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Affordability & Housing

Fuel and transportation costs

Conservative's promises

Commit $50M to removing tolls on the Confederation Bridge

"Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman announced today that a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre will scrap the tolls on the Confederation Bridge to save residents and businesses over $50 every time they travel to the mainland." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"This $50 million commitment will cover the operating costs for the Confederation Bridge which is currently paid for with tolls. It will end the unfair tax that Islanders have to pay just to leave their own province, keeping more of their money in their pockets." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Review government support for the Wood Islands-Caribou ferry to Nova Scotia

"Conservatives will also immediately conduct a review of federal support for the Wood Islands-Caribou ferry." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Home construction and supply

Conservative's promises

Require municipalities to free up land, speed up permits, and cut development charges, or have their federal funding removed

"Conservatives will also incentivize municipalities to free up land, speed up permits and cut development charges to build 15% more homes each year." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"We’ll start by firing the gatekeepers who block housing construction instead of giving them massive bonuses. A Conservative government will require cities to free up land, speed up permits and cut development charges to build 15 percent more homes each year. If they miss their target, their federal funding will be withheld, equal to how much they miss their target by.

Going forward, this target will compound on top of the previous year’s 15% target. Cities that fail to meet their targets will be required to build even more homes the following year while those who get homes built will be rewarded with a bonus based on how much they exceed the target. Municipalities will also be required to pre-approve building permits for high-density housing around transit stations, and will not receive federal funding for transit until there are keys-in-doors." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Sell off 6,000 federal buildings and thousands of acres of federal land to build new homes
Reimburse municipalities at a rate of 50% for every dollar they take off of development charges, up to $50,000

"For every dollar of relief a municipality offers in development charges, a Conservative government will reimburse 50%, up to a maximum of $50,000 in savings for new homebuyers." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Require municipalities to pre-approve building permits for high-density housing around transit stations

"Municipalities will also be required to pre-approve building permits for high-density housing around transit stations, and will not receive federal funding for transit until there are keys-in-doors." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Cut bonuses and salaries for, and potentially fire, staff of the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation if they don't approve housing applications in 60 days or less

"We’ll also end federal delays by cutting the bonuses, salaries and, if needed, firing the gatekeepers at the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation if they fail to approve housing applications in 60 days or less." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Home ownership

Conservative's promise

Remove the GST on the sale of new homes up to $1.3M, and cut $8B of current government housing initiatives to pay for it

"A Poilievre government would fund this homebuyers’ tax cut by eliminating $8 billion of the Liberals’ bureaucratic housing schemes that have only driven up housing prices. Conservatives will also incentivize municipalities to free up land, speed up permits and cut development charges to build 15% more homes each year." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Tax measures and rebates

Conservative's promises

Drop the tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 12.75%

"Poilievre announced he will cut income tax by 15%, dropping the tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 12.75%, meaning the average Canadian worker earning $57,000 will save $900, with two income families saving $1,800 a year. It’s time to let Canadians keep more of what they earn." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

End tax write-offs for luxury corporate jets

"No more write-offs of luxury corporate jets. Corporations will be able to write off the equivalent of a commercial flight. Charter flights needed to get workers to remote job sites will not be impacted by this change." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Trades

Conservative's promises

Allow trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport, and accommodation needed to go from one job to another

"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

Back 350,000 positions for trade schools and union halls to train red-seal apprentices to build homes
Require banks to recognise apprenticeships as eligible Registered Education Savings Plans programmes

"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

Climate Change & the Environment

Conservation

Conservative's promise

Enforce the law against elver poaching in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick

“Canada First Conservatives believe the government should enforce the law and hold those responsible accountable. Only through such measures can order be restored and the scientific and conservation efforts necessary for a sustainable fishery and a thriving environment be upheld. After the lost Liberal decade, Nova Scotians have reached their limit.” — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Greenhouse gas emissions

Conservative's promises

Remove the price on industrial greenhouse gas emissions

"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

Support a plan to double Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas production
Repeal the cap on industrial greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas

Marine conservation

Conservative's promise

Restore the seal harvest

"Today, Clifford Small, Conservative candidate for Central Newfoundland, announced that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Government will restore the seal harvest to protect harvesters’ jobs, and take back control of the seal and sea lion population that is destroying our fish stocks." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Mining and minerals

