The party released a 109-page document titled ‘A New Deal for People’ on Sunday, which sets out the NDP’s vision for Canada.

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“We believe that we need to work towards a health-care system that covers us from head to toe,” Singh said. People are getting squeezed as everything from housing to medication gets more expensive. Singh says this will save families more than $550 a year.

READ MORE: Ontario NDP gathers for convention in Hamilton, Horwath to outline party priorities. “We have a crisis in health care. The stress that families carry, the worry that keeps people up at night, and the suffocating pressure that people feel as costs keep tightening the family budget – it’s all caused by the choices that Liberal and Conservative governments have made to do less and less for people. Lately, national polls have been showing the centre-left party losing ground to the Green Party. Singh said the expert panel’s recommendations were “overly cautious.”, WATCH: Singh says NDP will bring in ‘head to toe’ health care plan, READ MORE: The party says it plans to expand Canada’s health-care system and will develop a “long-term roadmap” include dental care, eye care, hearing care, mental-health care, seniors care and more in the Canada Health Act. Close tax loopholes and introduce a one per cent "wealth tax" on personal earnings over $20 million. Increase access to public transit, including along rural routes cut off by Greyhound service discontinuation. Please read our Commenting Policy first. He's worked for CBC in Fort McMurray, the Maritimes and in Canada's Arctic. The panel said a national list of prescription drugs for pharmacare should be established by Jan. 1, 2022, and be expanded no later than Jan. 1, 2027.

New Democrats will make the rich pay their fair share – and make the investments families need now.

David Thurton is a national reporter in CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. From our downtowns and suburbs to small towns and rural communities, people are worried about what the future holds – and how their children will make a life for themselves.

“We are going to change that, because we are stronger together.”. WATCH ABOVE: The plan, dubbed NDP for short, makes some big promises to expand Canada's universal healthcare system. Our New Deal for People is our view of where our country can go over the next decade and our commitment to the real results that we will work to deliver for Canadians.

The document also includes the NDP commitment to “invest in making life better for all Canadians,” by having the richest of the top one per cent pay one per cent more. It hasn’t. The party's hope is that the platform launch will provide a much-needed boost for Singh and other candidates who will soon head back to their ridings for a summer of campaigning. Cap and reduce tuition fees and student loan interest, with an eventual goal of free post-secondary education. The Liberals’ election platform includes $9.3 billion in new spending in 2020-2021, with the deficit rising to $27.4 billion that same fiscal year.

The party has also outlined promises to spend a billion dollars in 2020 to expand child care, and will implement a ‘foreign buyer’s tax’ on the sale of homes to non-Canadian citizens. A previous version of this story called the NDP platform a New Plan for Canada when in fact it’s called A New Deal for People. The party would roll back corporate tax cuts provided by previous governments to 2010 levels, an increase from the current 15 to 18 per cent, generating billions more for government coffers a year.

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We’re committed to the important work of reconciliation in true and equal partnership with Indigenous communities. “The liberals and conservatives have been working for the people at the very top instead of working for you,” Singh said. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh unveiled the platform in Hamilton on Sunday. Singh says the NDP will work with health-care workers, provincial and territorial governments and with Indigenous communities to develop the plan. Create an action plan to prevent suicide. Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP have set a clear path to balance the budget, while protecting our economic recovery, investing in schools and hospitals, and making life better for Alberta families.

If we want different results, we need to make different choices. “Under our plan, Canadians will see a historic expansion of the services covered under our national health-care system for the 21st century.”, WATCH: Singh talks about universal pharmacare plan. It also would raise corporate taxes, end fossil fuel subsidies, close tax loopholes and levy a foreign home buyers tax.

Sign up here. The party would raise taxes on the wealthiest Canadians — those with wealth over $20 million annually. On Wednesday, a Liberal government-appointed advisory council called for a $15-billion single-payer pharmacare plan and the federal health minister says Ottawa is considering next steps. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh unveils platform ahead of 2019 federal election.

Create an affordable housing plan that includes construction of more low-cost and co-operative housing across the country.

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But with the party sagging in the polls, as Mike Le Couteur explains, the platform may not be enough to bring in the votes. For too long, governments have chosen to strip away the services Canadians count on, while helping their rich friends and the biggest corporations. NDP's 2019 election platform promises mental, dental, hearing coverage for all.

In the coming months, this is the roadmap that will guide us as we talk to millions of Canadians. Singh says if his party forms government after the October federal election, it will inject $10 billion annually into a national pharmacare program. The party outlines measures to boost government revenues to help pay for the multi-billion dollar reform.

It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. We’ll ensure Indigenous communities have safe housing and clean water, high quality education, and access to health care. This election is the first time the PBO, which typically reviews government spending and policy initiatives, will make itself available to assess the fiscal soundness of party platforms. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. New Democrats are committed to a future where racism, discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia have no place, where we fight for reproductive justice and an end to gender-based violence, and where government treats people with the respect and dignity we all deserve. One question Singh undoubtedly will face is the obvious one: How do you pay for biggest new federal health care investment in generations?

“It’s time for the party that brought Medicare to Canada, to take another major step forward.”. Focus on revitalizing industries like forestry, fisheries and agriculture. The CBC's David Thurton can be reached on Facebook, Twitter or at david.thurton@cbc.ca. The story also mentioned that an elected NDP government would raise taxes on those who make over $20 million. CBC was given an early look at the platform. New Democrats will build an economy where it’s easier to get a good job and earn a fair wage. “We’re going to ask the people at the very top to contribute a little more,” Singh said.

The platform says it will raise taxes on those whose wealth is over $20 million. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.

People are finding it harder to keep up as wages flatline while the wealthiest people keep getting richer.

The NDP will be the first Canadian federal party to unveil an election platform that promises to drastically expand Canada's health care system to include, not just pharmacare, but mental, dental, eye and hearing coverage for all citizens.

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The document outlines the party’s plan to expand the health-care system with a “comprehensive, universal and public” pharmacare program.

We can build safe and welcoming communities, invest in public infrastructure, support Canadian art and culture, and make sure people have access to the services they count on no matter where they live. In her first years as Premier, in the face of a downturn she inherited, Rachel Notley laid out a responsible plan to balance the budget by 2023-24. Singh talks about universal pharmacare plan, B.C. The NDP proposal would see the pharmacare program start sooner than an expert panel recently recommended. It’s time that changed,” Singh said.

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