Sick of living without enough income? Tired of being in need of affordable housing?

In this federal election, Poverty and Housing Matter! Vote for the candidate in the Party that speaks to your concerns!

Conservative Party Green Party Liberal Party www.conservative.ca www.greenparty.ca www.liberal.ca (NDP) www.ndp.ca Centre Leader: Stephen Harper Leader: Leader: Justin Trudeau Leader: Candidate: Candidate: Candidate: Candidate: Riding Damian Konstantinakos Tom Milroy Catherine McKenna

Where do Parties *Increase the allowable *Create a National *Renew federal leadership *Prioritize affordable stand on tax free withdrawals from Housing Strategy that in affordable housing. housing and homelessness Affordable RRSP accounts by $10,000 would provide permanent across Canada. (Home Buyers’ Plan) *Help build more housing Housing? housing and supports. *Take concrete action in units, refurbish existing *Commit to federal coordination with ones, renew existing co- government being a “long *Make private developers provinces to curb foreign operative agreements, and term stable partner in speculation in Canada’s include a percentage of provide operational funding building affordable residential real estate affordable housing in their support for municipalities. housing”. market housing projects. Where do Parties *Introduce National stand on *In 2007, Conservatives *Establish a Guaranteed *Create new National Poverty Elimination Act, a Poverty introduced Workers Livable Income, to ensure Child Benefit that would federal plan to eliminate Reduction? Income Tax Benefit: no Canadian falls below an combine family tax and poverty with affordable federal refundable tax credit income level needed to live transfers, with higher housing, affordable that boosts the earned with dignity. annual allowances for low- childcare, and reforming incomes of eligible low- income families. Employment Insurance. income working individuals *Boost Guaranteed and families. Income Supplement by $400 million.

Why should I vote?

“We are trying to survive, and politicians do not care about our concerns!”

 People living with poverty sometimes do not vote because we are too busy trying to survive.

 We also feel let down by politicians and feel apathy – we believe that there is no point in voting.

 However, politicians will care about our concerns if they know we vote, as they want to get into office.

 So, the more that people living in poverty vote, the more politicians will pay attention to our needs, and address issues like reducing poverty and increasing affordable housing.

Politicians pay attention to voters’ concerns, so

people living in poverty need to vote to get policies in place to reduce poverty! Voting can mean REAL change!