Economy

We'll keep more money in your pocket, where it belongs

We will lower income taxes for low-income Canadians while making sure that the richest Canadians pay their fair share.
We're committed to increasing the basic personal amount to $13,750 per year per person, up from $12,250 per year per person.
We'll increase the Working Income Tax Benefit.
We will make sure that Canadians can raise a family by integrating the Canada Child Benefit and the Canada Child Tax Benefit into a single enhanced Universal Child Benefit which delivers benefits to families who need it.
We're committed to increasing the Northern Residents Deduction, linking it to inflation, and searching for ways to reduce transport costs of deliveries of food in the North.
We will restore the tax credit for contributions to labour-sponsored funds phased out by the Harper Conservatives which helped workers save for retirement and small businesses to grow.
We'll lower the general business tax rate, from 11% to 10.5%.
We'll lower the small business tax rate, from 6.5% to 6.0%

we'll fight for tax fairness

We're committed to increasing effective taxes on some forms of investment income, and reducing deductions to make them equal to taxes on working income.
We'll work to eliminate ineffective boutique tax credits to ensure that average Canadians are not impacted by government decisions to raise funds for infrastructure investment.
We're going to eliminate the write-off meal and entertainment expenses used by businessmen and cut any other benefit without a basis in a fair tax system.
We'll help lower-income Canadians plan their finances more efficiently by allowing the Goods and Services Tax and Harmonized Sales Tax credits to be received on a monthly rather than quarterly basis.
We're going to cancel income splitting and use the funds on infrastructure.
We'll combat tax evasion through targeted and specific actions by the Canada Revenue Agency regarding financial reporting.
We will make our tax system more progressive by counting Tax Free Savings Account income in income tests for welfare and TFSA balances in asset tests.
We will collect more data on income of people who use TFSAs.
We will integrate TFSA and Registered Retirement Savings Plan contribution room.

We'll fight to improve canada's business environment

We'll promote free movement of goods, services, and capital among economically similar countries while refusing to compromise our high labour, environmental, sanitary, agricultural, and intellectual property standards.
We will ratify a renegotiated and improved Trans-Pacific-Partnership, sign off on negotiations for a free-trade agreement with Japan and Singapore, and encourage trade with Commonwealth nations.
We'll work to speed up the time it takes to pass customs in ports of departure.
We're committed to fighting for the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers to lower prices for consumers.
We'll make Canada more attractive for foreign and domestic investment by abolishing restrictions in select industries and removing unclear and inconsistent rules.
We'll work to simplify the process and reduce restrictions on personal goods being transported between different countries.
We're going to increase funding for the Liberal-inspired rainy day fund within the budget, making sure that funds are invested in it in good times.
We're going to make it easier for businesses, especially small businesses, to focus on serving their clients, not the government, by reducing paperwork and administrative burdens.
We'll support entrepreneurs by continuing to limit, not eliminate, the stock option deductions.
We will provide relocation loans for unemployed Canadians to move to a low-unemployment location.
We will give loans to private small businesses to enable them to become public.

We'll improve caNADIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

We'll work to improve the livability of our cities by initiating a 10-10-10 plan for investing in Canada, dedicating at least $10 billion over the next 10 years to investments in transit, social infrastructure, and basic infrastructure like clean energy.
We'll give Canadians assurance of our plans to invest in infrastructure by topping-up the Gas Tax Fund for investments by municipalities with unused infrastructure funds.
We'll allow local communities to invest in their infrastructure by awarding them more money from the of collection of the Gas Tax.
We're committed to giving the provinces a say by creating a transfer fund to improve public transit and reduce congestion.
We'll create a grant program for Made in Canada transit vehicles based on and similar to the 80% grant offered by the United States for 'Made in America' transit vehicles.
We'll make Canada mobile by funding transportation infrastructures projects all across the country including:
- Hurontario LRT, which will connect Mississauga with Brampton,
- Expansion of the Montreal Metro, lengthening the Blue Line westward and eastward, and looping the Orange Line,
- as well as a long-term replacement of the Trans-Canada Highway with freeways, starting from the route from Calgary to Winnipeg and addition of more roads in connection with the United States.
- and upgrades to aging bridges and tunnels across Canada.
We'll make our trails more usable by creating minimum standards on their designation, including the Trans Canada Trail.
We're committed to making transportation easier and connecting remote communities by working with the provinces and territories to create uniform laws to fly drones.
We will establish an Airplane Passenger Bill of Rights.
We're committed to working with the provinces and territories to develop policies to identify frequent users of emergency services such as police and firefighting to improve their responsiveness and cost-effectiveness.
We will update airline passenger rules to allow small knives, and ban bath salts and baby powder to bring Canadian air travel rules in line with international standards.
We'll give airlines more freedom in enforcement of certain regulations.
We will make regulation of airlines more efficient and useful by eliminating inspections of pilot evaluators for flights of 50 or less passengers.

