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Chrystia Freeland’s policies on economic issues

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average Canadian voter ranked them on the quiz.

Topics

the Economy  ›  Taxes

Should Canada raise taxes on the rich?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Minimum Wage

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Corporate Tax

Should Canada raise or lower the tax rate for corporations?

  Party’s support baseRaise

the Economy  ›  Universal Basic Income

Do you support a universal basic income program?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Welfare Drug Testing

Should welfare recipients be tested for drugs?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes, but provide treatment for those testing positive


the Economy  ›  Universal Child Care

Should the federal government subsidize universal child care?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes, but only for low income families

the Economy  ›  Free Trade

Should Canada pursue free trade deals with other countries?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Labor Unions

Do you believe labor unions help or hurt the economy?

  Party’s support baseHelp

the Economy  ›  Pension Tax

Should the pensions of retired workers be taxed?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Old Age Pensions

Should old age pensions be increased?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes, but only for low income pensioners

the Economy  ›  Economic Stimulus

Should the government use economic stimulus to aid the country during times of recession?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  NAFTA

Should Canada continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Government Spending

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Small Business Funding

Should the government increase funding for small businesses?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Domestic Jobs

Should the government provide tax incentives to private companies to keep jobs within the country?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Bonus Cap

Should bankers’ bonuses be capped at 100% of their pay?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseYes

the Economy  ›  Income Splitting

Do you support income splitting for families?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Employment Insurance

Should employment insurance be given to those who work seasonal jobs including tourism, fishery and farming?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Government Pensions

Should pension payments be increased for retired government workers?

CF>CF  Chrystia Freeland voterbaseNo

the Economy  ›  Tech Monopolies

Should the government break up Amazon, Facebook and Google?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Pension Premiums

Should the employee contribution rate for the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) be raised above its current 4.49% rate?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Tariffs

Should the government add or increase tariffs on products imported into the country?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Trans-Pacific Partnership

Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  State Ownership

Should the government acquire equity stakes in companies it bails out during a recession?

  Party’s support baseYes

the Economy  ›  Bitcoin

Should the government classify Bitcoin as a legal currency?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Gig worker tax reporting

Should online payment platforms be forced to report all transactions over $600 to the IRS?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Cryptocurrency

Should the government classify cryptocurrencies as legal forms of payment?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Decentralized Finance

Should the technology of our financial system transition to a decentralized protocol, that is not owned or controlled by any corporation, similar to the internet?

  Party’s support baseNo

the Economy  ›  Stock Buybacks

Should the government tax stock buybacks?

  Party’s support baseNo