Conservative's promises

Create a single office to handle all regulatory approvals across all levels of government
Implement one application and one environmental review per project

"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

Approve ten specific priority projects

"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

Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

"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

Oil and gas

Conservative's promises

Create a pre-approved transport corridor within Canada for transmission lines, railways, and pipelines

"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

Repeal the Impact Assessment Act
Repeal the ban on tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil or persistent oil products from using ports in north-west BC
Aim to reduce approval times for resource projects to six months and set a maximum time of one year

"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

Repeal the cap on industrial greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas
Support a plan to double Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas production
Approve the LNG Newfoundland and Labrador project
Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

"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

Remove the price on industrial greenhouse gas emissions

"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

Health & Healthcare

Addiction and the poisoned drug supply

Conservative's promises

Fund treatment for 50K people in treatment centres

"Fund treatment for 50,000 Canadians. A new Conservative government will fund treatment for 50,000 Canadians in treatment centres with a proven record of success at getting people off drugs. This includes successful models like the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, which helps people recover and reunite with their families, communities, and culture. To ensure the best outcomes, funding will follow results. Where spaces in good treatment programs exist, we will use them, and where they need to expand, these funds will allow that." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Ban safe consumption sites from being located within 0.5km of schools, daycares, playgrounds, parks, and seniors' homes

"Ban drug dens from being located within 500 metres of schools, daycares, playgrounds, parks, and seniors’ homes and impose strict new oversight rules." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

End exemptions for provincially-regulated safe consumption sites

"Poilievre also pledged to crack down on the Liberals’ reckless experiments with free access to illegal drugs that allow provinces to operate drug sites with no oversight, while pausing any new federal exemptions until evidence justifies they support recovery." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

"He will also end the exemption for fly-by-night provincially-regulated sites." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Require federal safe consumption sites to operate away from residential areas and places where families and children frequent

"Existing federal sites will be required to operate away from residential communities and places where families and children frequent and will now also have to focus on connecting users with treatment, meet stricter regulatory standards or be shut down." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Require federal safe consumption sites to push treatment options

"Existing federal sites will be required to operate away from residential communities and places where families and children frequent and will now also have to focus on connecting users with treatment, meet stricter regulatory standards or be shut down." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Indigenous Peoples and Nations

Indigenous businesses and economic opportunity

Conservative's promise

Establish a Canadian Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, led by Indigenous people, to offer loan guarantees for Indigenous communities

" A Conservative Government will establish the Canadian Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (CIOC), led by Indigenous people, to offer loan guarantees for Indigenous communities. It will operate under the First Nations Financial Management Act, similar to other Indigenous financial institutions." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Alcohol

Conservative's promise

End automatic annual tax increases on alcohol, and bring the tax rate down to 2017 levels

Fishing and aquaculture

Conservative's promises

Double funding for the Small Craft Harbours programme
Grant Harbour Authorities better access to federal commercial financing

International trade

Conservative's promise

Upgrade the Port of Churchill for resource exports

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

Investment

Conservative's promises

Allow Canadians to contribute an extra $5,000/year to Tax-Free Savings Accounts, so long as the money supports Canadian companies

"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

Remove the capital gains tax on sales of assets where the proceeds are reinvested in Canada until the end of 2026

"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

Permanently remove the capital gains tax on sales of assets when the proceeds are reinvested in Canada if the temporary removal is a success

Manufacturing

Conservative's promise

Remove GST from the sale of new Canadian-made cars, as long as Trump's auto tariffs remain in place

"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

Mining and minerals

Conservative's promises

Create a single office to handle all regulatory approvals across all levels of government
Implement one application and one environmental review per project

"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

Approve ten specific priority projects

"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

Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

"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

Oil and gas

Conservative's promises

Create a pre-approved transport corridor within Canada for transmission lines, railways, and pipelines

"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

Repeal the Impact Assessment Act
Repeal the ban on tankers carrying more than 12,500 metric tons of crude oil or persistent oil products from using ports in north-west BC
Aim to reduce approval times for resource projects to six months and set a maximum time of one year

"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

Repeal the cap on industrial greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas
Support a plan to double Newfoundland and Labrador's oil and gas production
Approve the LNG Newfoundland and Labrador project
Create pre-approved zones for businesses to build mines, power stations, LNG terminals, pipelines, or other major projects

