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Trump's tariffs platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Prioritise Canadian suppliers and supply chains in government procurement

    "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

  • Prioritise low-emission and sustainability-certified products and materials in government procurement

    "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

  • Increase transparency and stringency in origin-of-product labelling, with support to help manufacturers and Competition Bureau enforcement

    "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 $2B Strategic Response Fund to protect jobs in the auto sector and help workers upskill within the industry

    "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

  • Strengthen the Investment Canada Act to protect against attempts to buy Canadian businesses, cor public health care, intellectual property, critical minerals, and other resources

    "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

Conservative

  • 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

  • Prioritise Canadian companies employing Canadian workers and using Canadian materials for federally-funded infrastructure and defence projects

    "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

Bloc

  • Soutenir des contre-tarifs ciblés et raisonnables, tout en se faisant le porte-voix des entreprises qui devront en être exemptées
  • Soutenir des mesures d’aide aux entreprises et aux travailleurs affectés, incluant un programme de la subvention salariale
  • Réserver les revenus des contre-tarifs aux entreprises ayant subi les effets des mesures d’intimidation de l’administration américaine
  • Déposer une stratégie pour soutenir l’achat local

    Le Bloc Québécois déposera une stratégie pour soutenir l’achat local, incluant des frais postaux aussi avantageux pour les PME que les grandes entreprises ainsi qu’une restriction des frais d’interchange facturés aux commerçants.

  • Proposer l’instauration des critères d’approvisionnement local dans les appels d’offres publics, comparables au « Buy American Act »

    Ceux-ci avec des garanties de retombées économiques pour le Québec

NDP

  • Ensure every dollar collected from Canada's counter tariffs go directly to support workers and communities hit hardest, via the Employment Insurance Fund

    "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

  • Ban American companies from government contracts if Canadian workers can do them instead
  • Remove the GST from Canadian-made vehicles
  • Ensure Indigenous leadership is at the table and part of any decision-making regarding trade negotiations with the United States

    "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

We don't have any Green policies on Trump's tariffs.

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