Jobs, Businesses, & Labour platforms

Here's what the candidates in Niagara West, and their parties, are promising.

Agriculture

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ONDP

  • Remove the cap from the Risk Management Program

    "To address the threat of Trump tariffs on agricultural products like pork, beef, grain products and fresh vegetables, an Ontario NDP government would completely remove the cap from the Risk Management Program, ensuring the government has the tools it needs to protect Ontario farmers from Cochrane to Algoma, and the jobs they support." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Create a universal school food programme, using fresh food prepared and grown in-province

    "Feed students. Kids can’t learn on an empty stomach. Families are facing record high grocery bills, and inflation from tariffs could drive up costs even further. We’ll create a universal School Food Program so that every child in Ontario is set up to succeed. Ontario already feeds some kids in school, we’ll expand it for all and use fresh food prepared and grown right here in Ontario to do it. We can help kids focus on their teacher, not their hunger, and give families some financial relief." — ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Stop plans to convert 770 acres of farmland in the Wilmot area into an industrial area

    "We will protect prime farmland and stop the unfair and secretive Wilmot land grab, focusing development sensibly and cost-effectively within existing urban boundaries." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Agriculture.
We don't have any Green policies on Agriculture.
We don't have any PC policies on Agriculture.

Gig and contract workers

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ONDP

  • Classify app-based gig workers as employees
We don't have any Liberal policies on Gig and contract workers.
We don't have any Green policies on Gig and contract workers.
We don't have any PC policies on Gig and contract workers.

Inter-provincial business and trade

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ONDP

  • Find new customers for Algoma Steel in Sault St. Marie, Vale mining in Sudbury, and the forestry industry

    "We will find new customers for Algoma Steel in Sault St. Marie, Vale mining operations in Sudbury, that will benefit the thousands of Northerners employed in mining operations and related industries, and the thousands employed in the forestry industry." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Inter-provincial business and trade.
We don't have any Green policies on Inter-provincial business and trade.

PC

  • Remove all remaining party-specific exemptions following a final assessment under the Canada Free Trade Agreement

    "Removing all of Ontario’s remaining party-specific exemptions following a final assessment under the Canada Free Trade Agreement and encouraging all other provinces to follow suit." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Streamline inter-provincial credential recognition for certified professionals and expand exemptions to more occupations

    "Supporting labour mobility across Canada by streamlining credential recognition for certified professionals, expanding existing exemptions to more credentialed occupations and reducing existing labour mobility exceptions." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Sign Regulatory Recognition Agreements to recognise regulatory standards and certifications in other provinces for key industries

    "Fighting red tape that blocks interprovincial trade by recognizing regulatory standards and certifications across Canada with Regulatory Recognition Agreements for key sectors such as trucking. These will ensure that a good or service that is sold or used in one province or territory can be readily sold or used in all provinces and territories by default." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Create a $50M fund to support businesses that make near-term investments to service inter-provincial customers or new markets, or re-shore

    "Investing $50 million to launch the new Ontario Together Trade Fund to support businesses that make near-term investments to service more interprovincial customers, develop new markets and re-shore critical supply chains." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Allow direct-to-consumer inter-provincial sales of alcohol products

    "Immediately enabling direct-to-consumer sales of alcohol products with all willing provinces and territories, which will provide new markets for Ontario wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries and more choice for Ontario consumers, as well as for producers and consumers across Canada." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

Labour protections

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ONDP

  • Return to a simple card certification system for forming unions

    "We’ll make it easier to form a union and collect the bigger paycheque that comes with it, by returning to a simple card certification system." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Ban the use of replacement workers during job disputes
  • Mandate equal pay and 10 days of paid leave

    "We will continue to champion real reforms that benefit workers that have been rejected by the Ford government including: 10-days paid leave; equal pay; anti-scab legislation, and enforcement of workplace law violations, including severe penalties for unsafe work conditions." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Labour protections.
We don't have any Green policies on Labour protections.
We don't have any PC policies on Labour protections.

Manufacturing

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ONDP

  • Bring back electric vehicle rebates
  • Require the Ontario Line subway project to have 25% Canadian content

    "We will restore Canadian Content requirements that Ford changed for the Ontario Line subway project back to 25 per cent, to make sure Ontario transit projects use Ontario made vehicles like those built in Thunder Bay. Northern communities have lost thousands of good paying manufacturing jobs since 2018. We will work with unions, employers and communities in Algoma, Timmins, Scheiber and Terrace Bay to protect jobs and the communities built around industries." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Manufacturing.
We don't have any Green policies on Manufacturing.

PC

  • Continue to invest in the electric vehicle and battery auto pact, even if the US pulls back on its investments

    "Maintaining Ontario’s financial contributions to the electric vehicle and battery auto pact, which has attracted more than $45 billion in global investments in the province, including by Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions in Windsor and Volkswagen in St Thomas. A re-elected PC government would continue to make these investments regardless of any decision by the U.S. on the future of the IRA.

