ELECTION ISSUE
Status:Open
Canadian Election: Where Do Candidates Stand on the Economy?
MARKET SOLUTIONSGOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
Positions
Yves François Blanchet“Tax cuts might be not such a bad idea if they are intended to support the spending power of low-income citizens. But the question is, where will you find the money?"Apr 10, 2025
Maxime Bernier"Our country is broken. We won't fight in Ukraine. We will also cut foreign aid and bring that money home."Mar 24, 2025
Jagmeet Singh“When we are purchasing vehicles at the federal level -- thinking about the RCMP fleet, thinking about Canada Post and the entire fleet -- we need to be buying entirely Canadian-made vehicles."Mar 27, 2025
Jonathan Pedneault"We are a progressive party that’s always had a strong platform to help workers, to help working families throughout the country/ The Green Party first and foremost is about planning for the future.”Mar 24, 2025
Jagmeet Singh“While these tariffs are in place, no companies should think they can sell here in Canada if they don’t have a footprint here in Canada. If they get rid of their footprint, if they’re not creating jobs here, they’re not selling in our country.”Apr 10, 2025
Mark Carney“The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."Mar 28, 2025
Pierre Poilievre"We will cut bureaucracy, waste and consulting contracts, so that we can get the budget close or, hopefully, on balance as soon as possible to bring down interest rates, inflation and debt.”Sep 27, 2024
Pierre Poilievre"[C]ommon sense Conservatives will reverse last June’s Liberal tax hike on capital gains—a tax economists agree will kill 400,000 jobs."Apr 10, 2025
Pierre Poilievre"A dollar left in the hands of consumers and investors is more productive than a dollar spent by a politician."Mar 23, 2025
Mark Carney"We intend from a federal level to have free trade by Canada Day. The agreement is to turn what has been a concept into a reality that will diversify and strengthen our economy."Mar 21, 2025
Jonathan PedneaultIt's not your budget that's broken. It's the system. Raising the tax-free threshold to $40K puts up to $3,675 back in your hands — funded by fair corporate taxes. More for you. Less for yachts.Apr 10, 2025
Pierre Poilievre“We will cap government spending with a dollar-for-dollar law that requires we find one dollar of savings for every new dollar of spending"Sep 27, 2024
Pierre Poilievre"[We will] repeal Liberal anti-growth laws and slash costly red tape so we can approve resource projects and quickly build the energy infrastructure we need to unleash our economy."Apr 01, 2025
Yves François Blanchet“We need to put reason before fear in the face of the uncertainty coming from the White House. We need to protect and stimulate sectors of our economy. The Quebec economy and, of course, the Canadian economy.”Apr 10, 2025
Mark Carney"When markets are governed well, they deliver great jobs and strong growth better than anything.”Apr 10, 2025
Pierre Poilievre“If [America is] going to be an unreliable trade partner, we’ve got to find ways to sell more to ourselves and the world.”Jan 25, 2025
Pierre Poilievre“President Trump has said he wants to tariff our country. We cannot afford economically destructive Liberal taxes that will drive even more business and jobs out of our country.”Jan 16, 2025
Pierre Poilievre“My common-sense plan to axe the (carbon) tax, build the homes, fix the budget, stop the crime is a bottom-up, free-enterprise agenda, not a top-down state capitalism agenda.”Oct 07, 2024
Pierre Poilievre"Allowing reinvestments without tax will unlock billions to immediately begin building, hiring, investing and growing."Mar 30, 2025