VANCOUVER 芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Here is a look at some of the promises being made by the three main political parties in British Columbia as the campaign is set to officially begin Tuesday for the May 9 election.
Liberals:
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� The cost of the party's promises amounts to $157 million in new spending over three years.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Four consecutive balanced budgets to eliminate the province's operating debt by 2021.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� A four-year freeze on personal income taxes, and no change to the carbon tax until 2021.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� A cap on bridge tolls and a new tax break for people living in ferry-dependent communities.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� New tax credits to help seniors, including a tax credit for those caring for seniors or family members with disabilities, and doubling a tax credit for seniors who renovate their homes.
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NDP:
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� A $10-a-day childcare plan based on Quebec's system.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Eliminate tolls on the Golden Ears and Port Mann bridges linking suburban commuters to Vancouver, while also freezing BC Hydro rates.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Ban corporate and union donations to political parties.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Increase the minimum wage, which is slated to rise to $11.35 an hour by September, to $15 an hour.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Stop plans by Kinder Morgan to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline across B.C. to Burnaby.
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Green party:
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Free pre-school for three- and four-year-old children and free daycare for children up to age three who have working parents, while families with a stay-at-home parent would receive up to $500 a month for a child up to the age of two.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Change the law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 per cent below 2007 levels by 2030, while extending the carbon tax to fugitive and vented emissions. Fugitive sources are unintentional emissions from the processing and delivery of fossil fuels.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Increase funding for the public education system over four years, beginning with an additional $220 million in 2017-18 and rising to $1.46 billion in 2020-21.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Implement grants based on need for post-secondary students, and offer tax forgiveness of up to $2,000 a year for up to five years to help graduates repay debt from tuition fees.
芒鈧珺次元官网网址� Establish an emerging economy task force to look at the changing nature of business over the next 10 to 25 years that will report to the government by July 2018.
The Canadian Press
