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
They may still in the future!
Biography
Jennifer McKelvie is a municipal leader, Deputy Mayor, and accomplished Environmental Geoscientist with deep personal and professional ties to Ajax. With decades of experience championing infrastructure and the environment, she is ready to use her skills to champion growth, protect jobs, and deliver for Ajax as its next Liberal Member of Parliament.
For the past seven years, she has served as a municipal Councillor representing Scarborough-Rouge Park. After being elected to her second term of office in 2022, Jennifer was appointed Deputy Mayor of Toronto, and in this capacity, was Acting Mayor from February to July of 2023. Jennifer serves as Chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, a member of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and a member of the Green Municipal Fund Council for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, supporting municipalities across Canada in adopting sustainable practices.
Jennifer McKelvie is also an accomplished Environmental Geoscientist with experience in infrastructure planning and community engagement. She completed her B.Sc. and postdoctoral research at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and managed research partnerships at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Dr. McKelvie’s peer-reviewed research has been widely cited and supported by numerous national and international awards, including the NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship and L’Oréal/UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship.