Jobs, Businesses, & Labour

Trump's Tariffs platforms

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

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

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.

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