"Making permanent the doubling of the revenue protection for farmers under the AgriStability Program, from $3 million to $6 million per farm, in the case of significant revenue drops caused by the impacts of tariffs, extreme weather events, and other external shocks;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Build more domestic processing capacity, including food processing capacity in rural and remote areas, with a new $200 million Domestic Food Processing Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers, including in the fish and seafood sectors, to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program. This will build on recent successes, including the recent opening of new Agri-Food Offices abroad, which helps our farmers access new markets and diversify away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Strengthen Canada’s food security by investing in greenhouses, hydroponics, and other controlled environment agriculture that allow us to grow more types of food, here at home. We will work with the private sector to protect Canadian food security." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Amend the mandates of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to ensure they consider food security and the cost of food in all their regulatory decisions without compromising on health and safety. Currently, these important agencies only look at their respective mandates through a health and safety lens." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Direct the Canada Infrastructure Bank to prioritize investments in agriculture, fisheries, agri-food, and the food supply chain, particularly those that improve food security and reduce the cost of food for Canadian families, unlocking potentially billions in investment for the sector." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Help Canadian farmers get their goods to market at low cost, particularly in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. We will do this by extending the Extended Railway Interswitching pilot by three years. As part of our commitment to support Canadian workers, we will explore all options to exclude non-Canadian railways from being included in this project." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Work with the National School Food Program and provinces and territories to prioritize the purchasing of Canadian food products as much as possible, supporting our farmers and ensuring Canadian kids have access to local, fresh food grown and caught right here in Canada [more]." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Work with the Canada Food Inspection Agency to ensure mutual recognition of food safety standards with reliable trading partners. This will cut red tape to accelerate access to new technology approvals without compromising health and safety." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Double the loan guarantee limit, from $500,000 to $1 million, of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program and expand terms by 5-10 years." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Pass a Farmland Protection Act to stop foreign governments and corporations from buying up Canadian farmland, and report on how much farmland is already owned by foreign governments and foreign corporations." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Tear down trade barriers on Canadian wine, beer and spirits by ending the ban on interprovincial alcohol shipments so Canadians can buy and sell across provincial borders." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"[...] and increasing the benefit level and insurable earnings cap to provide a minimum weekly benefit of $450." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will inject $5 billion into a new Trade Diversification Corridor Fund, to build the infrastructure that will help diversify our trade partners, create good jobs and drive economic growth. This fund will accelerate nation-building projects at ports, railroads, inland terminals, airports, and highways. This will build one Canadian economy and diversify our trade away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Authorize Canadian ports to cooperate instead of compete, in order to maximize efficiencies by leveraging comparative advantages." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Unleash free trade in Canada by Canada Day by tabling legislation to eliminate all federal barriers to interprovincial trade and labour mobility and to remove all federal exceptions under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. By removing internal trade barriers we will create higher paying jobs, unlock economic potential, and become stronger at home and abroad." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Achieve mutual recognition of credentials with provinces and territories so Canadians can work wherever they want. This includes health professional credentials, professional qualifications in financial services, and trucking safety certifications, amongst others. In cases where mutual recognition is not attainable, we will harmonize regulations to enhance labour mobility. Following Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and PEI’s initial actions, we will drive down costs for Canadians and businesses, strengthen supply chains, increase productivity, and bring new opportunities." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Adding new rest areas for truck drivers to support supply chains and improve road safety." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Bring the premiers together to slash exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement and boost interprovincial trade within 30 days of taking office." