Issue
Economy & Jobs
Economic growth, employment, inflation, and cost of living
Where parties stand
Compare side-by-side- Bloc QuébécoisBLOC
Defends Quebec's economic distinctness — supply management, aerospace and forestry sectors, and labour-code interaction with the provincial Code du travail.
- Conservative Party of CanadaCONSERVATIVE
Focuses on tax cuts, deregulation, fast-tracked resource-project approvals, and balanced budgets. Opposes broad industrial subsidies in favour of across-the-board lower business taxes.
Supports a federal Just Transition Act for fossil-fuel workers, green-jobs investment, a Guaranteed Livable Income pilot, and ending fossil-fuel subsidies as redirected to clean energy.
- Liberal Party of CanadaLIBERAL
Under Carney, has prioritized removing interprovincial trade barriers (Bill C-5), industrial-policy investment in critical minerals and AI, and skilled-trades expansion.
Centers workers — calls for higher federal minimum wage, anti-scab legislation in federally-regulated sectors, public investment in green jobs, and an excess-profits tax on banks and oil companies.
Bills affecting this issue
- C-8Federal45-1In committee
An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts
- C-4Federal45-1Royal assent
An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure
Aims to make energy-project approval timelines more predictable.
- C-6Federal45-1Royal assent
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026
- C-43Federal44-1Royal assent
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023
Funds the critical-minerals supply chain — EV batteries.