(a) provide a forum for members of the Party to have their say and influence the policies and platform of the Party; (b) coordinate the policy development process in all provinces and territories with a
view to maintaining a current written statement of the policies of the Party (the «Party policies») that will, together with contributions from the Leader and the Caucus and
subject to the approval of the Leader, form the basis for the platform of the Party for use in the next general election (the «Party platform»); (c) establish written procedures for the policy development process and publish those procedures
on the public website of the Party; (d) maintain an up to date compilation of the Party policies
on the public website of the Party; (e)
subject to the veto in
whole or in part (including a veto line by line) by the Leader, draft the Party platform and, upon its release during an election, publish the Party platform
on the public website of the Party