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Introduce a Free Trade Bonus that rewards provinces that lower the trade and labour mobility barriers that cost our economy billions. Every trade barrier removed by provinces will boost GDP, improve labour mobility, and generate more tax revenue. Conservatives will give increased tax revenue back to provinces to spend on schools, hospitals, and whatever else the provinces choose." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Free the roads for truck drivers by harmonizing trucking regulations and permits across provinces to eliminate red tape, cut costs, and open up trade in the sector that keeps our economy moving." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"And we would work with provinces to eliminate inter-provincial trade barriers, including harmonizing environmental and health and safety standards to the highest level." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Open a $25 billion export credit facility to support Canadian businesses as they expand into new markets. This program offers financing to help other countries procure Canadian goods and services, with similar programs having facilitated the sale of potash to Bangladesh and water bombers to the European Union." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"We will inject $5 billion into a new Trade Diversification Corridor Fund, to build the infrastructure that will help diversify our trade partners, create good jobs and drive economic growth. This fund will accelerate nation-building projects at ports, railroads, inland terminals, airports, and highways. This will build one Canadian economy and diversify our trade away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Authorize Canadian ports to cooperate instead of compete, in order to maximize efficiencies by leveraging comparative advantages." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Help Canadian businesses diversify their markets by expanding the CanExport program and pivoting it to focus on diversifying from the United States and fully take advantage of our existing trade deals, such as CETA and CPTPP." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Pursue new trade deals with MERCOSUR and ASEAN so that Canadian businesses can access markets worth $9 trillion combined." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Modernize Canada’s Special Import Measures Act to respond to the new international trade reality, particularly to update Canada’s trade remedy tools in situations of circumvention or diversion, including legislating express timelines for safeguard actions." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Upgrade the Port of Churchill to open another door to export Canadian resources to the world." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Fixing our ports by streamlining regulations and permitting, reforming borrowing caps, pre-authorizing future development zones, exploring container shipping on the Great Lakes, extending the shipping season at the Port of Churchill, and reviewing the hours of work regulations for smaller ports." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Pursue a CANZUK free trade and mobility agreement with the UK, Australia, and New Zealand." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Deploy a made-in-Canada procurement strategy that prioritizes, whenever possible, Canadian suppliers and supply chains, and limiting bidders from foreign suppliers to bidding only on what we have agreed to in Canada’s Free Trade Agreements. We will prioritize Canadian contractors in our defence procurement, including the Canadian aerospace industry. Crown Corporations with major capital acquisitions, like VIA Rail, will also be encouraged to meet this standard." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Buy Canadian clean by prioritizing Government of Canada purchases to be low carbon emission and when applicable, sustainability certified products and materials. This includes building materials, vehicle fleets, and other goods and services. We will support clean growth in Canada, create jobs, and support Canadian business." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Make it easy for Canadians to Buy Canadian. Working with retailers, agricultural producers, manufacturers, food and beverage companies, and by maximizing Canada’s supply chain we will increase transparency and increase stringency in origin of product labelling so that it is simple, clear, and easy to identify what is a truly Canadian product. To help make this happen, we will provide support to help manufacturers adapt and for the Competition Bureau to enforce these new requirements." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Create a $2 billion Strategic Response Fund to boost our auto sector’s competitiveness, protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Safeguard our economy and our values and protect Canada from attempts to buy up our businesses, our core public health care, intellectual property, critical minerals and other resources by strengthening the Investment Canada Act. We will make more transactions reviewable, as well as modernizing standards to capture manipulative transaction models – including by reviewing the potential impacts to Canada’s data sovereignty. We will also make clear that any transactions involving core infrastructure in our public health system, such as long-term care facilities and family health practices, will be subject to stringent review and protection under the Act." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"The Keep Canadians Working Fund is a targeted, temporary liquidity program designed to help businesses affected by sudden tariffs keep workers on the job. It will provide up to $3 billion in short-term credit lines and low-interest loans to ensure companies can maintain operations and keep employees working in industries affected by Trump tariffs.

