Lisa Stewart

Students - investments in experiential learning opportunities for students, including co-operative education, international student mobility, international education, and investments in youth entrepreneurship and skills development. Additionally, housing and student support services. National defence and defence research; innovation and commercialization, and support, including funding, for economic development and businesses in the defence sector from FedDev Ontario and the Defence Industrial Strategy. Brock University would like to make sure that university research and infrastructure are part of the annual federal budget. Research - Brock University would like to maintain confidentiality and privacy for its researchers and applicants for federal funding. Networks of Centres of Excellence - investments in agriculture innovation now that grape and wine research qualifies for funding. Health research - research capital grants, research operating grants, and capital grants from the federal government. Economic development and social innovation - investments that facilitate partnerships and knowledge transfer between postsecondary institutions and the private, public and not-for profit sectors. Brock University would like to see research funding levels maintained or increased. Agriculture innovation - investments in agriculture innovation to support research such as state-of-the-art biomanufacturing for the development of health-centric crops for food and pharmacy and grape and wine innovation.

Seek solutions to challenges related to the international students cap. Seeking funding for health care, aboriginal studies and aerospace program and facility development on campus

Discussions on driving training, innovation, and research and development, to meet evolving workforce and technological demands. Ensure policies related to the International Student Program (ISP), and study and work permit processes are streamlined and address labour market needs. Seek support and collaboration for enhancing opportunities for workforce development, facilitating underserved and marginalized populations to access post-secondary education and training, in addition to campus infrastructure, applied research and climate action initiatives.

Amendments to immigration policies, regulations, and legislation that would help to remove barriers to foreign trained physicians practicing in Canada and inter-provincial barriers. Improvements to health care funding and policies including health workforce strategies, reducing administrative burden, reducing emergency dept, surgical, diagnostic wait times, advancing digital health services, health equity and the interpretation of the Canada health act, improving public health and promotion, expanding mental health programs, reducing interprovincial barriers to physician licensure, and improving access to primary and team based care. This also includes advocating for increases to the Canada Health Transfer and other health transfers to provinces. The administrative burden for physicians caused by the disability tax credit form.

We plan on engaging the government to provide more pathways to safety for LGBTQI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, plus) persons/refugees. We plan on engaging government to provide a policy for internally displaced LGBTQI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, plus) persons to be refugees to Canada.