"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

Remove the price on industrial greenhouse gas emissions

"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

Regulations and consumer protection

Conservative's promises

Remove 25% of all rules and regulations within the first two years

"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

Require two regulations be repealed for every new one imposed
Require the Auditor General to verify that, for every $1 in new administrative costs, $2 be cut elsewhere

"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

Trades

Conservative's promises

Allow trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport, and accommodation needed to go from one job to another

"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

Back 350,000 positions for trade schools and union halls to train red-seal apprentices to build homes
Require banks to recognise apprenticeships as eligible Registered Education Savings Plans programmes

"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

Trump's tariffs

Conservative's promises

Create a $3B fund to provide short-term credit lines and low-interest loans to businesses affected by Trump's tariffs, to help them keep workers on the job

"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

Remove GST from the sale of new Canadian-made cars, as long as Trump's auto tariffs remain in place

"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

Minority Rights, Fair Government, & Democracy

Tax fairness

Conservative's promises

Create a task force to streamline tax rules, and task it to close offshore tax haven loopholes

"Poilievre has already announced that he will appoint a Bring It Home Tax Task Force to make tax rules fairer, simpler and easier to administer. The same task force will also ensure that we close all the loopholes that allow companies like Brookfield to stash their money in offshore tax havens to avoid paying their fair share here in Canada." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Redirect CRA resources from auditing small businesses and charities to target offshore tax havens

"Redirect CRA resources away from auditing and harassing small business owners and charities towards cracking down on offshore tax havens — collecting at least $1 billion more every year from those who try to hide their wealth overseas." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Create a website to name-and-shame wealthy multinational corporations dodging taxes

"Create a name-and-shame website to expose all the wealthy multinational corporations that are dodging taxes and refusing to pay their fair share." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Give people who blow the whistle on illegal offshore tax schemes 20% of recovered funds

"Expand the Offshore Tax Informant Program, giving whistleblowers up to 20% of recovered funds when they help expose illegal tax schemes." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Post-Secondary Education & Jobs Training

Trades

Conservative's promises

Allow trades workers to write off the full cost of food, transport, and accommodation needed to go from one job to another

"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

Back 350,000 positions for trade schools and union halls to train red-seal apprentices to build homes
Require banks to recognise apprenticeships as eligible Registered Education Savings Plans programmes

"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

Public Safety, Policing, & the Justice System

Access to bail

Conservative's promises

Prevent people convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole, or house arrest

"This law will stop criminals convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole or house arrest, and keep violent criminals behind bars longer to keep them away from their victims and off our streets." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Require the strictest bail conditions for anyone accused of intimate partner violence, including GPS ankle bracelet monitoring and immediate imprisonment if conditions are breached

Criminal sentencing

Conservative's promises

Set mandatory life sentences for anyone convicted of fentanyl trafficking, 5 counts of human trafficking, or importing 10 illegal firearms

"Specifically, Poilievre said he will impose life sentences for anyone who is convicted of:

  1. 5 or more counts of human trafficking.
  2. Importing or exporting ten or more illegal firearms.
  3. Fentanyl trafficking."

conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Prevent people convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole, or house arrest

"This law will stop criminals convicted of three serious offences from getting bail, probation, parole or house arrest, and keep violent criminals behind bars longer to keep them away from their victims and off our streets." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Set a minimum prison term of 10 years for people convicted of three serious offences

"Poilievre will make sure that three-time serious criminals get a minimum prison term of 10 years and up to a life sentence. They will also be designated as Dangerous Offenders, meaning they cannot be released until they prove they are no longer a danger. The only way for these repeat serious criminals to obtain their freedom will be through spotless behaviour and clean drug tests during a lengthy minimum prison sentence, with earned release dependent on improving themselves and their life opportunities, such as by learning a trade or upgrading their education." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Repeal Bill C-75, which updated bail rules, changed how juries are selected, restored some judicial discretion in sentencing, and removed unconstitutional provisions from law, among other things

"We will repeal Bill C-75, the Liberals’ catch-and-release law, to restore jail, not bail for repeat, violent offenders." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

The changes that were made by Bill C-75, and that would be repealed by the bill's repeal, are detailed in the following from the government's website:

"The Act:

