and the other costs of living. Even renting or leasing a home within cities like Vancouver and Toronto has become so expensive that many young couples starting out feel they have no choice regarding childcare but feel compelled to use childcare services to allow both parents to work outside the home.

Aside from the stresses created by having to manage two work schedules, there are additional transportation costs and most importantly a reduction in the amount of quality family time and increased influence of other, non-family members on child development.

The high cost of housing has also discouraged many low-income citizens from even the dream of home ownership. In combination with unemployment or under-employment, drug use, mental illness and broken, dysfunctional families, high housing costs have contributed to the number of people choosing to live on the streets rather than face 32 the challenges of finding a safe, secure place to live.

Many times, it can be said that “homelessness” is not the same as “houselessness”. Some of the people now living on the street could be living under an existing roof if their families had managed to stay together. There are also many empty houses on rural farmland and in urban towns and cities.

Real estate speculation and often foreign investment in Canadian properties have had a significant role in the surge in housing prices. Red tape, bureaucratic delays and short-sighted zoning restrictions have also made construction of new housing more expensive.

A CHP government would take steps to reduce foreign ownership of Canadian homes, businesses and farms. This would help to lower housing costs. We would also take steps to strengthen the family unit, reduce divorce and broken homes, restore a sense of hope and purpose to young people and make stay-at-home parenting more affordable.

Read less

We don't have any Green policies on Public and affordable housing.

NDP

Target 20% non-market housing in every neighbourhood of cities benefitting from the Canadian Homes Transfer

"The Canadian Homes Transfer will reward cities that build quickly, allow more townhomes and apartments, and prioritize homes near transit. This will help us reach a target of 20 percent non-market housing in every neighbourhood." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Set aside 100% of suitable federal crown land to build over 100,000 rent-controlled homes by 2035
Expand the Public Land Acquisition Fund with $250M/year more to acquire more public land to build housing on

We don't have any Conservative policies on Public and affordable housing.

Liberal

Have the federal government act as a developer to build affordable housing at scale, including on public lands

"Create Build Canada Homes (BCH) to get the federal government back into the business of building homes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters to address links between housing and mental health outcomes

"Invest in deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, and shelters in recognition of the link between housing and mental health outcomes. We will do this through $6 billion invested in the new Build Canada Homes (BCH) which will build and acquire housing. This investment builds on the Rapid Housing Initiative which supported 15,000 homes for our most vulnerable, including projects like Dunn House in Toronto, Canada’s first-ever social medicine supportive housing initiative. We will continue to work with partners to deliver projects that recognize the link between housing and health outcomes." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22
Provider $10B in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders

"BCH will also provide $10 billion in low-cost financing and capital to affordable home builders. $4 billion will go towards long-term fixed-rate financing for affordable housing builders. $6 billion will go towards rapidly building deeply affordable housing, supportive housing, Indigenous housing, and shelters. BCH will direct $2 billion of this amount to build new student and seniors housing, in partnership with provinces and territories. We will immediately develop homelessness reduction targets with every province and territory to inform Housing First investments, improve access to treatment, and end encampments community by community." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Renting and rental housing

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

Rent is a Provincial Government Issue. However, reducing foreign owned properties that are sitting empty will bring down prices.

We don't have any Green policies on Renting and rental housing.

NDP

Require strong tenant protection measures from other levels of government as a condition for access to federal housing funding
Require other levels of government to institute rent control, ban renovictions and demovictions

"We will fight soaring rents by requiring strong tenant protection measures from other levels of government as a condition for accessing federal housing funding. These measures include rent control, as well as prohibitions on practices such as renovictions, demovictions and other predatory landlord practices aimed at pushing people out of their homes and driving up rents." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Set aside 100% of suitable federal crown land to build over 100,000 rent-controlled homes by 2035
Ban Real Estate Investment Trusts, Hedge Funds, and private equity funds from buying purpose-built rental apartments or social housing units

"We will ban predatory financial landlords from buying any existing purpose-built rental apartments and any of Canada’s existing 650,000 social housing units. Legitimate private landlords and property managers would not be impacted. This measure is aimed at preventing corporate entities like REITs, Hedge Funds, and private equity funds from purchasing affordable housing. These entities do not function like landlords, instead their function is to either liquidate and redevelop the real estate, maximize revenues through poor maintenance leading to renoviction and increasing rents, and generally financialize these properties as assets." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Cut off some corporate landlords from low-interest federal loans, preferential tax treatment, and mortgage loan insurance

"We will also cut off handouts – including low-interest federal loans, preferential tax treatment and mortgage loan insurance – for big corporate landlords who gouge their tenants." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Provide an additional $2B to the Rental Protection Fund to help non-profits, tenant associations, and housing co-ops buy up affordable apartments to keep them affordable

"And we will boost the Rental Protection Fund by providing an additional $2 billion to help non-profits such as tenant associations and housing co-ops purchase thousands of affordable apartments, to keep them affordable when they come onto the market." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

We don't have any Conservative policies on Renting and rental housing.

