Saskatoon NDP debate

	A	B	C	D	E
1		Charlie Angus	Niki Ashton	Guy Caron	Jagmeet Singh

2	Opening speech	no policies mentioned	Public pension	no policies mentioned	inequality
3			Public ownership		"I'm the growth candidate in this race"
4			Medicare
5			minimum wages
6			unemployment insurance
7			peace and justice at home and world
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9	Q1: carbon pricing	legislate limits on hard caps	state clearly that climate change is real	Follow Scandinavian countries	one-size doesn't fit all
10		reinvest carbon pricing in transit	supports current NDP climate change policy	move towards pricing	need a carbon price, but different approaches in different provinces
11		diversify economy	low income residents aren't taxed or punished	electrify transportation	carbon tax needs to be twinned with rebates for low income families
12			diversification	green technologies
13			create good, systainable green jobs
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15	OD: oil and gas	legislate hard limits	diversification, like in Alberta	Just transition (like adopted by CEP)	can't have environmental justice w/out economic justice
16		diversification	federal government must work with provs.	unions, SFL and AFL must be involved in solutions	need a transition plan to support workers
17			public ownership: part of green transition and investment		"only candidate w/clear proposal for just transition"
18					investments in retraining
19					community benefit agreements for economies hardest hit
20
21	Q2: off-reserve Indigenous people and n2n relationship	coherant, national housing strategy	address unnacceptable living conditions on reserve	Take action where Trudeaus is not	Confront legacy of genocide
22		$4B CMHC housing surplus	healthcare, housing and education must be fixed	Fix water infrastruction	name systemic inequality and racism
23			allow people to live and stay in their communities	Fix housing problems	ending discriminatory policing
24			address systemic racism and colonization
25			front-line urban services, fund them
26			work with friendship centres to improve services
27
28	Q3: Canadian wheat board and transportation	move back to cooperative models	food sovereignty	no policies mentioned	Address income-cost squeeze for farmers
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30	OD: ideology vs. idealism	We need to win to make difference	idealism can win power	Weird Quebec thing	We need to form government
31			inequality		Childcare
32			take on corporate greed		Pharmacare
33			inequality		Universal services, publicly delivered
34					We must win to implement aforementioned policies
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36	Question: Caron to Ashton on precarious work		good jobs program, including reaching full employment	eliminate poverty with basic income
37			free tuition
38			expand social safety net further
39			affordible housing
40			privatization, austerity and bad trade deals need to be opposed
41			Basic income wont solve this
42
43	Question: Ashton to Singh on pipelines and Alberta bashing				stop pitting workers against environmentalists
44					don't attack Notley by first talking about an "energy project" (pipelines?)
45
46	Question: Angus to Caron on Indigenous advocacy			Platform will come out soon
47				Reverse damage Liberals are doing now
48				Significant investments in housing, water and others
49				Respect tribunal descisions
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51	Question: Singh to Caron on universality			eliminate poverty	Pharmacare
52				Basic income	Healthcare
53				$15.hr minimum wage	income transfers to lift people out of poverty
54				Boost provincial transfers for social programs and healthcare	universal, public social programs
55					redistribution
56
57	Q (French): which sector would be best nationalized?	(gap in cpac video that jumps past Angus' reply)	State societies: postal banking	Infrustrcture investments	Infrastructure
58			Heath society to create pharmacare	State society to manage infrastructure investments	Green energy - federal system of electrification
59			State socierty to oversee green transition
60
61	Q4: pensions	Fight for defined pension plans	Tax reform plan (in her platform)	Improve public pensions	Canada seniors' guarantee
62		Give access to low income workers to pensions			Niki's tax plan is progressive
63		"Look at Sears"
64
65	Q5: crime	more housing supports	true justice reform, repeal Harper legislation	more money to make the system work better	end mass incarceration
66		more drug addiction supports, including against fentynal and oxycontin	address poverty and lack of housing	more resources to system (police and courts)	overhaul system to be rehabilitative
67		police need resources they need	expand social safety net	victims need to be listened to	invest in rehabilitation
68			access to healthcare, pharma, dental		harm reduction instead of criminalization
69			access to tuition free education
70			harm reduction policies
71
72	Q: gun registry?	No - put into public safety	regions need to decide what's best for them	No	regional differences need to be recognized
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74	Q; would you keep Trud. in power to block Scheer?	No	Only option is the NDP	Liberals are like Conservatives right now	Both parties are status quo parties. NDP is only solution
75
76	Q6: Regina manifesto	Form government	socialist vision for our country	Form government	inequality
77			people before profit	Break the various solitudes that exist
78			fighting climate change
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80	Q7: how to engage Canadians?	we the Left needs to step up	free tuition	inspire, express and excite people.	inequality
81		reinvest in people	fair taxation	authenticity	climate change
82		force corporations to pay more	public ownership		reconciliation
83			fundamental change		"we need to use your energy to grow our party"
84			working with social movements (named 4 local SMs)		new members
85
86	Question from Singh to Angus: how can we win in major cities?	organizers on the ground			connect with new canadians "in a way that others on this stage simply cannot"
87		decentralize the campaign
88
89	Question from Caron to Angus: growing support in Quebec	Better platform for Quebec in 2015
90		Work with movements
91		Respect Quebec's jurisdiction and values, and French language
92
93	Question from Ashton to Caron: free tuition?		Free tuition	Free tuition but first help and assistance through the basic income
94				Negotiations will take a long time so lets use BI first
95
96	Question from Singh to Angus on universality	public pensions			universal healthcare, pharmacare
97					Old age security promise
98					redistribution
99
100	Q: faith	separation of religion and state	must call out history of religion used to cause harm	separate religion and state	same sex marriage