SUMMER 2021 RECOVER 1,000,000 JOBS NEW ANTI- CORRUPTION LAW CANADA’S MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN THE MAN WITH THE PLAN Erin O’Toole PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CANADIANS Leader of Canada’s Conservatives BALANCING THE BUDGET 1. A Detailed Plan to Secure Jobs and Economic Growth .......................................... 16 a. Beating COVID-19 through vaccination and testing, so we can fully reopen our economy .. 18 b. Taking immediate action to help the hardest hit sectors ...................................... 20 c. Supporting small business ..................................................................... 21 d. Securing opportunity for women .............................................................. 23 e. Making Canada the best place to invest and build a business ................................. 25 f. Building infrastructure to get the economy moving ........................................... 27 g. Unleashing innovation ......................................................................... 28 h. Increasing trade with free nations ............................................................. 30 i. Creating opportunity in all sectors of the economy ........................................... 31 2. A Detailed Plan to Lift Up Working Canadians .................................................. 40 3. A Detailed Plan to Support Working Families ................................................... 46 4. A Detailed Plan to Lower Prices .................................................................. 50 5. A Detailed Plan to Tackle Home Prices .......................................................... 54 6. A Detailed Plan to Protect Canada from Future Pandemics ................................... 58 7. A Detailed Plan to Secure Healthcare ........................................................... 64 8. A Detailed Plan to Secure Accountability ....................................................... 68 9. A Detailed Plan to Secure the Environment ..................................................... 72 10. A Detailed Plan to Tackle Climate Change ...................................................... 76 11. A Detailed Plan to Secure Public Safety ......................................................... 86 a. Justice .......................................................................................... 83 12. A Detailed Plan to Secure the National Interest ................................................ 94 a. Defence ........................................................................................ 97 b. Standing Up for Our Veterans ................................................................ 100 13. A Detailed Plan to Promote Canada’s Interests and Values .................................. 102 a. International Development ................................................................... 111 14. A Detailed Plan to Secure the Future of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples ...................... 114 15. A Detailed Plan to Secure the North............................................................ 120 16. A Detailed Plan to Strengthen Our Immigration System ...................................... 124 17. A Detailed Plan to Make Our Federation Work for All Canadians ............................ 132 a. Securing Equality, Health and Safety for Canadian Women ................................. 133 b. Breaking Down Barriers for Disabled Canadians ............................................ 137 c. A Strong Quebec in a United Canada ......................................................... 138 d. Official Languages ............................................................................. 141 e. Ending the Mistreatment of Western Canada ................................................ 141 18. A Detailed Plan to Secure Jobs and Opportunity for Rural Canada .......................... 146 19. A Detailed Plan For a Freer Canada ............................................................ 150 20. A Detailed Plan to Support Seniors ............................................................. 150 21. A Detailed Plan to Strengthen Cultural Industries............................................ 154 22. A Detailed Plan to Secure Tax Fairness ........................................................ 158 23. Protecting social services by restoring Canada’s finances .................................... 160 Authorized by the Chief Agent of the Conservative Party of Canada What is Canada’s Recovery Plan? It’s a plan. A very detailed plan. You’ll probably notice ideas that you haven’t heard from Conservatives like That’s what Canada needs after the me before. past year and half. It’s time for Conservatives to take The most important thing about a plan inequality seriously, because that’s is that it’s about the future. becoming more of a problem in our country. In this case, that means your future–– your personal and financial economic At heart, I’m an optimist. I’ve never future. Your well-being and security. found looking back to be terribly usefully. I know it’s a cliché, but I truly believe that It is a plan to secure Canada’s recovery Canada’s best days lie ahead. from the pandemic. Canada is a community. To get the economy back on track. To bring back jobs. To get spending Our goal is the common good of all back under control. Canadians: a society where everyone can fulfill his or her potential. To tackle high prices (especially home CANADA’S RECOVERY PLAN prices) and fight inflation. Our goal is to release the human spirit and potential of individual people, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To get serious about the mental health families and groups. SECURE SECURE SECURE SECURE THE SECURE THE crisis in our country. JOBS ACCOUNTABILITY MENTAL COUNTRY ECONOMY To nurture, mobilize, and encourage by recovering by enacting HEALTH by creating a by balancing To secure our independence from other generosity, individual talent, patriotism, the 1 million jobs a new though our strategic stockpile the budget countries for the things we need in an and sense of community. lost during Anti-Corruption Canada of essential over the the pandemic law to clean up Mental Health products and next decade. emergency. within one year. the mess in Action Plan. building the And to provide the framework for a Ottawa. capacity to So, while the plan is detailed, the more sensitive and powerful means of manufacture priorities are actually quite simple. protecting and supporting the deprived vaccines at home. and vulnerable. Next, it’s a plan for all Canadians. It’s one that puts working Canadians Thanks for reading, at the front of the recovery. Erin O’Toole Leader, Canada’s Conservatives Author, Canada’s Recovery Plan BY RECOVERING THE 1 MILLION JOBS LOST DURING THE PANDEMIC WITHIN ONE YEAR. Every Canadian deserves the security and dignity that comes with a secure, stable, and well-paid job. Canada’s Conservatives will enact a comprehensive jobs plan to get Canadians back to work across the country. • Take immediate action to help the hardest hit sectors, helping those - including women and young Canadians - who have suffered the most; • Rebuild main street by assisting small business and providing incentives to invest in, rebuild, and start new businesses; and • Create opportunity in all sectors of the economy and all parts of the country. JOBSSECURE SECURE ACCOUNTABILITY BY ENACTING A NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW TO CLEAN UP THE MESS IN OTTAWA. Canada’s Conservatives will put the country first, by enacting the toughest accountability and transparency laws in Canada’s history. • Toughen the Conflict of Interest Act and impose higher penalties; • Toughen the Lobbying Act to end abuse by Liberal insiders; and • Increase transparency to end Liberal cover-ups. THROUGH OUR CANADA SECURE MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN. MENTAL The last year has made clear the mental health crisis we face. It’s time to make it clear that mental health IS health, and to treat it properly. HEALTH • Boost funding to the provinces for mental health care; • Provide incentives to employers to provide mental health coverage to employees; and • Create a nation-wide, three-digit suicide prevention hotline. BY CREATING A STRATEGIC STOCKPILE OF ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS AND BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO SECURE OUR MANUFACTURE VACCINES AT HOME. COUNTRYWe must never again be caught as unprepared as we were when COVID hit last year. Canada’s Conservatives will make Canada more resilient, reduce our reliance on foreign countries like China, and take seriously our responsibility to protect the health of Canadians. • Partner with pharmaceutical companies to increase production of critical medicines and build domestic vaccine production capacity; • Use procurements by government and those receiving government funding to strengthen domestic production of PPE; and • Overhaul and rebuild Canada’s National Emergency Stockpile System to ensure we have the supplies we need be prepared at all times for future threats. SECURE THE ECONOMY BY BALANCING THE BUDGET OVER THE NEXT DECADE. Spending to protect Canadians in the pandemic was the right thing to do, and Conservatives supported it. But we can’t pass unsustainable debt on to future generations. Once the recovery starts, we will need to get spending under control. • Wind down emergency COVID support programs in a responsible way as Canadians are vaccinated and the economy re-opens; • Ensure that stimulus measures are targeted and time-limited to avoid creating a structural deficit; and • Get the economy growing again after years of slow growth under the Liberals, so that we have the revenue to