Liberal

Reintroduce the Multiple Unit Rental Building cost allowance to encourage the production of rental housing units

"We will reintroduce a tax incentive which, when originally introduced in the 1970s, spurred tens of thousands of rental housing across the country. Known as the Multiple Unit Rental Building (MURB) cost allowance, this policy helped produce nearly 200,000 units in seven years (1974-81)." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Reduce tax on the sale of multi-purpose rental to non-profit operators, land trusts, or non-profit acquisition funds

"We will facilitate the conversion of existing structures into affordable housing units by reducing the tax liability for private owners of multi-purpose rental when they sell their building to a non-profit operator, land trust, or non-profit acquisition fund - so long as the proceeds are reinvested in building new purpose-built rental housing." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Tax measures and rebates

Lily Eggink

CHP candidate in your district

CHP will implement the Fair Tax

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

Read less

Green

Raise the Basic Personal Amount for income tax to $40,000

"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

NDP

Permanently remove the GST from essentials, like grocery store meals; diapers and strollers; and monthly cell, internet, and home heating bills

"Last fall, the Liberal government put in place a temporary GST holiday on certain goods, in recognition of the cost of living crisis facing families. The Liberals rejected our proposal that the measure be extended, while the Conservatives opposed it altogether.

But families are still facing rising prices – and Donald Trump’s trade war is driving prices even higher. That’s why we would permanently remove the GST from the essentials that every family needs. This includes grocery store meals, diapers and strollers, and monthly cell, internet and home heating bills. We estimate this measure will save a family of four $448 per year." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Raise the basic personal amount to $19,500, letting people earn more before having to pay taxes

"We will raise the basic personal amount to $19,500 to allow workers to earn more before starting to pay taxes. This would put $505 back in the pockets of those earning between $19,500 and $177,882. We will also lower the high-income BPA to best target these changes to lower-income earners." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Drop the tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 12.75%

"Poilievre announced he will cut income tax by 15%, dropping the tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 12.75%, meaning the average Canadian worker earning $57,000 will save $900, with two income families saving $1,800 a year. It’s time to let Canadians keep more of what they earn." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
End tax write-offs for luxury corporate jets

"No more write-offs of luxury corporate jets. Corporations will be able to write off the equivalent of a commercial flight. Charter flights needed to get workers to remote job sites will not be impacted by this change." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Pass legislation to require government to hold a referendum on any new tax or tax increase

"Never hike taxes and pass the Taxpayer Protection Act to ban new or higher federal taxes without asking taxpayers first in a referendum." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Liberal

Drop the tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 14%

"This middle-class tax cut will save two-income families up to $825 a year, by reducing the marginal tax rate on the lowest tax bracket by 1 percentage point. More than 22 million Canadians will benefit directly from this tax cut, and middle- and low-income Canadians will benefit the most." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

Trades

We don't have any Green policies on Trades.

NDP

Train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Trump's tariffs

"To deliver on this [housing] plan, we will train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Donald Trump’s reckless trade war." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Develop sector specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings, and transportation, with workers at the table, to speed up Canada's clean energy transition and attract new investment

"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Conservative

Allow trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport, and accommodation needed to go from one job to another

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that a new Conservative government will allow travelling trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport and accommodation needed to go from one job to another while ending write-offs for luxury corporate jets that are not needed to do business." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Back 350,000 positions for trade schools and union halls to train red-seal apprentices to build homes
Require banks to recognise apprenticeships as eligible Registered Education Savings Plans programmes

"Today, Conservatives announced that they would deliver fairness for the skilled trades by requiring banks to recognize apprenticeships for Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). Financial institutions that offer RESPs will be required to recognize all skilled trades and apprenticeship programs as eligible RESP programs, ensuring that all related expenses qualify for Education Assistance Payments." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17
Increase funding to the Union Training and Innovation Program and expand it to cover capital investments like training halls
Reinstate apprenticeship grants and streamline EI for apprentices
Create a Trades Toolkit for high schools

Liberal

Provide an Apprenticeship Grant up to $8,000 for registered apprentices

"Provide a new Apprenticeship Grant of up to $8,000 for registered apprentices. Should an apprentice not complete their program within established timelines, the grant converts to an interest-free loan. This is in addition to the $20,000 interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans available to apprentices progressing through training. We will work with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities to raise awareness of the new grant. And we will make certain expenses eligible that make it easier and more affordable for women to apprentice in the trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Double funding for the Union Training and Innovation Program, increasing it to $50M/year

"Increase access to union-led training initiatives by permanently doubling the funding of the Union Training and Innovation Program from $25 million to $50 million. This funding will now support investments in training spaces and classrooms, supporting any of the Red Seal trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Create a new $20M capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces for apprenticeships

"Establish a new $20 million capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces, such as classrooms, for apprenticeships. We will also work with provinces and territories to increase operating funding for trade colleges, building on the successes of jurisdictions like Quebec, which has been a leader in funding apprenticeship and vocational training, as well as strategic workplace apprenticeships." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction so trades workers can write off more travel expenses, and increase the per-year deduction limit

"Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction to ensure workers who travel more than 120 km from their home to a job site can deduct more of their expenses, and commit to significantly increasing the per-year tax deduction limit." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Provide up to $5,000 to eligible employers for each new apprentice hired in Red Seal trades, and $10,000 for women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with up to $10,000 for eligible employers for each new apprentice hired;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with $5,000 for first-year apprentices and $10,000 for women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23
Incentivise companies building housing to hire apprentices and recent graduates by setting new requirements on federal contribution agreements to major products

"Incentivize companies to hire apprentices and recent graduates by establishing new requirements on federal contribution agreements to major projects that commit industry partners to include significant opportunities for young Canadians." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23