ELECTION 2011ELECTION 2011

WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR?WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR?

On May 2On May 2ndnd, Canadians head to the polls … , Canadians head to the polls … again.again.

Stephen HarperStephen Harper

• Creating jobsCreating jobs through training, trade through training, trade and low taxes. and low taxes.

• Supporting familiesSupporting families through a Family through a Family Tax Cut and more support for seniors Tax Cut and more support for seniors and caregivers. and caregivers.

• Eliminating the deficitEliminating the deficit by 2014-2015 by 2014-2015 by controlling spending and cutting by controlling spending and cutting waste. waste.

• Making our streets safeMaking our streets safe through new through new laws to protect children and the elderly. laws to protect children and the elderly.

• Standing on guard for CanadaStanding on guard for Canada by by investing in the development of investing in the development of Canada’s North, cracking down on Canada’s North, cracking down on human smuggling and strengthening human smuggling and strengthening the Canadian Armed Forces. the Canadian Armed Forces.

Michael IgnatieffMichael Ignatieff• Learning Passport : Learning Passport : $1,000 a year over four years $1,000 a year over four years

for every high school student in Canada to use when for every high school student in Canada to use when they go to college or university, or $4,000 in total.they go to college or university, or $4,000 in total.

• Early Childhood Learning: Early Childhood Learning: Create a new Early Create a new Early Childhood Learning and Care Fund. This fund will Childhood Learning and Care Fund. This fund will help create new affordable child care spaces across help create new affordable child care spaces across Canada.Canada.

• Family Care: Family Care: A new Family Care Employment A new Family Care Employment Insurance Benefit, similar to EI parental leave, to let Insurance Benefit, similar to EI parental leave, to let caregivers take six months off work to care for caregivers take six months off work to care for gravely ill family members at homegravely ill family members at home

• Stronger Pensions: Stronger Pensions: Work with the provinces and Work with the provinces and territories to gradually expand the Canada Pension territories to gradually expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), the most reliable, simple and low-cost Plan (CPP), the most reliable, simple and low-cost way to save.way to save.

• Green Renovation Tax Credit: Green Renovation Tax Credit: Tax Credit of up to Tax Credit of up to $13,500. This fund will help families with the up-front $13,500. This fund will help families with the up-front costs of energy-saving home renovations such as costs of energy-saving home renovations such as installing energy-efficient windows, improving installing energy-efficient windows, improving insulation, and upgrading roofing.insulation, and upgrading roofing.

Jack LaytonJack Layton

• Hire more doctors and nurses: Hire more doctors and nurses: Training Training more doctors and nurses, and give more doctors and nurses, and give doctors that have left Canada incentives doctors that have left Canada incentives to come back home.to come back home.

•   Strengthen pension:Strengthen pension: Work with the Work with the provinces to double public pension and provinces to double public pension and offer more choice over retirement offer more choice over retirement savings.savings.

• Kick-start job creation:Kick-start job creation: Give small Give small businesses a 2 percentage points tax cut, businesses a 2 percentage points tax cut, and bring in targeted tax credits for and bring in targeted tax credits for companies that hire in Canada.companies that hire in Canada.

• Help out your family budget:Help out your family budget: Cap credit Cap credit card fees at prime +5, take the federal card fees at prime +5, take the federal sales tax off home heating, and give sales tax off home heating, and give consumers control over cell phone bills.consumers control over cell phone bills.

• Fix Ottawa for good:Fix Ottawa for good: Stop the scandals Stop the scandals and commit to working with other parties and commit to working with other parties to get things done.to get things done.

Elizabeth MayElizabeth May

••Green jobs, fair global trade, healthy industry. Green jobs, fair global trade, healthy industry.

••Cut wasteful subsidies. Cut wasteful subsidies.

••Get the prices right for long-term sustainabilityGet the prices right for long-term sustainability

••Help for married couples and families. Help for married couples and families.

••Help for local governments. Help for local governments.

••Respect and support our elders.Respect and support our elders.

••Reform voting system.Reform voting system.

••Ensure that citizenship is equal. Ensure that citizenship is equal.

••Global action on global problems. Global action on global problems.

••Contribute to a peaceful solution in Afghanistan. Contribute to a peaceful solution in Afghanistan.

••Make poverty history. Make poverty history.

Gilles DuceppeGilles Duceppe

• Gilles Duceppe is the longest-serving Gilles Duceppe is the longest-serving federal leader, he is heading into his federal leader, he is heading into his eighth election and his sixth as Bloc eighth election and his sixth as Bloc leader.leader.

• Duceppe is the first politician ever Duceppe is the first politician ever directly elected to the House of directly elected to the House of Commons on a Commons on a sovereigntist sovereigntist platform.platform.

• No candidates outside of Quebec.No candidates outside of Quebec.

Charleswood - St. James -Charleswood - St. James -AssiniboiaAssiniboia

IncumbentSteven FletcherConservative Party

Rob ClementLiberal Party

Denali EnnsGreen Party

Tom PaulleyNew Democratic Party

These are the representative candidates for each political party in this riding.

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