Jagmeet Singh – NDP McGill

Bio

Labour Policy

Implement a $15/hour, indexed to inflation, minimum wage for federal employees
Revise and update the Canadian Labour Code with specific emphasis on contract/temp work, pay/benefit inequality, and unions
Eliminate unpaid internships under federal jurisdiction and ensure that temp workers under federal jurisdiction receive the same wages, benefits, and working conditions as permanent full-time workers doing comparable work
Require temporary workers be made permanent employees after working a cumulative total of six months
Reinstate the fair wages and hours of labour act
Create a Community Benefits Agreements framework for federal infrastructure projects to provide communities accountability, enforceable targets, and what those communities see as benefits

Anti-poverty Policy

Introduce the Working Canadian Guarantee, an income-tested wage subsidy for workers, that will triple support for low income workers working full-time on minimum wage
Combine existing seniors’ benefits (OAS, GIS, AC, PIC) into a single, income-tested benefit called the Canada Seniors Guarantee
Introduce an income-tested, non-taxable basic income for Canadians with severe disabilities called the Canadians with Disabilities Guarantee

Tax Policy

Introduce two new tax brackets for high income earners. The first will be 2% higher than the existing marginal rate on incomes greater than $350,000 and less than $500,000. The second will be 4% higher than the existing marginal rate (and 2% higher than the aforementioned rate) on incomes greater than $500,000
Increase the capital gains inclusion rate from 50% to 75%
Introduce an estate tax of 40% on assets greater than $4 million with exemptions on primary residences
Increase the Corporate Income Tax rate from 15% to 19.5%
End corporate perks such as tax write-offs for luxuries like box seat tickets
Crack down on tax evasion
Create a Tax Fairness Commission

Environmental Policy

Reduce carbon emissions to 30% of 2005 levels by 2025
Create a National Public Transit Strategy to help reduce congestion
Phase out coal by 2030
Reduce methane emissions
Create a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) agenda that will introduce a levy on high emission vehicles, rebates on ZEVs, and investments in electric charging stations
Phase out fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry by 2020
Invest in environmentally friendly infrastructure and build a renewable energy supergrid
Create an independent officer of parliament position called the Climate Change Action Officer
Empower the CESD to gather data from each province and territory on progress toward greenhouse gas emissions reductions and measure this progress against Federal-Provincial-Territorial targets every two years
Create a climate change action advisory group
Require publicly traded companies in Canada to have their public financial filings include information about climate related risks

Indigenous Policy

Respect the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Oppose the Energy East and Kinder Morgan pipelines
Include indigenous people in forming government policy

LGTB+ Policy

Repeal the ban on blood, tissue and organ donation by men, and trans women, who have sex with men
Provide funding to improve access to proper health care for LGBT+ members and research on the specific health needs of LGBT+ individuals
Advocate for policy changes around non-medically necessary surgery at birth for babies born intersex to allow them to self-identify their gender at a later age
Allow applicants for federal IDs, such as passports, to self-declare their gender and include a non-binary option without requiring medical documentation or additional fees
Update the Secure Air Travel Act to remove the gender markers requirement and advocate for similar changes to be made internationally
Require LGBT+ competency training for CBSA and RCMP members
Update the census to include LGBT+ specific questions
Work with provinces to remove gender from provincial IDs
Ensure that provincial Child Welfare services do not place LBTG+ youth in homo- or trans- phobic placements
Create and fund an opt-in registry of foster homes that are safe for and trained to care for LGBT+ youth
Provide training to shelter and housing service providers in order to make these places safer spaces for LGBT+ youth
Prioritize the hiring of LGBT+ staff for shelters and transitional housing facilities
Add private bath and change rooms to all shelters and housing programs
End segregation of shelters and transitional housing facilities by sex or gender

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One Reply to “Jagmeet Singh”

Gwenn Hughes says:

September 6, 2017 at 12:15 am

His platform indicates that:
Those working full-time on minimum wage will qualify for the Working Canadian Guarantee. Jagmeet’s plan will both expand the generosity of the WITB and slow its phase-out such that those working full-time for the minimum wage will be eligible for the Working Canadian Guarantee.