The federal NDP has unveiled its comprehensive platform for the 2025 election, emphasizing health care, housing, and taxation reforms. The plan, disclosed on April 19, outlines commitments such as ensuring every Canadian has access to a family doctor, implementing cross-Canada rent control, and introducing a wealth tax. These initiatives are projected to increase the deficit by $48 billion over the next four years.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh presented the detailed platform in Burnaby, British Columbia, shortly after the federal Liberals announced their program. Singh highlighted the focus on ordinary Canadians rather than affluent CEOs, describing the commitments as clear and bold.
The platform proposes collaboration with other government levels to enforce rent controls and prevent practices like renovictions as conditions for accessing federal housing funds. The NDP aims to address housing challenges by constructing three million homes by 2030, supported by a $16 billion housing strategy to succeed the expiring Housing Accelerator Fund. This new plan would allocate 20 percent of its resources to non-market housing.
Further details of the proposed wealth tax reveal it would range between one and three percent, targeting wealth between $10 million and $100 million, with expectations of generating $96 billion over four years. Additionally, the party plans a two-percent surtax on corporations with profits exceeding $500 million.
Health care reforms in the platform aim to guarantee access to a family doctor or primary-care team for every Canadian by 2030. This would involve nationwide licensing for medical professionals to allow them to work where needed. To encourage provincial cooperation, the NDP proposes increasing the Canada Health Transfer by one percent.
As Canada approaches a potentially transformative election, the NDP’s platform seeks to address pressing national issues with comprehensive and ambitious measures.