The Fund is modelled on the Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP) that the Harper government created during the 2008 recession to successfully protect affected businesses and jobs. The program will be administered through three existing federal entities: the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Export Development Canada (EDC) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC)."

— conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"To counter this unjustified attack, Poilievre will temporarily remove the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on purchases of all new Canadian-manufactured vehicles. The GST will be removed as long as Trump’s tariffs remain in place." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Implement a Buy Canada procurement policy so that federally funded infrastructure and defence projects prioritize Canadian companies employing Canadian workers and using Canadian materials." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"We would ensure that every dollar collected from Canada’s counter tariffs go directly to support workers and communities hit hardest – with no loopholes and no delays." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Revenue generated by tariffs will be directed to the EI Fund to avoid adding undue strain to employers and workers with higher premiums." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will ensure that Indigenous leadership are at the table and part of any decision-making when it comes to Canada’s trade negotiations with Donald Trump’s administration." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Working with the provinces to harmonize health and safety rules across jurisdictions to protect workers everywhere." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"connecting critical mineral projects to supply chains via a new First and Last Mile Fund (FLMF), creating a more integrated and accessible Canadian economy;

directly supporting clean energy and critical minerals projects via the FLMF, reducing our reliance on other countries and protecting Canadian jobs;"

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Kickstart the clean energy supply chain by investing in critical minerals, attracting investment in critical minerals to get them from “rock to road” faster, supporting early-stage mining companies, and supporting thousands of jobs across the supply chain. To get the vital components needed to build Canada strong, we will:

1. Connect critical mineral projects to supply chains through a new First and Last Mile Fund (FLMF). This will make more projects viable and create a more integrated and accessible Canadian economy.
2. Directly support clean energy and critical mineral projects through the FLMF, reducing our reliance on other countries and protecting Canadian jobs. This will include supporting on-site development, processing, and refining capacity.
3. Accelerate exploration and extraction, including investing in prospecting activities and recovering valuable minerals from end-of-life products like mining waste and batteries, contributing to a circular economy."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing provinces, territories, and Indigenous Governing Bodies within six months, ensuring that projects only go through one review that uphold environmental standards and Indigenous Consultation. This will include upholding Canada’s world class environmental protections and Indigenous People’s constitutional rights." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Move forward with One Project, One Review. Within six months, we will sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing Premiers, as well as Indigenous Governing Bodies, allowing the federal government to recognize provincial, territorial, and Indigenous-led assessments. It will reinforce the rigours of Canada’s system that protects the environment, guarantees Indigenous consultation and involvement, and builds community buy-in. This is a bonus for investors because it provides long-term certainty, which compared to growing uncertainty in the U.S., provides a distinct Canadian advantage." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Establish a Major Federal Project Office to advance a One Project, One Review approach which will provide efficiency and certainty for investors. This office will have a strong new mandate to:

» act as a “One Window” application portal for project proponents to reduce duplication and paperwork when seeking decisions and permits for major projects;

» issue decisions on major projects within two years instead of five - including additional approvals outside of the Impact Assessment Act - while fully upholding environmental integrity and Indigenous rights;

» shift the project review focus “why” to “how”;"

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Require the new Major Federal Project Office to render final decisions on projects on a maximum two-year timeline, much faster than the former government’s five-year timeline. This will include where other federal decisions are required, including under the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, and other federal legislation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Protect our economic sovereignty by unlocking projects that grow our economy. We will work with provinces and territories and Indigenous Peoples to establish a list of nation-building projects that span provincial and territorial boundaries and deliver major economic and strategic benefits to Canadians. Long project approval timelines in Canada create significant investment uncertainty, hindering the rapid response needed to address today’s global economic shifts. We will prioritize funding and assessment resources for these projects on an expedited basis." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Increase capacity for Indigenous communities to engage on projects early and consistently. This will include:

» increasing funding, to $40 million per year, for Indigenous capacity to engage on projects early and consistently through the Impact Assessment Agency." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"attracting, expanding and de-risking investment in critical mineral exploration and extraction with additional investments in and expansion of existing tax credits." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Attract, expand, and derisk investments in critical minerals exploration and extraction through the expansion of existing tax credits. We will do this by:

1. Broadening the Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit by expanding qualifying minerals to include critical minerals necessary for defence, semiconductors, energy, and other clean technologies.
2. Expanding eligible activities under Canadian exploration expenses to include the costs of technical studies, such as engineering, economic and feasibility studies for critical minerals projects.
3. Modifying the Clean Technology Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit to include critical mineral mine development expenses for brownfield sites while expanding the list of priority critical minerals. This will accelerate how we get critical minerals from “rock to road” and will create good jobs."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Invest in ourselves by providing funding for projects of national and economic significance and leveraging the Canada Growth Fund to accelerate private investment in Canadian critical minerals projects. This will deliver strong value for taxpayers and make Canada an even more attractive market for investments." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Work with project proponents, provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners to do proactive remediation and rehabilitation work at project sites so projects move faster" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Develop a trade and energy corridor, along with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity, including through the Trade Diversification Corridor Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"accelerating exploration, as well as extraction from recycling, by investing in prospecting activities;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"One application. End duplication – There will be one application and one environmental review per project, ensuring efficiency without sacrificing environmental standards. Instead of multiple overlapping studies that stall projects, governments will work together to deliver a single, effective review." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Some of the priority projects a Poilievre government will work with proponents and First Nations to approve:

