Building the country of our dreams : Bâtir le pays de nos rêves : le plan de Tom Mulcair pour apporter du changement à Ottawa

The Paul Martin Liberals slashed transfers to the provinces in the 1990s, forcing hospitals to close beds and fire thousands of nurses and other health care professionals. [...] Stephen Harper has refused to step in to protect health care, refusing to meet with the premiers, allowing the health accord to expire, and making reckless unilateral cuts to health transfers that the provinces count on. [...] The NDP will help Canadians with the cost of medications by: Working with the provinces and territories to develop universal public drug coverage based on the following key principles: Ensuring every Canadian, regardless of age or health condition, will have access to the medicines they need at little to no cost. [...] In recognition of the extra working parents by investing upwards of demands of multiple births and $500 million annually in dedicated leave for adoptions, the NDP will provide the second parent, doubling leave for parents the parents 70 weeks of parental of multiples, and closing the loophole that punishes working moms who lose their jobs and adoption benefits to share. [...] In any circumstances where the use of temporary foreign workers is absolutely necessary and sanctioned by the Government of Canada, the rules need to be clear and the outcomes understood.