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Summary
Quebecois Nation
Promise 1: Engage in a permanent campaign to make Quebec an independent state. This will allow:
Promise 3: Act as a hub for various groups pursuing the common goal of an independent Quebec.
Promise 4: Pursue a campaign “ouverts sur notre monde” to reinforce ties to immigrant Quecos communities.
Promise 5: Use Ottawa’s diplomatic resources to make Quebec’s independence project known on the world stage.
Provincial Transfers
Promise 6: Reinstate fiscal equilibrium between the provinces by reversing the changes made to the Health Transfer tying it to economic growth back to a minimum increase of 6% each year.
Promise 7: Obtain the right to opt out with full compensation of federal programs that encroach on Quebec’s jurisdiction.
Promise 8: Treat Hydro-Quebec revenue in the same way as Hydro One revenue.
Culture
Promise 9: Increase Telefilm Canada’s budget.
Promise 10: Increase Canada Council for the Arts’ budget to $300 million including funds earmarked for international promotion.
Promise 11: In collaboration with the cultural community, review copyright regulations for music online to ensure fair compensation for artists.
Promise 12: Promote the creation of online audio/visual content through a streaming service license.
Promise 13: Pursue a budget of $200 million for Radio-Canada and ensure that its independence is respected.
Promise 14: Exempt books from the GST.
Citizenship
Promise 15: Propose a bill subjecting all federally regulated workplaces to Bill 101.
Promise 16: Oppose any policy that allows public services to be offered or received with one’s face covered, including casting a ballot and participating in a citizenship ceremony.
Promise 17: Propose a law that gives the government of Quebec a veto over deporting any refugee living in Quebec.
Social Services
Promise 18: Lobby to make child benefits non-taxable.
Promise 19: Seek $190 million in compensation from the federal government for Quebec’s childcare system.
Promise 20: Study and modify how brand name drug prices are set towards reducing the cost.
Public Services
Promise 21: Oppose any anti-union legislation.
Promise 22: Reverse recent government actions that have had negative consequences for gender equity, including:
Promise 24: Work with parties to maintain tax credits for FTQ and CSN pension funds.
Promise 25: Put a moratorium on the building of communal mailboxes to replace door to door postal service in order to re-study the proposal.
Promise 26: Oppose a toll system on the Champlain Bridge and demand Ottawa pay its share.
Economy
Promise 27: Create an investment fund for key innovation sectors including: multimedia, video games, green technology, advanced transport, new materials, aerospace, pharmaceuticals.
Promise 28: Administer federal taxes through Revenue Quebec in order to seek efficiencies.
Promise 29: Significantly reform employment insurance to make it autonomous, cover 60% of salary, be accessible as of 360 hours of work.
Promise 30: Oppose any weakening of supply management.
Promise 31: Provide $300 million in compensation to the dairy industry as a result of CETA.
Promise 32: Ensure that capital gains tax exemptions do not hinder agricultural business under family management.
Promise 33: Support clean energy development in Quebec.
Promise 34: Oppose a national securities commission.
Promise 35: Undertake an investigation of Canada`s financial agreements with tax havens as well as the Canada Revenue Agency`s ability to investigate tax evasion, and legislative loopholes that allow large corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxation.
Security
Promise 36: Increase fees for corporations transporting dangerous goods by rail to increase resources for rail inspection.
Promise 37: Provide the required data from the defunct long gun registry for Quebec to establish its own registry.
Promise 38: Create a special committee made up of representatives from the different provinces to study the impact of marijuana legalization and regulation.
Promise 39: Repeal Bill C-51.
Promise 40: Appoint members of Security Intelligence Review Committee through an all-party committee.
Research and Education
Promise 41: Increase funding to post-secondary education.
Promise 42: Restore the long-form census.
Promise 43: Assign a fair amount of federal research activity to Quebec.
Promise 44: Lobby government to restore university research funding to rates prior to 2007 cuts as well as more effective funding criteria than top-down federal assessments administered by Quebecois funding agencies.
Natural Resources
Promise 45: Provide comparable funding to assist the Quebec forestry industry to combat its budworm problem to what was provided to British Columbia under similar circumstances.
Promise 46: Create a “Wood Charter” that makes the use of wood in new buildings benefiting from federal funds obligatory. This Charter would also involve the research and review of Canada’s Building Code.
Promise 47: Develop a $100 million fund to support Quays along the St-Lawrence.
