February 15, 2025
Ottawa, ON – Today, on National Flag Day, Pierre Poilievre delivered a major speech where he showcased his plan to put Canada First. The tariff threat has proven Conservatives right on everything, and Conservatives have been talking about these Canada First ideas for over two years. Below is an extensive list of many of these common sense ideas that Pierre Poilievre has announced:
- Retaliate with dollar-for-dollar tariffs against America’s unjustified tariff threats, with 100% of the proceeds going to reimbursing businesses and workers that are directly impacted. The rest will go to tax cuts for Canadians. Not one penny will go to other government spending (News Release).
- Repeal the unconstitutional No-New Pipelines Law C-69 within 60 days and replace it with a new law that protects nature and gets projects approved within a year of an application (Video).
- Immediately green-light all federal permits for the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario to harvest chromite, cobalt, nickel, copper and platinum.
- Take back control of our Arctic by establishing the first permanent Arctic base since the Cold War in Iqaluit, two extra heavy icebreakers for the Navy and 2000 more Canadian Rangers to keep the true north strong and free (News Release, Video).
- Bring together the Premiers within 30 days of forming government to agree on removing as many interprovincial trade barriers as possible. On top of this, Poilievre will prioritize finding an agreement on a standard set of trucking rules to get billions of dollars of goods moving east-west and offer provinces a Free Trade Bonus to get a deal done. (News Release, Video).
- Create a Blue Seal Professional Licensing Standard recognized in each province so doctors, nurses and engineers can work in all provinces and territories and those Canadians trained abroad can quickly get certified and working in Canada up to our standard (News Release, Video).
- Remove GST on new homes under $1 million, saving $40,000 or $2,200/year in mortgage payments on a $800,000 house and bringing more jobs for our trades workers (News Release, Video).
- Within 60 days of becoming Prime Minister, Poilievre will name a Tax Reform Task Force of entrepreneurs, inventors, farmers and workers to design a Bring it Home Tax Cut that will lower taxes on energy, work, homebuilding, investment and making stuff in Canada as well as 20% less paperwork by simplifying tax rules. (News Release, Video).
- Incentivize Indigenous leaders to support energy projects by letting companies pay a share of their federal corporate taxes to local First Nations. This will help First Nations create their own source of money for clean drinking water, schools, job training and more. These projects will make First Nations the richest people in the world, while we get things approved and make Canada more self-reliant (News Release, Video).
- Reverse Liberal Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 and impose life sentences for fentanyl kingpins to shut down drug manufacturing and superlabs, saving lives. (News Release, Video)
- Take back control of our border by sending military troops and helicopters to the border now, adding 2,000 new border agents, and giving CBSA powers for full border and more. Build border surveillance towers and deploy truck-mounted drone systems that can spot border incursions; track departures so we know which people that have been deported have actually left. (News Release, Video)
- Install high-powered scanners at all major land crossings and shipping ports to spot drugs, guns and stolen cars inside containers or vehicles (News Release, Video).
- End cancel culture and stop the war on our history by building a monument to the brave Canadians who fought in Afghanistan, strengthen penalties for those who tear down or deface our symbols, and restore Canadian heroes like Terry Fox, the Famous Five, and our Indigenous peoples to the passport (Video).
- Massively expand the Cadet Corps and the Junior Rangers to bring together our youth from across the country and learn, under the mentorship of members of the armed forces.
- Create more exchanges so, for example, a teenager from Mississauga might get the chance to do an Arctic Patrol in Inuvik, learning the wilderness and survival secrets of the great Inuit Rangers. We will expand these immersion spaces to 10,000 more youth to cross the two solitudes and strengthen our official languages.
- Restore in-person citizenship ceremonies and add the following words to the existing oath: “I pledge gratitude to those who worked, sacrificed, and gave their lives to defend the freedom I now enjoy and to build the country of Canada I now call home. Like them, I pledge to fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen.”