Platform Comparison

Click on the issue below to see where each of the parties stand on the FRIENDS election platform. If you want more complete information, we’ve prepared our full platform analysis below. Simply download our pdfs to learn more.

Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Partially
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Partially
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
Unclear
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
Unclear
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Unclear
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Unclear
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Unclear
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Partially
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Remove all ads from CBC English services, and from digital services in all languages.
Partially
Increase funding so that the CBC can fulfill its public purpose.
End political appointments for the President and the Board of Directors.
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
Unclear
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
Unclear
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
Compel companies like Netflix to invest an equal share of their revenues in the production of original Canadian content, just as Canadian broadcasters do.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Unclear
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
End the nearly $2 billion in tax subsidies that reward Canadian businesses for buying ads from Google and Facebook at the expense of credible, legitimate, Canadian media.
Follow Australia and France to force Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian news organizations for their content, including the CBC.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Unclear
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.
Enforce existing laws. Governments already have a lot of power to crack down on platforms that facilitate illegal activity, but they refuse to use it. That has to change. If it’s illegal offline, it’s illegal online.
Unclear
Make platforms’ Canadian executives personally liable for their company’s conduct, with penalties including possible jail time.
Change the law so that Canadian courts can block the flow of funds to repeat offenders. If you break the law, we should break your business.

Platform Analysis

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