2004 Election
See also: Canadian federal election, 2004Child care: The CHP supported a large tax break for two-parent families with school-age or younger children, if one parent stays home to care for the children. The Communists and Marxist-Leninists support an expansion of child care.
Same sex marriage: The Communist party also strongly favoured same-sex marriage. Support also came from the Canadian Action Party. All CHP candidates opposed it.
National missile defence: The Communist party also opposed Canada joining a US missile shield.
Gun registry: The CHP strongly opposed the gun registry.
Legal status of Marijuana: The Marijuana Party made legalization of marijuana a cornerstone policy that impacted on all other issues, citing how the ban on marijuana negatively impacted rental property, for example. The CHP opposed decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Abortion: The CHP opposes abortion. All other minor parties (Canadian Action, Marxist-Leninist, Communist, Green, Libertarian Party) support legal abortions.
Monetary policy: The Canadian Action Party promoted a change to monetary policy to allow the Bank of Canada to fund all government debt.
Taxation: The Green Party proposed a policy of "tax shifting", i.e., increasing taxes on polluting activities in order to reduce income taxes on individuals and corporations.
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