Winnipeg North candidate Levy Abad (NDP)

By: Staff Posted: 1:38 PM CDT Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015

The Times posed four questions to all the candidates running for election in Winnipeg North. Here are the answers of NDP candidate Levy Abad. Q: How would you recommend that your party spur economic development in Winnipeg North?A: Many of the 5,000-plus persons working in Manitoba’s aerospace sector are Winnipeg North residents. The NDP plans to further bolster this sector by partnering with growing companies looking to build and expand here in Canada, in exchange for firm guarantees on jobs and training. A new aerospace advanced manufacturing fund for small and medium-sized aerospace companies will invest $160 million over four years to help companies adopt new technologies, automate and scale-up production to compete globally and create jobs. For Winnipeg North’s young people, the NDP have committed to implement policies that would turn around the unemployment rate for young Canadians which is stuck at 13.1 per cent, nearly double the national average. To support Winnipeg’s small businesses, we will implement a tax rate cut from 11 to nine per cent over the first two years of an NDP mandate. Fully implemented, this will cut small business taxes by nearly 20 per cent and save small business owners across Canada an approximate $1.2 billion each year. We’ll put more money back in the hands of almost 700,000 small businesses, and we’ll do it right away.

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The Times posed four questions to all the candidates running for election in Winnipeg North. Here are the answers of NDP candidate Levy Abad.

Q: How would you recommend that your party spur economic development in Winnipeg North?
A: Many of the 5,000-plus persons working in Manitoba’s aerospace sector are Winnipeg North residents. The NDP plans to further bolster this sector by partnering with growing companies looking to build and expand here in Canada, in exchange for firm guarantees on jobs and training. A new aerospace advanced manufacturing fund for small and medium-sized aerospace companies will invest $160 million over four years to help companies adopt new technologies, automate and scale-up production to compete globally and create jobs.
For Winnipeg North’s young people, the NDP have committed to implement policies that would turn around the unemployment rate for young Canadians which is stuck at 13.1 per cent, nearly double the national average.
To support Winnipeg’s small businesses, we will implement a tax rate cut from 11 to nine per cent over the first two years of an NDP mandate. Fully implemented, this will cut small business taxes by nearly 20 per cent and save small business owners across Canada an approximate $1.2 billion each year. We’ll put more money back in the hands of almost 700,000 small businesses, and we’ll do it right away.

Q: How do you feel you and your party can support the lives of Winnipeg North residents, specifically newcomers and the Aboriginal population?
A: As an immigrant myself, I can relate to the challenges of living in a new country. People who are coming here have so much to offer in terms of education, skills and experience. Being hired in a job in line with one’s profession where those skills can be applied through accreditation of foreign credentials is NDP’s platform. The NDP will restore $30 million to the Foreign Credential Recognition Program and work with professional bodies to harmonize national standards in order to ease the stress and time newcomers face when going through the accreditation process.
The NDP is committed to launching an inquiry for missing and murdered indigenous women and girls within 100 days of forming a government. The NDP will also partner with municipalities and indigenous governments to hire apprentices for infrastructure projects that will provide employment.
In addition, the NDP’s program for $15 a day childcare and one million childcare spaces will help all working families which will propel the economy.

Q: Winnipeg North was the first area in Winnipeg to lose door-to-door Canada Post service in favour of community mailboxes. How do you feel residents in the riding have been affected by the end of door-to-door delivery?
A: In talking to the residents of Winnipeg North, most of the people are not happy with losing this service. It not only made it difficult for seniors and people with disabilities to get their mail, but also resulted in job loss for 7,000 Canada Post employees.

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Levy Abad is the NDP candidate for Winnipeg North. — Supplied photo Levy Abad is the NDP candidate for Winnipeg North.

Q: What issue, that is not one of the issues above, do you feel is of the most concern to Winnipeg North residents and how will you address it?
A: Housing is one of the important issues in Winnipeg North. Federal fund transfers to provinces for housing has been greatly reduced over the years and the subsidy for existing projects was capped in 1997. Much of the 35,000 social housing units in Manitoba are over 40 years old and need maintenance. The NDP will address the national housing strategy that will be bring forth accessible, safe and affordable housing.