1. LNG Canada Phase II Expansion Project (BC): Aims to double LNG output but faces power supply challenges and output limitations related to the emissions cap.
2. Suncor Base Mine Extension (Alberta): Expansion of an existing mine anticipated to produce 225,000 barrels per day of bitumen froth. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2020.
3. Rook 1 Uranium Mine (Saskatchewan): A development-stage uranium project expected to be a major source of low-cost uranium. Approval process started in 2019 with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
4. Springpole Lake Gold (Ontario): A proposed gold and silver mine with an on-site metal mill. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2018.
5. Upper Beaver Gold Mine (Ontario): A proposed underground and gold and copper mine. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2021.
6. Northern Road Link (Ontario): A proposed all-season, multi-use road in northern Ontario. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2023.
7. Crawford Nickel Project (Ontario): A proposed nickel-cobalt mine with an on-site metal mill. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
8. Troilus Gold and Copper Mine (Quebec): A proposed gold and copper mine. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
9. Sorel-Tracy Port Terminal (Quebec): A proposed new port terminal in the industrial-port area of Sorel-Tracy. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2022.
10. Cape Ray Gold and Silver Mine (Newfoundland): A proposed gold and silver mine with a milling complex. Under assessment with the IAAC since 2017."

— conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Today Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre revealed his plan to create ‘Canada Shovel Ready Zones.’ These zones will be areas already permitted for construction, meaning the permits will not just take less time, but will already be completed when a company decides to build a mine, LNG terminal or pipeline, bringing home thousands of jobs for Canadian workers and taking back control of our economy from the Americans.

Poilievre described how his Canada First Conservative Government will get the Canada Shovel Ready Zones done:

1. Identify a location that makes sense for a power station, LNG plant, pipeline, or another major project.
2. Make sure it is safe for Canadians and the environment.
3. Work with other levels of government to lock down zoning and permits in advance of construction.
4. Offer pre-permitting before even getting an application so that permits could be published online with a checklist that businesses would have to complete in order to protect nature and people.

This means businesses could buy the land, move in, hire people and build, knowing they already have the permits."

— conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Build the road to Ontario’s Ring of Fire and approve federal permits to harvest chromite, cobalt, nickel, copper, and platinum boosting our economy by billions of dollars, allowing us to become less dependent on the Americans, while our allies overseas would no longer have to rely on hostile regimes for these metals, turning dollars for dictators into paycheques for our people." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"We will replace mere consultation with a standard of free, prior and informed consent, including for all decisions affecting constitutionally protected land rights, like energy project reviews. Opportunities and benefits of projects should go to the communities that want them, not the CEOs and billionaires who force them through." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Create a $2 billion Strategic Response Fund to boost our auto sector’s competitiveness, protect manufacturing jobs, support workers to upskill their expertise in the industry, and build a fortified Canadian supply chain – from raw materials to finished vehicles." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Build an “All-in-Canada” network for auto manufacturing component parts. With this network, we will work with industry to build more car parts in Canada, limit those parts crossing the border during production, and attract investment into our own industry." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Leverage government funding to prioritize and procure Canadian-built vehicles, catalyzing domestic investment to grow the Canadian auto industry." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"To counter this unjustified attack, Poilievre will temporarily remove the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on purchases of all new Canadian-manufactured vehicles. The GST will be removed as long as Trump’s tariffs remain in place." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Softwood lumber: A Conservative government is committed to renegotiating a softwood lumber agreement with the United States to boost exports and support the forestry industry, a key sector for the economy of Quebec's regions." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Protect Canada’s commitment to supply management and supply-managed sectors such as dairy, poultry, and eggs" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"The Canada Strong Pass will provide children and youth under the age of 18 with free access to Canada’s incredible national galleries and museums, and free seats on VIA Rail when they travel with their parents. We will work with willing provinces and territories to establish similar pricing structures in our beautiful provincial museums and galleries. This pass will be available from June to August 2025. We will also introduce heavily discounted access and fares for young Canadians aged 18-24." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"The Canada Strong Pass will provide children and youth under the age of 18 with free access to Canada’s incredible national galleries and museums, and free seats on VIA Rail when they travel with their parents. We will work with willing provinces and territories to establish similar pricing structures in our beautiful provincial museums and galleries. This pass will be available from June to August 2025. We will also introduce heavily discounted access and fares for young Canadians aged 18-24." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Reduce the cost of investment for Canadian companies and make sure they are internationally competitive by extending immediate expensing for manufacturing or processing machinery and equipment, clean energy generation, energy conservation equipment, and zero-emission vehicles, as well as the Accelerated Investment Incentive." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Drive increased private sector investment in research and development by increasing, to $6 million, the claimable amount under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED) for Canadian companies, along with other reforms, to drive economic growth for small and medium-sized businesses. This program will help Canadian companies stay on the cutting edge, build in Canada, and stay ahead of foreign competitors." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Incentivize investment in innovation, especially in Canada’s startups, to help them grow and scale by introducing flow-through shares to our Canadian startup ecosystem, supporting companies in AI, quantum computing, biotech, and advanced manufacturing to raise money faster. This works by allowing companies to issue new shares that allow investors to deduct eligible R&D expenses directly from their taxable income, lowering the risk of investing in innovative Canadian companies. This builds off the successful model that has drawn investment into Canada’s world-leading mining sector and will help our startups to scale up and be the best in the world." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Nothing about Canadians’ existing TFSAs would change. The existing $7,000 limit would remain, but Canadians will now be able to contribute up to an additional $5,000 a year, if that money supports Canadian companies that employ Canadian workers and pay Canadian taxes. The tax system already defines Canadian investments, and a Poilievre government will create a definition that lets financial institutions and advisors label which stocks, mutual funds and other investments can go into your Canada First TFSA Top-Up." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Today, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced the Canada First Reinvestment Tax Cut. Any person or business selling an asset will pay no capital gains tax when they reinvest the proceeds in Canada. Companies that reinvest in active Canadian businesses will also defer any capital gains tax. These gains will still be taxed later on when investors cash out or move the money out of Canada. The break will be available on any reinvestments done until the end of 2026." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"The Canada First Reinvestment Tax Cut will be rocket fuel for our economy. It will incentivize investors—from small business owners, to farmers, to homebuilders—to reinvest and build things here in Canada. Canadians will have a powerful incentive to sell foreign investments and reinvest the proceeds, creating jobs in Canada. Because the break does not go to anyone moving money out of the country, investors will be strongly discouraged from moving money out of Canada. Instead, they will bring it home to build, invent, create, and hire here in Canada.” This tax cut will be available for any capital gains reinvested between July 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026. But, if it causes a major economic boom, as expected, Conservatives will make it permanent." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Provide a new Apprenticeship Grant of up to $8,000 for registered apprentices. Should an apprentice not complete their program within established timelines, the grant converts to an interest-free loan. This is in addition to the $20,000 interest-free Canada Apprentice Loans available to apprentices progressing through training. We will work with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis communities to raise awareness of the new grant. And we will make certain expenses eligible that make it easier and more affordable for women to apprentice in the trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Increase access to union-led training initiatives by permanently doubling the funding of the Union Training and Innovation Program from $25 million to $50 million. This funding will now support investments in training spaces and classrooms, supporting any of the Red Seal trades." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Establish a new $20 million capital funding stream for colleges to support new training spaces, such as classrooms, for apprenticeships. We will also work with provinces and territories to increase operating funding for trade colleges, building on the successes of jurisdictions like Quebec, which has been a leader in funding apprenticeship and vocational training, as well as strategic workplace apprenticeships." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Expand the Labour Mobility Tax Deduction to ensure workers who travel more than 120 km from their home to a job site can deduct more of their expenses, and commit to significantly increasing the per-year tax deduction limit." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with up to $10,000 for eligible employers for each new apprentice hired;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Uphold the Apprenticeship Service program to support employers in hiring new apprentices in Red Seal trades, with $5,000 for first-year apprentices and $10,000 for women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Incentivize companies to hire apprentices and recent graduates by establishing new requirements on federal contribution agreements to major projects that commit industry partners to include significant opportunities for young Canadians." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that a new Conservative government will allow travelling trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport and accommodation needed to go from one job to another while ending write-offs for luxury corporate jets that are not needed to do business." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Today, Conservatives announced that they would deliver fairness for the skilled trades by requiring banks to recognize apprenticeships for Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs). Financial institutions that offer RESPs will be required to recognize all skilled trades and apprenticeship programs as eligible RESP programs, ensuring that all related expenses qualify for Education Assistance Payments." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"To deliver on this [housing] plan, we will train over 100,000 skilled workers, including newcomers and those affected by Donald Trump’s reckless trade war." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"A Mark Carney led government will provide a new upskilling and training benefit for workers in the middle of their careers who need to access new skills training for their career stability and success. This new benefit will :

