About Justin

50 years old

Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario

Justin Trudeau was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He is the son of former Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau. He worked as a French and math teacher in Vancouver, B.C, and served as the chair of Katimavik, the Canadian national youth service program. In 2008, he became a Member of Parliament and was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2013. Justin once starred in a CBC mini-series called The Great War and portrayed a young Canadian soldier in the Battle of Passchendaele.

A Liberal government would reduce childcare fees by 50% next year, and would continue finalizing agreements with the provinces and territories to put in place a $10-a-day childcare program within the next five years. A Liberal government would also work with Quebec to build on its own childcare system.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would hire 40,000 more early childhood educators, and enact federal laws to protect a Canada-wide childcare system.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would work with other countries to implement a global minimum tax rate, to discourage people and companies from avoiding paying taxes they owe in Canada by moving to other countries with lower rates.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would raise corporate income taxes on banks and insurance companies who make more than $1 billion each year ​​and would introduce a temporary dividend for those companies to pay a portion of their profits to the government.^[1][2]

If reelected, a Liberal government would permanently remove interest on the federal portion of Canada Student Loans and Canada Apprentice Loans, and would increase the timeline for repayment of the loan for borrowers who are single until they make at least $50,000 each year.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would increase the Eligible Educator School Supply Tax Credit from 15% to 25%, and expand it to include tech devices and any teaching supplies a teacher purchases for their job. This means teachers would receive a tax refund of up to $250 based on buying $1,000 worth of school supplies.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030 and would aim to reach net-zero no later than 2050. A Liberal government would also set five-year targets for emissions reductions from the oil and gas industry and require oil and gas companies to reduce their methane emissions by 75% below 2012 levels by 2030.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would continue raising the federal price on carbon by $15/tonne each year, up to $170/tonne by 2030. Money collected from carbon pricing would continue to be given back to people in affected provinces.^{[3][4][1][5][2]}

If reelected, a Liberal government would recognize the right to a healthy environment in law.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would create 10 new marine conservation areas and 10 new national parks, and would work with Indigenous communities to agree on how to manage these areas together.^[1][2]

If reelected, a Liberal government would invest $6 billion more to help eliminate wait-lists in the health system. A Liberal government would also give $3.2 billion to the provinces and territories for them to hire 7,500 family doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would provide $400 million over the next four years to expand care through virtual settings.^[1][2]

If reelected, a Liberal government would commit $600 million to help convert empty office and retail spaces into housing. This would include both buildings owned by private businesses, and buildings the federal government owns.^[6][7]

A Liberal government would give $1 billion in grants and loans to organizations building rent-to-own housing. This means that renters of that new housing would have to commit to renting the home, at a lower than normal rate, for a certain amount of time. At the end of the period, the renters would be given the option to buy the home.^[8][9]

If reelected, a Liberal government would work with employers and communities to bring 2,000 skilled refugees to Canada to fill labour shortages in sectors like healthcare.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would work to reduce processing times for applications to bring a family member to Canada to under 12 months, and would introduce an electronic application process. A Liberal government would also create a program to provide visas to spouses and children abroad while they wait for their permanent residency applications to be processed.^[1][2]

If reelected, a Liberal government would build a national monument in Ottawa to honour the survivors and victims of residential schools.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would provide financial support for communities doing burial searches at former Day Schools and Indian Hospitals.^[1][2]

If reelected, a Liberal government would increase the amount Canada spends on international development assistance every year until 2030 to meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. A Liberal government would provide new funding for girls’ and refugees’ education, and double its funding for women’s rights organizations at the local/community level.^[1][2]

By the end of 2022, a reelected Liberal government would donate at least 200 million vaccine doses for vulnerable populations worldwide through the COVAX initiative.^[1][2]

Within 100 days, a reelected Liberal government would reintroduce legislation to ban conversion therapy, extending the ban to include people over 18 years old.^[1][2]

Within 100 days of being reelected, a Liberal government would complete work on an action plan to make Canada a more equal place and improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit people (LGBTQ2) in Canada, and would provide $40 million over four years for Canadian LGBTQ2 service organizations.^[1][2]

No specific policy has been suggested in the party's current platform.

If reelected, a Liberal government would commit to developing high-frequency rail. A Liberal government would continue the high-frequency rail project between Toronto and Quebec City, connecting Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal and other urban centres, and would explore opportunities to extend it towards London and Windsor.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would invest an extra $1.5 billion in rebates for people who buy electric vehicles, and expand the rebates to include used electric vehicles and more vehicle types. A Liberal government would also invest $700 million to add 50,000 new electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen stations, and $100 million for existing buildings to install chargers.^[1][2]

If reelected, a Liberal government would require owners of assault weapons to either sell the firearm to the government for destruction, or have it terminated for use at the government’s expense. A Liberal government would also set further restrictions on guns, and set aside at least $1 billion to support provinces or territories who decide to implement a ban on handguns.^[1][2]

A Liberal government would ban testing cosmetic products on animals as soon as 2023, and phase out using animals to test whether something is toxic by 2035.^[1][2]