PolitiKit

Advocate for the cancellation and remedy of all unjust and unsustainable debts held by Canada without conditions. Use our position within the G7 and G20 to advocate for further debt cancellation measures and financial reforms. For Canada to advocate for the establishment of a transparent, binding, representative and inclusive UN body for debt resolution: a UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt.

Advocate for Bill S-243 The Climate-Aligned Finance Act. This legislation would guide Canada’s financial sector through an orderly transition to a low-carbon economy while safeguarding the financial system from the systemic risks posed by climate change by increasing coherence, transparency, and accountability.

Future federal greenhouse gas regulations on other economic sectors (emissions-intensive trade exposed sectors, natural-gas fired electricity, etc)

Federal funding for large-scale publicly-owned renewable and community-led energy projects, grid efficiency upgrades, and energy storage.

Advancing climate transition plans across the economy, requiring federally regulated financial institutions and large companies to develop and implement plans that align their business with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Privacy and security implications of mass surveillance technologies and programs including attempts to undermine encryption, and the use of facial recognition technologies, as well as the need for improved private and public sector privacy legislation in Canada, such as Bill C-27 and Privacy Act reform.

Advocating for Canada to impose an immediate Arms Embargo on Israel using Canada's Special Economic Measures Act and for Canada to suspend the Canada-Israel Strategic Partnership and the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement given Israel's violations of international law in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran.

Advocating for upholding Canada's commitments to international human rights.

Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) Infrastructure Canada Canada Community Building Fund; Infrastructure programs and funding; Permanent Public Transit Fund; Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) financing; Investing in Canada infrastructure Plan; Universal Broadband; Rural, remote and northern infrastructure;

Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) Infrastructure Canada Canada Community Building Fund; Infrastructure programs and funding; Permanent Public Transit Fund; Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) financing; Investing in Canada infrastructure Plan; Universal Broadband; Rural, remote and northern infrastructure;

Access to medication - expanding the range of medications covered by various insurance plans, and the number of Canadians able to access and afford medication. This includes a national pharmaceutical strategy.

Trade agreements as they relate to tobacco control.

Federal Budget: Federal Tobacco Control Strategy; alcohol policy; getting cancer patients the information and support they need; the Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit; health research; access to palliative care; and other budgetary policy as it relates to cancer.

Health Canada's tobacco control program and policies related to tobacco and vaping products, including sustaining government funding levels, and implementation of effective programs and policies.

Canada Health Act and regulations, as it relates to long-term, home and palliative care.

Access to palliative care, as it relates to programs offered through Health Canada, Indigenous Services Canada, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, the Department of National Defence, and Employment and Social Development Canada.

Advocating that tobacco/nicotine taxation policies and tobacco settlement money in reinvested into respiratory health including lung cancer screening, chronic lung disease screening and treatment, mental health and addiction, tobacco/nicotine prevention and cessation support.

Employment Insurance - lobbying about reform of the employment insurance scheme program advocating for improved access, enhanced benefits, and increased administration; and EI claim matters related to service standards, the board of appeals process and social security tribunal as well as the appointment of the EI worker commissioner

Advocating for the implementation of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) Infrastructure Canada Canada Community Building Fund; Infrastructure programs and funding; Permanent Public Transit Fund; Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) financing; Investing in Canada infrastructure Plan; Universal Broadband; Rural, remote and northern infrastructure;

Municipal Finance and Intergovernmental Arrangements Revenue sharing with the federal and provincial governments: Federal policies and programs with regard to the payments in lieu of taxes (PILTs) system, intergovernmental partnerships, recognition of municipal governments contributions to economic growth, the fiscal imbalance between each order of governments revenues options and their responsibilities to provide services and programs to Canadians. Municipal Growth Framework.

Federal infrastructure program funding, including (but not limited to) Infrastructure Canada Canada Community Building Fund; Infrastructure programs and funding; Permanent Public Transit Fund; Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) financing; Investing in Canada infrastructure Plan; Universal Broadband; Rural, remote and northern infrastructure;

Municipal Finance and Intergovernmental Arrangements Revenue sharing with the federal and provincial governments: Federal policies and programs with regard to the payments in lieu of taxes (PILTs) system, intergovernmental partnerships, recognition of municipal governments contributions to economic growth, the fiscal imbalance between each order of governments revenues options and their responsibilities to provide services and programs to Canadians. Municipal Growth Framework.