    Advocating that the federal government do the same, whoever is in office." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Invest an additional $1B in the Skills Development Fund

    "Investing an additional $1 billion in the Skills Development Fund, on top of the existing $1.5 billion investment, to urgently expand existing training and employment programs and help workers gain valuable skills for rewarding careers in the skilled trades." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Invest an additional $100M in the Better Jobs Ontario programme to provide skills training

    "Investing an additional $100 million in the Better Jobs Ontario program to help workers access skills training and transition into in-demand jobs, including a fast-track stream for workers in sectors that are vulnerable to trade disruptions." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • If layoffs happen, invest $38M to provide immediate employment transition supports to affected workers

    "Investing $38 million to mobilize action centres in the event of layoffs to provide immediate employment transition supports to affected workers, including job retraining assistance, career counselling and more." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Restaurants and bars

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We don't have any ONDP policies on Restaurants and bars.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Restaurants and bars.
We don't have any Green policies on Restaurants and bars.

PC

  • Increase the LCBO wholesale discount from 10% to 15%

    "$120 million to support approximately 18,000 bars and restaurants by increasing the LCBO wholesale discount from 10 per cent to 15 per cent." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Ship-building

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We don't have any ONDP policies on Ship-building.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Ship-building.
We don't have any Green policies on Ship-building.

PC

  • Invest $200M for the Shipbuilding Grant Program

    "Investing $200 million for the Shipbuilding Grant Program under Ontario’s Marine Transportation Strategy to help make Ontario’s shipbuilding industry a full regional partner under the federal government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy and secure Canadian contracts to build, retrofit, and repair Canadian Navy ships in Ontario." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

Startups and small businesses

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We don't have any ONDP policies on Startups and small businesses.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Startups and small businesses.
We don't have any Green policies on Startups and small businesses.

PC

  • Create an investment tax credit for companies developing technologies that support national defence

    "Creating a new Defence Security Investment Tax Credit to attract greater investment and job creation in the province and help meet our two per cent of GDP NATO commitment, including by supporting investments in innovative critical technologies such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to support the future of defence technologies." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Provide $3B in payroll tax and premium relief for small businesses
  • Provide $50M more to Venture Ontario

    "Providing $50 million more to Venture Ontario, the province’s venture capital agency, to make dedicated capital fund investments to support domestic start-ups in strategic technology areas that support our national defence." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

Tourism

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ONDP

  • Bring back the Stay-cation Tax Credit to encourage tourism and travel within Ontario

    "We will bring back the Stay-cation Tax Credit to encourage tourism and travel within Ontario. This will help stabilize Niagara region tourism recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of tariffs." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Tourism.
We don't have any Green policies on Tourism.
We don't have any PC policies on Tourism.

Trades

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We don't have any ONDP policies on Trades.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Trades.
We don't have any Green policies on Trades.

PC

  • Require all electrical workers to be registered apprentices or have a certificate of qualification

    "Doug Ford renewed the Ontario PCs’ commitment to enforce compulsory certification in the electrical trade and ensure all electrical workers in Ontario are registered apprentices or have a certificate of qualification." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Trump's Tariffs

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ONDP

  • Work with affected industries, alongside labour unions, to defend jobs and help businesses find new markets

    "We will work with affected industries in auto, agriculture and steel, and tourism, alongside labour unions, to defend every job, help businesses find new markets, promote Ontario-made goods and direct government to procure locally." — _On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara_, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Direct government agencies to prioritise Canadian goods in procurement processes

    "We will immediately direct provincial agencies to prioritize Canadian goods in their procurement processes and will work with the federal government to protect the incomes of workers affected by tariffs." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Launch a Buy Ontario campaign to promote Ontario goods

    "We will also direct the provincial government and provincially-funded entities to adopt Buy Ontario public procurement policies to offset the impact of tariffs on Ontario food exporters." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Negotiate a joint federal-provincial income assistance programme to support people affected by tarrifs
  • Create a Premier's Task Force on the Economy with business, labour, and civil society
We don't have any Liberal policies on Trump's Tariffs.
We don't have any Green policies on Trump's Tariffs.

PC

  • Provide a six-month deferral of provincially-administered business taxes

    "$10 billion in cash-flow support for Ontario employers through a six-month deferral of provincially administered taxes on Ontario businesses." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide $3B in payroll tax and premium relief for small businesses
  • Increase the LCBO wholesale discount from 10% to 15%

    "$120 million to support approximately 18,000 bars and restaurants by increasing the LCBO wholesale discount from 10 per cent to 15 per cent." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide $40M to support municipalities and communities that face major economic disruption from new tariffs

    "$40 million for a new Trade-Impacted Communities Program to support municipalities and communities that face major economic disruption stemming from new tariffs." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Expand the Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit

    "$300 million to expand the Ontario Made Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit to support more businesses that invest in buildings, machinery and equipment that are used for manufacturing and processing in Ontario, including investments to retool and onshore supply chains." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide $600M for the Invest Ontario Fund

    "$600 million for the Invest Ontario Fund so Ontario can continue attracting investments that create jobs in key sectors, including advanced manufacturing, life sciences and technology." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Prioritise Ontario steel and forestry products in infrastructure projects and purchase Ontario-made vehicles for government use

    "Leveraging Ontario’s nearly $30 billion in annual provincial procurement, in addition to the $200 billion in Ontario’s plan to build, to prioritize Ontario steel, forestry products and other inputs for provincial infrastructure projects, purchase Ontario-made vehicles for government use and help local innovators access more government procurement opportunities. We will also ask and encourage municipalities to do the same in order to protect Ontario jobs and create new opportunities for Ontario and Canadian workers and businesses through their procurements." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19