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Nathan Hawkins

My plan for Haldimand-Norfolk if elected would be to work across party lines in the House of Commons and to also work with provincial and municipal governments to ensure that Haldimand-Norfolk continue to thrive and be a sustainable and prosperous community.

Affordability & Housing

Poverty

Green's promises

Raise the federal minimum wage to $21/hour, and index it to inflation and productivity growth
Set livable wage floors by region based on the cost of housing, food, and essentials

"Establish a National Livable Wage Index to set wage floors by region based on the cost of housing, food, and essentials." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Mandate living wages for all federally-funded jobs, including contractors and subcontractors
Work with provinces and indigenous governments to implement a Guaranteed Livable Income

Tax measures and rebates

Green's promise

Raise the Basic Personal Amount for income tax to $40,000

"Eliminate federal income taxes for low income Canadians and decrease the tax burden on Canadians earning $100,000 or less by raising the Basic Personal Amount to $40,000." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Climate Change & the Environment

Green jobs

Green's promise

Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding

"Ensure clean economy subsidies serve workers and communities — not just corporate profits by requiring strong labour, environmental, and transparency conditions on all public funding." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Oil and gas

Green's promise

Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects

"Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Pollution

Green's promise

Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping

"Support a global tax on pollution from aviation and shipping, ensuring major international polluters pay their fair share. Work with global partners, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to develop a fair and effective system." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Culture, Arts, & Media

News and journalism

Green's promise

Prohibit Canadian businesses from deducting advertising costs on foreign-owned sites, like Google and Facebook

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Labour rights

Green's promises

Implement a clear ABC Test to classify workers as employees and prevent gig economy exploitation

"Implement a clear ABC Test to classify workers properly and prevent gig economy exploitation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Crack down on misclassification of employees as independent contractors

"Crack down on sham contracting and unjust misclassification of employees as independent contractors." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Oil and gas

Green's promise

Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects

"Eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies immediately, including tax write-offs for LNG, oil, gas, and coal projects. No public funds should support continued fossil fuel expansion." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Minority Rights, Fair Government, & Democracy

Public service

Green's promise

Mandate living wages for all federally-funded jobs, including contractors and subcontractors

Tax fairness

Green's promises

Increase the corporate tax rate from 14% to 21% for businesses with profits over $100M

"Increase the corporate tax rate from 14% to 21% for businesses with profits over $100 million ($44 billion in revenue)." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Introduce a permanent 15% Excess Profit Tax on large corporations, including banks, grocery chains, and fossil fuel companies

"Introduce a permanent Windfall Tax (Excess Profit Tax) on large corporations, including banks, grocery chains and fossil fuel companies, to prevent profiteering at the expense of Canadians. This tax will apply at a rate of 15% on profits exceeding 120% of a company’s average profits over the previous four years, ensuring that large corporations contribute fairly when they generate excessive gains." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Implement a 0.35% Financial transaction Tax on trades involving stocks, bonds, derivatives, and currencies, to curb speculation

"Implement a 0.35% Financial Transactions Tax (Tobin Tax) on trades involving stocks, bonds, derivatives, and currencies. This measure will help curb speculative trading practices that destabilize markets and generate significant revenue for social, economic, and environmental programs."

Apply a corporate tax on transnational e-commerce companies operating in Canada
Implement a progressive wealth tax on net wealth above $10M

"Implement a progressive wealth tax on net wealth above $10 million. The tax would apply at a rate of 1% on net wealth over $10 million, 2% on net wealth over $50 million, and 3% on net wealth over $100 million. This policy would impact only .5% of Canadian households." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Apply a net wealth-based exit tax of 35% on assets over $10M for individuals renouncing Canadian tax residency

"Strengthen Canada’s exit tax to prevent the ultra-wealthy from avoiding taxes by moving assets abroad. We will apply a net wealth-based exit tax of 35% on assets over $10 million for individuals renouncing Canadian tax residency, ensuring those who have benefited the most from Canada’s economy must contribute significantly before leaving. Loopholes that allow tax avoidance through corporate structures and exempt assets will also be closed." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Apply a progressive tax only to profits over $10M, and limit the ability to deduct past investment losses to a maximum of 10 years

"Ensure fair taxation of extreme capital gains by applying a progressive tax only to profits over $10 million. To prevent wealthy investors from avoiding taxes indefinitely, we will also limit the ability to deduct past investment losses to a maximum of 10 years." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Revise the Select Luxury Items Tax to remove loopholes, increase tax rates on private jets and super-yachts, and exempt Canadian-made vessels

"Revise Canada’s Select Luxury Items Tax Act to eliminate the “lesser of” rule and apply a flat luxury tax rate (e.g., 10% or higher on the full purchase price).

» Increase the tax rates for extreme wealth purchases (e.g., higher rates for private jets and superyachts.)

» Close corporate loopholes that allow businesses to buy these assets to avoid the Select Luxury Items Tax.

» Exempt Canadian-made commercial and recreational vessels from the Select Luxury Items Tax, to support small manufacturers and coastal industries."

Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Work with international partners to implement a global minimum corporate tax and combat tax evasion
End tax agreements with known tax havens
Close stock options and capital gains tax loopholes

"Close stock options and capital gains tax loopholes, which primarily benefit wealthy executives." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Tax hidden funds and require proof of foreign business operations

"End off shore tax evasion by taxing hidden funds and requiring proof of foreign business operations." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Focus the CRA on identifying hidden wealth and recovering tax revenue lost in offshore tax havens, rather than auditing low-income Canadians
Eliminate the 50% corporate meals and entertainment expense deduction
Review and phase out corporate subsidies that don't deliver proven economic, environmental, or social benefits

"Review and phase out corporate subsidies that fail to deliver proven economic, environmental, or social benefits, with priority given to eliminating subsidies that:

» Distort markets without improving public well-being.

» Contribute to corporate concentration of key industries.

» Benefit large corporations disproportionately over small businesses and workers.

» Are provided to corporations with majority foreign ownership, particularly U.S.-based firms, undermining Canadian economic sovereignty.

» Fail to pass a cost-benefit analysis."

Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Mandate full public reporting on corporate tax benefits, grants, and loans

"Increase transparency on business subsidies by mandating full public reporting on corporate tax benefits, grants, and loans — including which corporations receive them and their economic impact." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Create an independent Federal Tax Commission to continuously review tax fairness

Women and gender equality

Green's promise

Increase funding for the Pay Equity Commission to enforce federal pay equity laws

"Fully implement and enforce federal pay equity laws, ensuring equal pay for work of equal value. The Pay Equity Commission remains underfunded and requires a budget increase." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Biography

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After holding many different positions in the workforce including filmmaking , I found myself wanting more This is where my interest in politics started to grow, as there is an ever-changing landscape in Canadian politics that present new challenges on a regular basis.

If I am chosen as your MP, my commitment to you will to be make sure that your voices are heard in parliament and to keep Haldimand / Norfolk County the beautiful community that we all know and love, along with holding onto our Canadian values while protecting our democracy and sovereignty from threats both foreign and domestic.

I believe in all Canadians and if we work together, we can get through any challenges thrown our way.

Reason for running

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I running because I feel that not enough hard working or disabled Canadians voices are being heard by the government.
I care deeply about our environment, agriculture and community.

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