Greens release costing for platform as three party leaders woo voters in B.C.

VANCOUVER – Party leaders are out for another day of campaigning in the federal election, with three of them focusing their efforts on trying to win over voters on the west coast.

On day 15, we have our first fully costed platform of the election campaign.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May had already released her full platform, but the numbers were missing.

Today, she released the costing by her party and the parliamentary budget officer and says if her party forms government, it would balance the budget in five years through investments and revenues from a clean economy, not by cuts.

“We’re applying a very small tax on financial transactions — that will give us $18-billion by 2025,” she said. “We’re raising the corporate tax rate to be the equivalent of what it is in the United States. That will give us almost $16-billion. We’re closing the capital gains loophole, that will give us almost $15-billion.”

Meanwhile, British Columbia is a focus for the other leaders today, with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicking off his day with an announcement in Delta.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making an announcement in Vancouver on “a new deal for British Columbia,” while People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier campaigns in Surrey.

While most leaders are out west, Conservative Andrew Scheer kicked his day off in Quebec, highlighting his promise to give Canadians a tax credit to help make their homes more environmentally friendly.

The 20 per cent refundable tax credit could be claimed by anyone who spends between $1,000 and $20,000 on energy-saving home renovations. The Conservatives said the measure would allow Canadians to save up to $3,800 on renovations every year.

The Tories previously announced the two-year program, estimated to cost $900 million annually, in June as part of their overall plan for the environment, which also includes repealing the federal carbon-pricing regime.

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