  1. modernizes and clarifies bail provisions;
  2. provides an enhanced approach to administration of justice offences, including for youth;
  3. abolishes peremptory challenges of jurors and modifies the process of challenging a juror for cause and of judicial stand-by;
  4. restricts the availability of preliminary inquiries;
  5. streamlines the classification of offences;
  6. expands judicial case management powers;
  7. enhances measures to better respond to intimate partner violence;
  8. provides additional measures to reduce criminal justice system delays and to make the criminal law and the criminal justice system clearer and more efficient;
  9. restores judicial discretion in imposing victim surcharges;
  10. facilitates human trafficking prosecutions, and allows for the possibility of property forfeiture;
  11. removes provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional by the SCC; and
  12. makes consequential amendments to other Acts."

justice.gc.ca, retrieved 2025-04-18

Restore mandatory minimum sentences for some drug trafficking and production offences, and some weapon possession, trafficking, and use offences

"We will also repeal Liberal Bill C-5 that ended mandatory jail time for serious gun and drug crimes [...]" — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

The mandatory minimum sentences that were originally repealed by Bill C-5 and would be returned by a repeal of Bill C-5 are detailed in the following from the government's website:

"Criminal Code

The reforms to MMPs would only apply to certain offences, and would not limit the ability of a judge to impose a sentence of imprisonment, particularly where doing so is necessary to protect the safety of the public.

To address the overincarceration rate of Indigenous peoples, as well as Black and marginalized Canadians, MMPs for the following offences would be repealed:

  1. Using a firearm or imitation firearm in commission of offence (two separate offences)
  2. Paragraphs 85(3)(a) and (b): MMPs of 1 year (first offence) and 3 years (second and subsequent offence)
  3. Possession of firearm or weapon knowing its possession is unauthorized (two separate offences)
  4. Paragraphs 92(3)(b) and (c): MMP of 1 year (second offence) and 2 years less a day (third and subsequent offence)
  5. Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
  6. Paragraphs 95(2)(i) and (ii): MMPs of 3 years (first offence) and 5 years (second and subsequent offence)
  7. Possession of weapon obtained by commission of offence
  8. Paragraph 96(2)(a): MMP of 1 year
  9. Weapons trafficking (excluding firearms and ammunition)
  10. Subsection 99(3): MMP of 1 year
  11. Possession for purpose of weapons trafficking (excluding firearms and ammunition)
  12. Subsection 100(3): MMP of 1 year
  13. Importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized
  14. Subsection 103(2.1): MMP of 1 year
  15. Discharging firearm with intent
  16. Paragraph 244(2)(b): MMP of 4 years
  17. Discharging firearm — recklessness
  18. Paragraph 244.2(3)(b): MMP of 4 years
  19. Robbery with a firearm
  20. Paragraph 344(1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years
  21. Extortion with a firearm
  22. Paragraph 346(1.1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years
  23. Selling, etc., of tobacco products and raw leaf tobacco
  24. Subparagraphs 121.1 (4)(a)(i),(ii) and (iii): MMPs of 90 days (second offence), MMP of 180 days (third offence) and MMP of 2 years less a day (fourth and subsequent offence)

NOTE: Consistent with the Government’s related commitment to address the trafficking and smuggling of firearms in Canada and gang-related violence, MMPs would be maintained in the Criminal Code for the following offences:

  1. Weapons trafficking
  2. Subsection 99(2): MMP of 3 years (first offence) or 5 years (subsequent offences)
  3. Possession for the purpose of weapons trafficking
  4. Subsection 100(2): MMP of 3 years (first offence) or 5 years (subsequent offences)
  5. Making automatic firearm
  6. Subsection 102(2): MMP of 1 year
  7. Importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized
  8. Subsection 103(2): MMP of 3 years (first offence) or 5 years (subsequent offences)
  9. Causing death by criminal negligence, use of firearm
  10. Subsection 220(a): MMP of 4 years
  11. Manslaughter, use of a firearm
  12. Subsection 236(a): MMP of 4 years
  13. Attempted murder, use of a firearm
  14. Paragraph 239(1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  15. Paragraph 239(1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
  16. Discharging firearm with intent
  17. Paragraph 244(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 year (subsequent offences) where firearm is restricted or prohibited or where the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  18. Discharging firearm—recklessness
  19. Paragraph 244.2(3)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 year (subsequent offences) where firearm is restricted or prohibited or where the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  20. Sexual assault, use of firearm
  21. Paragraph 272(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  22. Paragraph 272(2)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
  23. Aggravated sexual assault, use of a firearm
  24. Paragraph 273(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  25. Paragraph 273(2)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
  26. Kidnapping, use of a firearm
  27. Paragraph 279(1.1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  28. Paragraph 279(1.1)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
  29. Hostage taking, use of a firearm
  30. Paragraph 279.1(2)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  31. Paragraph 279.1(2)(a.1): MMP of 4 years in any other case (involving non-restricted firearms)
  32. Robbery with firearm
  33. Paragraph 344(1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization
  34. Extortion with a firearm
  35. Paragraph 346(1.1)(a): MMP of 5 years (first offence) and 7 years (subsequent offences) - where firearm is restricted or prohibited or if any firearm is used and the offence is committed in connection with a criminal organization