1. provide up to $15,000 for workers in priority sectors, including manufacturing, health care, construction, A.I. and technology. In the face of the economic uncertainty and volatility many Canadian businesses are facing, we will collaborate with employers to support retention and upskilling within their companies; and,
2. ensure that Canadian workers impacted by tariffs have the necessary tools to pursue good paying jobs and advance their careers in priority sectors. We will design these supports in partnership with labour, employers, and industry."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Protect our economic sovereignty by unlocking projects that grow our economy. We will work with provinces and territories and Indigenous Peoples to establish a list of nation-building projects that span provincial and territorial boundaries and deliver major economic and strategic benefits to Canadians. Long project approval timelines in Canada create significant investment uncertainty, hindering the rapid response needed to address today’s global economic shifts. We will prioritize funding and assessment resources for these projects on an expedited basis." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing provinces, territories, and Indigenous Governing Bodies within six months, ensuring that projects only go through one review that uphold environmental standards and Indigenous Consultation. This will include upholding Canada’s world class environmental protections and Indigenous People’s constitutional rights." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Move forward with One Project, One Review. Within six months, we will sign Cooperation and Substitution Agreements with all willing Premiers, as well as Indigenous Governing Bodies, allowing the federal government to recognize provincial, territorial, and Indigenous-led assessments. It will reinforce the rigours of Canada’s system that protects the environment, guarantees Indigenous consultation and involvement, and builds community buy-in. This is a bonus for investors because it provides long-term certainty, which compared to growing uncertainty in the U.S., provides a distinct Canadian advantage." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Increase capacity for Indigenous communities to engage on projects early and consistently. This will include:

» increasing funding, to $40 million per year, for Indigenous capacity to engage on projects early and consistently through the Impact Assessment Agency." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Work with project proponents, provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners to do proactive remediation and rehabilitation work at project sites so projects move faster" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Develop a trade and energy corridor, along with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity, including through the Trade Diversification Corridor Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Establish a Major Federal Project Office to advance a One Project, One Review approach which will provide efficiency and certainty for investors. This office will have a strong new mandate to:

» act as a “One Window” application portal for project proponents to reduce duplication and paperwork when seeking decisions and permits for major projects;

» issue decisions on major projects within two years instead of five - including additional approvals outside of the Impact Assessment Act - while fully upholding environmental integrity and Indigenous rights;

» shift the project review focus “why” to “how”;"

