Green Party

Green Party

Education

Health

  • Bring in a catastrophic drug program.
  • Commit two per cent of the health care budget, or about $10 million, to get Islanders living healthier lifestyles, including free meditation and yoga.
  • Bring proven alternative health therapies such as acupuncture, massage therapy and chiropractic in to the health insurance plan.
  • Tax items that aren't good for people or the environment, including junk food, gas and fertilizers.
  • Develop a plan to expand access for Islanders to community health centre services through a combination of new resources for existing CHCs so they can extend services and programs, and funding for new CHCs in communities where none exist.
  • Work on a plan to eliminate the two-tier health system that excludes dental health from provincial insurance coverage.
  • Commit to action on health services reform in 2014, when the current 2004 Health Accord expires and requires re-negotiation.
  • Remove from use those chemicals known to pose a significant risk to human health.
  • Relieve taxes on products that promote health, such as vitamins and bicycles.
  • Provide programs to teach adults and children about nutrition, healthy cooking, growing gardens, lifestyle choices and fitness.
  • Make physical education mandatory, including yoga as an option, in schools.
  • Reduce travel time on school buses to no longer than a half hour.
  • Include kitchens in all schools so that children have access at least once a day to locally grown organic food cooked from scratch, rather than importing frozen meals.
  • Eliminate agricultural and cosmetic pesticides and GMOs by transitioning to a 100 per cent organic P.E.I.
  • Provide free yoga and meditation to all Islanders.
  • Increase support to the soup kitchen and food banks to provide good quality healthy food options.
  • Eliminate income tax on incomes below the low-income cut-off measure (about $20,000 annually).
  • Transform urban centres so that public transportation, walking and biking become the preferred means of transportation.
  • Recognize environmental sensitivities as a health care issue and implement legislation that will result in increased public health protection by reducing the quantities and variety of toxic chemicals in our environment, including using least toxic materials in provincially-owned buildings like schools. Ensure adequate support for people with environmental sensitivities.
  • Provide access to mental health professionals in community care centres and increased funding for a mental health strategy.
  • Support the reduction of psychoactive drugs through better rehabilitation and prevention programs, especially for children.
  • Develop and fund a program to greatly reduce the entirely preventable occurrence of fetal alcohol syndrome.
  • Put greater resources into the prevention of HIV/AIDS in high-risk populations.

Economy

No promises made yet.

Rural Issues

No promises made yet.

General

  • Ban cosmetic pesticides in residential areas.
  • Introduce a Clean Water Act that would include everything from stricter guidelines for pesticide use to more thorough testing of drinking water.
  • Launch an immediate review of provincial legislation in order to bring it in line with modern standards of protection and humane animal care.
  • Legislate that all animals in care of people receive the five freedoms (as established by the Farm Animal Welfare Council). Freedom from hunger and thirst; discomfort; pain, injury disease; freedom to express normal behaviour; freedom from fear and distress.
  • Establish an independent commissioner of animal welfare which will be independent of political parties and government departments, and which will report to the Legislature and has the power to develop, implement and monitor codes of animal welfare. The commissioner will also have the power to investigate and rule on complaints.
  • Ensure that the commissioner and child and family services director are able to work in conjunction with each other, as animal abuse is often an indicator of wider domestic violence.
  • Establish an animal welfare and ethics advisory committee whose members are appointed by and report to the commissioner of animal welfare.
  • Introduce mandatory reporting of suspected animal abuse.
  • Increase funding for training of inspectors responsible for investigating and acting on complaints of animal abuse so that they are qualified and receive ongoing independent training to meet current standards of animal care.
  • Introduce a farm certification and labelling program to certify and promote farms that comply with accepted animal welfare standards.
  • Provide training and incentives to assist farmers in meeting certification requirements.
  • Introduce penalties and eliminate subsidies and incentives for farmers and related businesses that do not meet certification standards.
  • Ensure the immediate appointment of a chief veterinary officer.
  • Ban confinement of sows in farrowing crates; phase out battery hen cages and hen de-beaking within five years.
  • Prohibit new, and phase out existing, factory farming of animals, including highly intensive outdoor facilities such as feedlots and indoor facilities such as battery hen farms.
  • Ban the importation, sale and production of genetically engineered animals; veal production; importation, sale and production of foie gras.
  • Provide financial and human resources support to licensed shelters and rescue organizations.
  • Work with licensed breeders to support adoption through animal shelters.
  • Ban the sale of companion animals through retail stores, backyard breeders and over the internet.
  • Ban the breeding, import of and trade in exotic animals.
  • Provide support for spay/neuter assistance programs.
  • Work with animal welfare organizations, veterinarians and other interested parties in developing and promoting responsible and humane pet care.
  • Protect habitats for wildlife by: preserving and rehabilitating natural spaces; averting urban sprawl through enhancement of already existing built areas; provide support to municipalities for the greening of urban areas.
  • End inhumane approaches to species management by: discontinuing government programs that include killing or forcible removal of wildlife from their habitats; adopting progressive, humane, non-toxic approaches to species management, where needed; supporting programs that provide the public with the knowledge and tools to co-exist safely with other species.
  • Ban the farming of wildlife, including mink and fox
  • Support public education that promotes preservation and respect for wildlife, including: working with schools to develop programs that encourage children to respect wildlife and their habitats; working with the tourism industry in promoting non-consumptive ways for residents and visitors to enjoy wildlife and their habitats as part of the P.E.I. experience.
Island Party

Island Party

Education

Health

Economy

Rural Issues

  • Create economic development zones with representatives from community councils and industry sectors within these zones elected to serve on a regional board, while preserving and strengthening small municipalities.
  • Strategically plan for rural development.
  • Examine the status of primary industries in the global economy.
  • Explore ways of empowering the primary producers and harvesters to ensure they have greater control over their industry.
  • Unload some of the tax burden for major infrastructure on rural Islanders through regionalization.

General

  • Strong commitment to public planning and programming to prevent family violence with particular attention being given to high-risk women.
Liberal

Liberal

Education

Health

Economy

Rural Issues

General

NDP

NDP

Education

Health

Economy

No promises made yet.

Rural Issues

No promises made yet.

General

PC

PC

Education

Health

Economy

Rural Issues

General