WE'LL Keep canada innovative

We'll make more works accessible to Canadians by continuing to limit copyright length.
We're committed to defending net neutrality and allowing Canadians access to a free, unhindered internet.
We'll allow the public to use non-commercializable innovations through combating patent trolls by limiting their ability to control the use of their innovations.
We'll create a market in copyrighted works by promoting compulsory licensing, especially for works whose makers cannot be found.
We're committed to creating a permissive copyright regime for the productions of works for blind and visually impaired Canadians.
We'll develop provisions which support the use of copyrighted works for text and data mining to help our data sector and the development of Canadian artificial intelligence.
We'll work to make the Copyright Board of Canada more transparent and effective in reaching decisions on the use of copyrighted works.
We're committed to addressing the unjust high costs of litigation for the use of intellectual property.
We'll add promotion of the space sector as a part of the government's Science and Technology.
We'll reinstate major funding programs for the promotion of the basic sciences.
We're committed to supporting technology incubators and accelerators through increased funding and in-kind support, such as office space, work tools, and software.
We'll create the position of Chief Digital Officer to make it easier for Canadians to access government services digitally.
We'll work to coordinate the efforts of the four main science agencies in Canada to increase innovation.
We'll fund more research scholarships, especially the Canada Research Chair scholarship.
We'll work to promote independent, basic, high-risk, and impact research.
We're committed to encouraging international scientific cooperation.
We'll remove restrictions placed by previous Conservative governments on scientists speaking freely to media about their work.

We'll fight to keep canada as a world leader in energy

We'll reduce pipeline accidents by creating a single database to track pipeline companies following regulations and report violations more consistently.
We'll grow prosperity and support pipeline jobs by approving pipelines faster through the creation of a single review process for all projects.
We're committed to removing anti-competitive measures in the energy industry.
We'll reform grants for specific energy industry commercial activities, such as by making the Canadian Exploration Expense only deductible on the failure of resource projects.
We'll take steps to make the Canada's pipeline regulator, the National Energy Board, a neutral source of energy information through the creation of a new information agency.
We're committed to making the approval of pipelines a non-partisan issue by reducing the funding of the National Energy Board that comes from energy companies and making sure that it serves the interests of Canadians', including the Indigenous', by creating a new office to represent the public.
We'll combine National Energy Board risk assessment activities into accordance with the 'one project, one review' principled.
We'll ensure that polluters in the Arctic pay for the damages they cause by reforming Canada's regime for accident liability in the Arctic.
We'll introduce a green investment bank to kickstart investment in green energy, products, and services.

We'll fight to grow our agricultural and food sectors

We will develop a National Food Strategy that balances Canadians' interests in healthy and safe foods with the economic viability of agriculture.
We're going to maintain the Rural Secretariat to maintain and improve government consultations with the rural communities of Canada.
We'll reform farm income safety nets to meet the needs of Canadian farmers when they are faced with unexpected events.
We'll maintain funding for the FarmStart program to help the next generation become involved in farming and agriculture.
We'll invest $80 million over four years into the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for more food safety inspections of domestic and imported foods.
We will create a grant for investments into agricultural research and innovations by businesses.

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