Election news and party position statements

Check here to get updates on the campaign, and to find out where the parties stand on key lung health issues.

Election news

Party	Lung Health Framework	Clean Air for Canadians	Research into lung disease
Conservative Party of Canada	Yes - The Conservative Party of Canada has made a platform commitment to using creative measures to tackle lung disease	Yes – series of commitments to cleaner air for Canadians	Yes – platform commitment to dealing with lung disease
Liberal Party of Canada	No specific commitment to the National Lung Health Framework but open to consultations	Yes – series of commitment to clean air for Canadians	Yes – they will invest in health research and research on lung disease
New Democratic Party of Canada	Yes – will support measures to ensure adequate funding is available to support the Framework’s objectives	Yes – series of commitments to cleaner air for Canadians	Yes – will work to ensure lung diseases are adequately funded under health research strategy
Bloc Québecois	Not supportive of Framework – believe health is a provincial responsibility	Yes – in favor of measures to improve air quality	Yes – in favor of increases in research funding
Green Party of Canada	Yes – supports the National Lung Health Framework and would commit to integrate within a comprehensive national health promotion strategy	Yes – series of commitments to clean air for Canadians.	Yes – they will invest in health research

To view the detailed responses to our lung health questionnaire to party leaders