page_title: Liberal Party of Canada
section_title: Current policies
hierarchical_section_title: Liberal Party of Canada / Principles and policies / Current policies
caption_attribution_description: English: Real Change Liberal Logo, 2015
context_page_description: The Liberal Party of Canada is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in Canada. The party has dominated federal politics for much of Canada's history. The Liberals held power for almost 70 years in the 20th century, which is more than any other party in a developed country. As a result, it has sometimes been referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".
  The party espouses the principles of liberalism, and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum, with the Conservative Party positioned to the centre-right to the right and the New Democratic Party, occupying the centre-left to left. Like their federal Conservative Party rivals, the party is often described as a "big tent", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. In the late 1970s, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau claimed that his Liberal Party adhered to the "radical centre".
context_section_description: During the 2015 election, the Liberal party's proposed policies included:
  Cut the middle class tax bracket ($45,000–$90,000) from 22% to 20.5% and create a new tax bracket for income above $200,000 taxed at 33%
  Set national targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions through cooperation with provinces, support Keystone XL with a stricter environmental review process, spend $20 billion over 10 years on "greener infrastructure"
  Run 3 years of deficits that will not exceed $10 billion to finance infrastructure projects and balance the budget in 2019
  Spend $60 billion in new infrastructure spending, including $20 billion in transit infrastructure and quadrupling federal funding for public transit, all over three years
  Invest $300 million annually to fund a Youth Employment Strategy
  Reduce employment insurance (EI) premiums from $1.88 per $100 to $1.65 per $100
  Replace the Universal Child Care Benefit with a Canada Child Benefit that would provide $2,500 more to an average family of four
  Support training efforts in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia; end the bombing mission against ISIS but increase humanitarian aid and training of local ground troops
  Take in 25,000 Syrian refugees and spend $100 million for refugee processing and settlement
  Negotiate a new health accord with the provinces to guarantee long-term funding, including a national plan for lower prescription drug prices
  Invest $3 billion over four years to improve home care
  Set up an all-party committee to pass legislation implementation of physician assisted death
  Full legalization of marijuana
  Implementing a non-partisan appointment process for the Senate modelled on that of the Order of Canada, after having removed Liberal senators from the party caucus in 2014
caption: The Trudeau Liberals' slogan during the 2015 campaign was "Real Change"
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