NDP Platform
A Personal Message from Jack Layton
Dear friend,
The commitments we are putting before the people of Canada in this election are about hope and opportunity for you, your family, your friends and neighbours. They are about a future where you come first.
There are many ways to measure the success of our country. All kinds of statistics. Some are more important than others. For me, the most important measure is the success of ordinary Canadians.
In short, I am proposing real change from the way things have been done in the past. Not just change from the last 25 months, but change from the last 25 years.
It all starts with action on your priorities at the kitchen table, not just the boardroom table.
We'll stop tax giveaways to corporations that don't need them, or who ship our jobs overseas.
We'll support companies that provide training to workers here. We'll invest with companies that are innovating in the new energy economy, and creating new green collar jobs for Canadians.
We'll stop the shameful rip-offs and gouging by cellphone giants, banks and credit card companies.
We'll shorten health care waiting lists by training more doctors and nurses. Five million Canadians don't have a family doctor. One million are on waiting lists.
We'll face the challenge of climate change – not with Mr. Harper's idle words or by taxing you and your family – but with tough laws that force polluters to clean up the mess they've made.
The government will do its job. We will not stand idly by and wait when tainted meat, or bad water, or any public health emergency threatens your family's health.
Instead of a Canada where growing corporate wealth benefits only a few, we will strive for social and economic equality for all. We will build a strong Canada that is as compassionate at home as it is competitive abroad. We will stand with every man and woman as they seek a better life for themselves and their children.
I invite you to cast your ballot for a government that puts you and your family first.
Don't let them tell you it can't be done.
Sincerely,
Jack Layton,
Leader, Canada's New Democrats