Environment
Promise 48: Provide Quebec to have a veto over any oil transportation either by pipeline or rail over its territory.
Promise 49: Undertake a comprehensive study of government services to identify opportunity to transition towards a green economy.
Promise 50: End subsidies to fossil fuels.
Promise 51: Create a research and innovation fund for green technology.
Promise 52: Block the Energy East pipeline.
Promise 53: Develop a climate change strategy that keep rising temperatures within 2 degrees and includes a carbon market.
Promise 54: Re-establish funding for climate change research, prioritising the research of the Saint-Lawrence and the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute.
Promise 55: Propose legislation to protect the freedom of expression for government funded science.
Promise 56: Propose legislation obliging car companies to sell a minimum number of zero emission cars proportionate to the total number of carbon emitting cars.
Promise 57: Propose rebate for electric car purchase.
Promise 58: Establish a $10 billion a year infrastructure fund for electrified public transportation transferred to be administered by the Quebec government.
Promise 59: Increase taxes for the banking and oil sectors.
International
Promise 60: Allow Quebec to represent itself internationally in all matters falling within its jurisdiction.
Promise 61: Require Canada to seek Quebec`s consent before it takes a position at UNESCO.
Promise 62: Offer support for CETA or TPP only on the condition that compensation is provided to the supply management dairy and egg industry.
Promise 63: Only allow foreign military intervention through multilateral agencies sanctioned by the UN.
Promise 64: Progressive increase in foreign aid.
Promise 65: transfer jurisdiction over sexual assault cases from military to civil courts.
Indigenous Relations
Promise 66: Work towards administrative autonomy in the areas of education, justice, and culture, for indigenous communities under the framework of “Paix des braves”.
Promise 67: Recognize that a cultural genocide was committed against Indigenous peoples.
Promise 68: Sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Promise 69: Invest in education for indigenous peoples towards raising quality of life.
Promise 70: Call for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Canadian Francophonie
Promise 71: Defend the rights of Francophonie outside of Quebec and ensure they have access to equal services.
Summary
Quebecois Nation
Promise 1: Engage in a permanent campaign to make Quebec an independent state. This will allow:
- Coherent government programs to help Quebecois families, regions, and workers;
- The future of the French language;
- A common culture that respects diversity and equality between men and women.
Promise 3: Act as a hub for various groups pursuing the common goal of an independent Quebec.
Promise 4: Pursue a campaign “ouverts sur notre monde” to reinforce ties to immigrant Quecos communities.
Promise 5: Use Ottawa’s diplomatic resources to make Quebec’s independence project known on the world stage.
Provincial Transfers
Promise 6: Reinstate fiscal equilibrium between the provinces by reversing the changes made to the Health Transfer tying it to economic growth back to a minimum increase of 6% each year.
Promise 7: Obtain the right to opt out with full compensation of federal programs that encroach on Quebec’s jurisdiction.
Promise 8: Treat Hydro-Quebec revenue in the same way as Hydro One revenue.
- This differential treatment currently costs Quebec $330 million in funding.
Culture
Promise 9: Increase Telefilm Canada’s budget.
Promise 10: Increase Canada Council for the Arts’ budget to $300 million including funds earmarked for international promotion.
Promise 11: In collaboration with the cultural community, review copyright regulations for music online to ensure fair compensation for artists.
Promise 12: Promote the creation of online audio/visual content through a streaming service license.
Promise 13: Pursue a budget of $200 million for Radio-Canada and ensure that its independence is respected.
Promise 14: Exempt books from the GST.
Citizenship
Promise 15: Propose a bill subjecting all federally regulated workplaces to Bill 101.
Promise 16: Oppose any policy that allows public services to be offered or received with one’s face covered, including casting a ballot and participating in a citizenship ceremony.
Promise 17: Propose a law that gives the government of Quebec a veto over deporting any refugee living in Quebec.
Social Services
Promise 18: Lobby to make child benefits non-taxable.
Promise 19: Seek $190 million in compensation from the federal government for Quebec’s childcare system.
Promise 20: Study and modify how brand name drug prices are set towards reducing the cost.
Public Services
Promise 21: Oppose any anti-union legislation.
Promise 22: Reverse recent government actions that have had negative consequences for gender equity, including:
- Funding cuts to women’s groups;
- Declining salary equity;
- Challenges to the right to an abortion.