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

To address the overincarceration rate of Indigenous peoples as well as Black Canadians and members of marginalized communities, MMPs would be repealed for all the offences in the CDSA:

  1. Trafficking or possession for the purpose of trafficking (two separate offences)
  2. Subparagraph 5(3)(a)(i): MMP of 1 year; Subparagraph 5(3)(a)(ii) – MMP of 2 years
  3. Importing and exporting or possession for the purpose of exporting (two separate offences)
  4. Paragraph 6(3)(a): MMP of 1 year; Paragraph 6(3)(a.1) – MMP of 2 years
  5. Production of substance Schedule I or II (two offence)
  6. Paragraph 7(2)(a): MMP of 3 years and 2 years; Subparagraph 7(2)(a.1)(i) and (ii) – MMPs of 1 year and 18 months"

justice.gc.ca, retrieved 2025-04-18

Impose significant new mandatory minimum sentences on several crimes
  1. "Life for five or more counts of human trafficking, importing or exporting ten or more illegal firearms, or trafficking, producing or exporting over 40mg of fentanyl.
  2. 15 years for traffickers caught with between 20mg to 40mg.
  3. Five years for gang-affiliated extortion, four years for extortion with a firearm, and three years for all other extortion convictions.
  4. Six months to three years for a third offence of motor vehicle theft."

conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Create new aggravating factors for auto theft committed for organised crime and arson tied to extortion
Remove house arrest as a sentence for indictable motor vehicle theft convictions

Gender-based and intimate partner violence

Conservative's promises

Create a new offence of "assault of an intimate partner" to set tougher sentences for intimate partner abuse
Require the strictest bail conditions for anyone accused of intimate partner violence, including GPS ankle bracelet monitoring and immediate imprisonment if conditions are breached
Require killings of one's intimate partner, child, or partner's child to always be charged as first-degree murder

"End the senseless practice of downgrading the murder of an intimate partner to manslaughter, simply because the murderer claims it was a so-called “crime of passion”. A Conservative government will make sure that the murder of an intimate partner, one’s own child, or a partner’s child will be treated as first-degree murder." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Seniors, Disabilities, & Retirement

Retirement savings and income

Conservative's promises

Allow working seniors to earn up to $34K tax-free

"Allow working seniors to earn up to $34,000 tax free—$10k more than now." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Allow seniors the option of keeping savings growing in RRSPs until age 73, up from 71
Keep the retirement age at 65

Sovereignty, Foreign Relations, & the United States

Defending Canada's north

Conservative's promises

Double the size of the 1st Patrol Group of the Canadian Rangers, to 4,000 Rangers
Acquire two additional polar icebreakers, and deliver two icebreakers currently being built by 2029

"Acquire two additional polar icebreakers for the Royal Canadian Navy. Poilievre also committed to delivering the two polar icebreakers the Seaspan and Davie shipyards are now building for the Coast Guard by 2029, while the Liberals refuse to provide a timeline." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Build a permanent Arctic military base in Iqaluit within two years

"Build at least one permanent Arctic military base within two years: CFB Iqaluit, Canada’s first permanent Arctic military base since the Cold War." — conservative.ca, retrieved 2025-04-17

Trump's tariffs

Conservative's promises

Create a $3B fund to provide short-term credit lines and low-interest loans to businesses affected by Trump's tariffs, to help them keep workers on the job

"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

Remove GST from the sale of new Canadian-made cars, as long as Trump's auto tariffs remain in place

"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

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