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

"Require the new Major Federal Project Office to render final decisions on projects on a maximum two-year timeline, much faster than the former government’s five-year timeline. This will include where other federal decisions are required, including under the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, and other federal legislation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today he will create a ‘Canada First’ National Energy Corridor to fast-track approvals for transmission lines, railways, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure across Canada in a pre-approved transport corridor entirely within Canada, transporting our resources within Canada and to the world while bypassing the United States. It will bring billions of dollars of new investment into Canada’s economy, create powerful paycheques for Canadian workers, and restore our economic independence." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"In the corridor, all levels of government will provide legally binding commitments to approve projects. This means investors will no longer face the endless regulatory limbo that has made Canadians poorer. First Nations will be involved from the outset, ensuring that economic benefits flow directly to them and that their approval is secured before any money is spent." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"One-year maximum wait times for approvals with a target of six months. There will be a target goal of decisions on applications in six months, with an upper time limit of one year, giving businesses certainty, cutting delays, and getting shovels in the ground faster." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Today Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre revealed his plan to create ‘Canada Shovel Ready Zones.’ These zones will be areas already permitted for construction, meaning the permits will not just take less time, but will already be completed when a company decides to build a mine, LNG terminal or pipeline, bringing home thousands of jobs for Canadian workers and taking back control of our economy from the Americans.

Poilievre described how his Canada First Conservative Government will get the Canada Shovel Ready Zones done:

1. Identify a location that makes sense for a power station, LNG plant, pipeline, or another major project.
2. Make sure it is safe for Canadians and the environment.
3. Work with other levels of government to lock down zoning and permits in advance of construction.
4. Offer pre-permitting before even getting an application so that permits could be published online with a checklist that businesses would have to complete in order to protect nature and people.

This means businesses could buy the land, move in, hire people and build, knowing they already have the permits."

— conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Poilievre will axe the entire Liberal carbon tax law, including the federal law that requires the provinces to impose an industrial carbon tax." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"And we are committed to keeping a strong oil and gas emissions cap, as well as to keeping the North Coast tanker ban in place to protect our coastal ecosystems from possible oil spills." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"New Democrats are committed to our Build Canadian, Buy Canadian Plan to boost our domestic economy and create a stronger and more independent economy. As part of this plan we would develop sector-specific industrial strategies for energy, mining, manufacturing, buildings and transportation, with workers at the table every step along the way, with the goal of accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition and attracting new investment in communities across the country. And we would provide additional supports to train more workers for tomorrow’s green economy. Our goal will be to support good, new jobs in clean industries, and support the decarbonization of essential industries like steelmaking, cement-making, transportation and others." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will replace mere consultation with a standard of free, prior and informed consent, including for all decisions affecting constitutionally protected land rights, like energy project reviews. Opportunities and benefits of projects should go to the communities that want them, not the CEOs and billionaires who force them through." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"We will end the free ride for fossil fuel polluters by eliminating fossil fuel subsidies by the end of 2026, and we would immediately implement a cap on oil and gas emissions." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

"Invest an additional $250 million in the repair and maintenance of small craft harbours. These harbours are the backbone of the fishing industry, especially in Atlantic Canada, and are the homebase for many of Canada’s fisheries. Tackling much needed repairs and improvements will protect livelihoods, and help these small fisheries grow." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-14

"Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers, including in the fish and seafood sectors, to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program. This will build on recent successes, including the recent opening of new Agri-Food Offices abroad, which helps our farmers access new markets and diversify away from the United States." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Help our fisheries respond to tariffs and reduce the risk involved in expanding to new markets by creating a new Arctic Fisheries Fund, and revamping the Atlantic Fisheries Fund, the Quebec Fisheries Fund, and the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund, increasing funding by 20% for each. This new funding will help our fishermen and women face tariff risks including on developing new export markets, new product development and promoting Canadian seafood for dinner tables here at home. Funding will also drive innovation, sustainability, and productivity so that our industry is set up for long-term growth." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Implementing a Made-in-B.C. Owner/Operator Policy to prohibit foreign and corporate ownership of new BC commercial fishing access, grandfathering current cases pending ownership transparency." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Make it easy for Canadians to Buy Canadian. Working with retailers, agricultural producers, manufacturers, food and beverage companies, and by maximizing Canada’s supply chain we will increase transparency and increase stringency in origin of product labelling so that it is simple, clear, and easy to identify what is a truly Canadian product. To help make this happen, we will provide support to help manufacturers adapt and for the Competition Bureau to enforce these new requirements." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Today, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to eliminate 25 percent of all red tape within his first two years as Prime Minister. This will significantly ease the administrative burden on taxpayers and businesses, waking up our economy from the red tape-induced slumber it has been in after a Lost Liberal Decade." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"Poilievre will also require that for every $1 in new administrative costs, $2 must be cut elsewhere to relieve the government burden that makes it harder for Canadian businesses to compete globally. And to ensure the reductions happen, a new Conservative government will pass a law requiring the Auditor General to verify them every year." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"End new labelling requirements for natural health products that will raise costs." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Launch an oligopoly review of key federally-regulated sectors to increase competition and lower costs for Canadians." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Implement open banking to increase competition to improve service and lower costs for Canadians while protecting concerns around privacy and security." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Invest in our homegrown startups by recapitalizing the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) by $1 billion. Combined with Mark Carney’s previously announced reversal of the capital gains hike, this will encourage Canadian capital funds to take risks and invest in promising companies. It’s about fueling our startup ecosystem, commercializing Canadian science, and betting on our own companies. This will include a defence-specific stream to catalyze our early-stage defence companies." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Incentivize investment in innovation, especially in Canada’s startups, to help them grow and scale by introducing flow-through shares to our Canadian startup ecosystem, supporting companies in AI, quantum computing, biotech, and advanced manufacturing to raise money faster. This works by allowing companies to issue new shares that allow investors to deduct eligible R&D expenses directly from their taxable income, lowering the risk of investing in innovative Canadian companies. This builds off the successful model that has drawn investment into Canada’s world-leading mining sector and will help our startups to scale up and be the best in the world." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Bring IP back to Canada and attract talent by creating a Canada Patent Box that will reward builders who locate or stay in Canada. This will encourage more businesses to grow at home and create jobs here. This will reverse the flow of made-in-Canada ideas to the U.S., ending the trend of subsidizing the U.S. economy with Canadian-grown ideas." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Make the Black Entrepreneurship Program permanent and provide ongoing funding to support Black-owned businesses. The more entrepreneurs with good ideas that are supported, the more resilient and sustainable our growth will be. Supporting Canadian businesses from every community is how we build Canada strong." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Unlock new economic opportunities for women by increasing support for the Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund. This fund invests in projects that promote women’s economic security and prosperity. A strong economy must be one where women can access high paying jobs, get equal pay for equal work, and achieve success without systemic barriers holding them back [more]." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-22

"Invest in digital infrastructure for the economy of tomorrow. We will catalyze the construction and development of AI infrastructure including data storage facilities, computing capacity, high speed, safe and reliable communication networks, and digital supply chain solutions to improve efficiency and reduce costs for Canadians. This will include improving rural broadband and reliable cell service that connects communities." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

"Investing in nation-building energy infrastructure and cutting red tape to make Canada the best place in the world to build data centres. Canada must have the capacity to deploy the AI of the future and ensure we have technological sovereignty." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Building the next generation of data centres quickly and efficiently by leveraging federal funding and partnering with the private sector to secure Canada’s technological advantage." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Measuring growth by tracking the economic impacts of AI in real-time – not just occasionally – so we can proactively help Canadians seize new opportunities, boost productivity, and ensure no one is left behind." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Boosting adoption with a new AI deployment tax credit for small and medium-sized businesses that incentivizes businesses to leverage AI to boost their bottom lines, create jobs, and support existing employees. Companies would leverage a 20% credit on qualifying AI adoption projects, as long as they can demonstrate that they are increasing jobs." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Catalyze commercialization by expanding successful programs at Canada’s AI institutes (Mila, Vector, Amii) so that we can connect more Canadian researchers and startups with businesses across the country, which will supercharge adoption of Canadian innovation in businesses, create jobs, and strengthen our AI ecosystem." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

"Establishing a dedicated Office of Digital Transformation at the centre of government to proactively identify, implement, and scale technology solutions and eliminate duplicative and redundant red tape. This will enhance public service delivery for all Canadians and reduce barriers for businesses to operate in Canada, which will grow our economy. This is about fundamentally transforming how Canadians interact with their government, ensuring timely, accessible, and high-quality services that meet Canadians’ needs.

Enabling the Office of Digital Transformation to centralize innovative procurement and take a whole-of-government approach to service delivery improvement. This could mean using AI to address government service backlogs and improve service delivery times, so that Canadians get better services, faster."

— liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23