Liberal Party
(led by Justin Trudeau)

focus:
the Liberal Party’s website, their top priorities include
for the middle class, real action to address the climate
ronger gun control. In terms of climate action, if re-
berals have promised to plant two billion trees, and

e of nature, eliminate net emissions by 2050. They
onserve 25 percent of Canada’s oceans and eliminate

astics by 2021.

aters say:

ple might cite to not vote for the Liberal party in the
action is that Trudeau has already shown he is not fit to
vtry since he has already put Canada in debt. According
to Sun, Trudeau was the largest accumulator of debt at
Many also strongly disagree with his decision to let the
uilt even though he promised to make Canada more

y:
re to begin? His first scandal involved a trip to a private
1eone he said is a “close friend.” According to CBC, his
vas Aga Khan, leader of the worlds Ismaili Muslim’s

n of the board of the Global Centre for Pluralism which
overnment pledged a $15 million dollar grant to back

g with using a private jet, this resulted in Trudeau

in violation of sections of the Conflict of Interest Act.
ok to his recent brownface and blackface photos as

t he is hypocritical to his anti-racism platform.

       

Conservative Party
(led by Andrew Scheer)

aign focus:
nservative platform is mostly focused on budgets and
Scheer has promised to scrap the Trudeau carbon tax,

will lower the cost of everyday essentials such as groceries,
d home heating. He also wants to introduce the Universal
it, make maternity benefits tax free, add a child fitness

dit which will let parents claim up to $1000 for sports

es, and add a children’s arts and learning tax credit which
ow parents $500 for arts and learning programs.

the haters say/controversy:

nservative party has been under a lot of scrutiny because
er’s stance on gay marriage and abortion. He says he is
nally pro-life,” and that he has “made the commitment

a leader of this party it is my responsibility to ensure that
not re-open this debate.” There is also some controversy
heir campaign since they do not have any policy proposals
umber of major issues.

 

 

 

 

 

People’s Party of Canada
(led by Maxime Bernier)

Campaign focus:
Maxime Bernier is founder of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC). Bernier’s party,was
founded shortly after his resignation from the Conservative Party in 2018.

The PPC website lists their goals: balancing the budget, cutting taxes, eliminating
third-world conditions on reserves, ensuring equality and independence for Aboriginals,
support for the Trans Canada pipeline, reduce equalization payments to provinces to
prevent the halt of provincial growth, and ensuring “that every candidate for immigration
undergoes a face-to-face interview and answers a series of specific questions to assess
the extent to which they align with Canadian values.” To clarify, the values PPC refers
to is explained Bernier’s statement said at a rally in Toronto on July 23: “Our distinct
values also include equality between men and women, the equal treatment of all citizens
regardless of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, the rule of law, [and] separation of
state and religion.”

What the haters say:
Many of the PPC’s haters call the party racist and fascist, mostly referring to the party’s
ideas on immigration. There have been several protests outside of PPC events, with one
recently occurring in Vancouver. According to The Star, protestors held pro-refugee signs
that said “no one is illegal.”

One does not have to look far to find someone that disdains the PPC—according
to iPolitics, Chad Hudson, former PPC candidate for a Nova Scotia riding gave up
his position citing the PPC’s “values and the choices its leadership have made.” Also,
according to Global News, Singh recently told Bernier that he “doesn’t think [Bernier]
should have a platform.”

Controversy:

The PPC has certainly aroused a lot of controversy. Two notable controversies are his e
harsh criticism of climate-change activist Greta Thunberg and the party’s use of images of
Japanese internment camps in advertising their campaign.

On the topic of Thunberg, Bernier tweeted that she is “clearly mentally unstable. Not
only autistic, but obsessive-compulsive, [...] she lives in a constant state of fear." After a
lot of backlash, Bernier responded with an apologist tweet stating “These groups use this
young woman as a pawn and asa shield to prevent any criticism of the message. That's
the real scandal. I should have expressed this argument without referring directly to her
personal situation.”

When campaigning their plan to repeal the Multiculturalism Act, the PPC used a photo
of Japanese Canadians getting on a train at an internment camp. Many have condemned
the use of the photo, including left-leaning activist George Takei, yet the PPC has still not
issued an apology according to the Georgia Straight. The PPC has removed the image from
their video, logically implying that they are aware of the controversy, yet they still have
not made a statement on it.