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Affordability & Housing
Tax measures and rebates
Liberal's promise
"This middle-class tax cut will save two-income families up to $825 a year, by reducing the marginal tax rate on the lowest tax bracket by 1 percentage point. More than 22 million Canadians will benefit directly from this tax cut, and middle- and low-income Canadians will benefit the most." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Sovereignty, Foreign Relations, & the United States
National defence
Liberal's promises
"Expand the capabilities of the Navy with new submarines and additional heavy icebreakers to defend the North." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"Creating a first-in-class drone capability that will build and deploy aquatic and airborne uncrewed vehicles to defend our arctic, our undersea infrastructure, our borders, and our allies. This new capability will be matched with an industrial strategy that builds and perfects these technologies so that Canadian companies benefit from Canadian procurements." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"We will expand the reach and abilities of the Canadian Coast Guard and integrate them into our NATO defence capabilities. Our Coast Guard carries out important work, but we need to update their mission to face changing realities to protect our sovereignty and counter criminal activity, like the trafficking of illicit drugs. That’s why we will give the Canadian Coast Guard a new mandate—and the right equipment—to conduct maritime surveillance operations to secure our coasts." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"We will modernize our procurement legislation to ensure our Forces can buy the equipment that they need, when they need it—which is now. We can also swiftly surpass our existing defence spending targets and bolster our capabilities by investing in dual purpose infrastructure—whether housing, cybersecurity, or satellite technology—that delivers immediate benefits for both our Forces and the public." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
"We will end the chronic lapsing of defence spending, through the creation of a defence capital account that ensures that even when the timing of an investment changes, every dollar assigned to Canada’s defence will remain for that purpose." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14
Biography
As Mr. Rogers once said, "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." In this tough global and political climate, I want to be a helper. I want to stand up for our community.
I have lived in Edmonton Manning for most of my life; I love this community. As a country, we are facing challenging times, and the representation we have had in Ottawa for the past decade has fallen short. Watching the news unfold around us each day, I know that the time for action is now. We are stronger when we stand together. It's time for a new voice for Edmonton Manning in Ottawa.
The Liberals have a strong plan backed with the knowledge and experience to get us through these challenging times. Mark Carney will laser-focus his cabinet to create one Canadian economy instead of 13, invest in critical, long-overdue infrastructure to support trade throughout the country (including pipelines, highways, and ports), build homes, and take a new approach to climate action. Not only will this plan help Canada, but with the right representation in Ottawa, it will benefit Albertans and our community in Edmonton Manning.
Reason for running
Now, as a candidate, Blair is fighting to protect the $10-a-day childcare program—a policy that has transformed the lives of families across Canada, including her own. “I was paying $1,750 a month for child care while working full-time and while going through university.. It was exhausting—not just emotionally, but financially. I never personally benefited from the $10-a-day childcare program, but I never want families to go through what we did. There were many times where we didn’t know if we would be able to make ends meet, and a lot of nights of kraft dinner.”
Blair is raising concern that Conservative MP Ziad Aboultaif and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives want to dismantle this program, putting affordability and family security at risk. “Let’s be clear: under the Conservatives, families would never have seen $10-a-day childcare. That’s what’s on the line in this election. The Liberals made it happen, and I’m running to make sure it stays.”
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