Promise 24: Work with parties to maintain tax credits for FTQ and CSN pension funds.
Promise 25: Put a moratorium on the building of communal mailboxes to replace door to door postal service in order to re-study the proposal.
Promise 26: Oppose a toll system on the Champlain Bridge and demand Ottawa pay its share.
Economy
Promise 27: Create an investment fund for key innovation sectors including: multimedia, video games, green technology, advanced transport, new materials, aerospace, pharmaceuticals.
Promise 28: Administer federal taxes through Revenue Quebec in order to seek efficiencies.
Promise 29: Significantly reform employment insurance to make it autonomous, cover 60% of salary, be accessible as of 360 hours of work.
Promise 30: Oppose any weakening of supply management.
Promise 31: Provide $300 million in compensation to the dairy industry as a result of CETA.
Promise 32: Ensure that capital gains tax exemptions do not hinder agricultural business under family management.
Promise 33: Support clean energy development in Quebec.
Promise 34: Oppose a national securities commission.
Promise 35: Undertake an investigation of Canada`s financial agreements with tax havens as well as the Canada Revenue Agency`s ability to investigate tax evasion, and legislative loopholes that allow large corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxation.
Security
Promise 36: Increase fees for corporations transporting dangerous goods by rail to increase resources for rail inspection.
Promise 37: Provide the required data from the defunct long gun registry for Quebec to establish its own registry.
Promise 38: Create a special committee made up of representatives from the different provinces to study the impact of marijuana legalization and regulation.
Promise 39: Repeal Bill C-51.
Promise 40: Appoint members of Security Intelligence Review Committee through an all-party committee.
Research and Education
Promise 41: Increase funding to post-secondary education.
Promise 42: Restore the long-form census.
Promise 43: Assign a fair amount of federal research activity to Quebec.
Promise 44: Lobby government to restore university research funding to rates prior to 2007 cuts as well as more effective funding criteria than top-down federal assessments administered by Quebecois funding agencies.
Natural Resources
Promise 45: Provide comparable funding to assist the Quebec forestry industry to combat its budworm problem to what was provided to British Columbia under similar circumstances.
Promise 46: Create a “Wood Charter” that makes the use of wood in new buildings benefiting from federal funds obligatory. This Charter would also involve the research and review of Canada’s Building Code.
Promise 47: Develop a $100 million fund to support Quays along the St-Lawrence.
Environment
Promise 48: Provide Quebec to have a veto over any oil transportation either by pipeline or rail over its territory.
Promise 49: Undertake a comprehensive study of government services to identify opportunity to transition towards a green economy.
Promise 50: End subsidies to fossil fuels.
Promise 51: Create a research and innovation fund for green technology.
Promise 52: Block the Energy East pipeline.
Promise 53: Develop a climate change strategy that keep rising temperatures within 2 degrees and includes a carbon market.
Promise 54: Re-establish funding for climate change research, prioritising the research of the Saint-Lawrence and the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute.
Promise 55: Propose legislation to protect the freedom of expression for government funded science.
Promise 56: Propose legislation obliging car companies to sell a minimum number of zero emission cars proportionate to the total number of carbon emitting cars.
Promise 57: Propose rebate for electric car purchase.
Promise 58: Establish a $10 billion a year infrastructure fund for electrified public transportation transferred to be administered by the Quebec government.
Promise 59: Increase taxes for the banking and oil sectors.
International
Promise 60: Allow Quebec to represent itself internationally in all matters falling within its jurisdiction.
Promise 61: Require Canada to seek Quebec`s consent before it takes a position at UNESCO.
Promise 62: Offer support for CETA or TPP only on the condition that compensation is provided to the supply management dairy and egg industry.
Promise 63: Only allow foreign military intervention through multilateral agencies sanctioned by the UN.
Promise 64: Progressive increase in foreign aid.
Promise 65: transfer jurisdiction over sexual assault cases from military to civil courts.
Indigenous Relations
Promise 66: Work towards administrative autonomy in the areas of education, justice, and culture, for indigenous communities under the framework of “Paix des braves”.
Promise 67: Recognize that a cultural genocide was committed against Indigenous peoples.
Promise 68: Sign the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Promise 69: Invest in education for indigenous peoples towards raising quality of life.
Promise 70: Call for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Canadian Francophonie
Promise 71: Defend the rights of Francophonie outside of Quebec and ensure they have access to equal services.