New Democratic Party is proposing various types of measures to encounter climate change. It includes subsidies on electric vehicles, easy employment insurance.
On Friday, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh revealed his climate change plan alongside his Quebec Lieutenant Alexandre Boulerice in Montreal. In a campaign environment, his supporters applauded for him.
New Democratic Party would maintain the $5000 subsidy for buying electric vehicles. In addition, for working families, the federal sales tax on vehicles is only renounced.
Not just that, the incentives can also reach to $15,000 but only on the zero-emission vehicles made in Canada. Along with this, all the federal vehicles such as Canada post delivery trucks etc will also be electric by the year 2025.
Additionally, NDP is willing to uplift electric power in public transportation. It will also pave the way for free public transit.
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NDP will also encourage reduced carbon footprint with the help of many housing schemes. These include low-interest loans along with energy savings through various renewable technologies.
It aims the retrofitting half of the housing in Canada by the year 2030 and all housing by 2050.
Democratic Party proposes the plan with respect to the climate emergency. It will oblige the government to adopt legislation in order to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets. Consequently, it will help the dissipation of global increase temperature to 1.5-degrees.
NDP Leader Jagmeet said, “We can’t afford not to act. We can’t afford to actually respond to this big question, this massive question of our generation.”
In order to measure progress, the party also wants to set up an independent Climate Accountability Office.
Moreover, Jagmeet said, NDP government will ask the rich people to contribute their share. He said the previous governments didn’t have the courage to do so.
The party is expecting the creation of 300,000 jobs in the transition to greener energy.
Further, he said, “We are going to close offshore tax havens and CEO stock option loopholes that have allowed billions of dollars to go offshore and not be taxed.”
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