Election 2015: Last-minute voters’ guide

Okay, Canada: Our protracted national democracy-fest is coming to an end: Election day is Monday, Oct. 19.

Slept through the past 75 days of politicking? Don’t despair: We’ve got you covered.

We’ve got detailed dissections of platforms here:

Conservatives

NDP

Liberals

What each of the parties has promised

What you need to vote

We’ve put together a party platform cheat sheet to help guide you through the morass of promises and rhetoric:

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Where the parties overlap:

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NDP and Liberals:

• Reform EI.
• Expedite immigration and refugee processing.
• More family-class refugees.
• Reform access-to-information.
• Tax incentives for rental units.

NDP and Conservatives:

• Give auto companies cash
• Stop appointing Senators.

NDP and Greens:

• Repeal C-51.
• Proportional representation.

Conservatives, NDP and Liberals: 

• Cut small business taxes.

Everyone:

• Fund clean technologies.

What sets them apart:

Conservatives:

Targeted tax cuts. Virtually all their promises – to parents, students, seniors, businesses – take the form of tax cuts or credits.

• Lower payroll taxes
• Tax breaks for single seniors.
• Tax breaks and taxable cash for families with young kids.
• Money for apprenticeships and people taking off work to care for babies or sick relatives.
• Permanent home reno tax credit.

NDP:

• $15-a-day childcare by 2023.
• Universal pharmacare.
• Carbon cap-and-trade.
• Higher corporate taxes.

Liberals:

• More tax-free cash for families earning less than $200,000; no cash for families earning more than that.
• Increased and expanded student grants, and don’t repay student loans til you’re making at least $25,000.
• Amend C-51.
• Study electoral reform.
• Infrastructure cash infusion, paid for with $10-billion annual deficits for three years.

Green:

• Abolish tuition.
• No new bitumen exports.
• End oilsands expansion now, and all fossil fuel use by 2050.
• No whipped votes.
• Dental care for poor kids.