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Appendix A: Proposals by Witnesses

 

The following tables show the proposals made by organizations and individuals who appeared before the Committee for this year’s pre-budget consultations, as well as the proposals contained in their briefs.

Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Fund training of agrologists and incentives for farmers for adoption of 4R nutrient stewardship.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Provide dedicated funding for the development of plant varieties with enhanced root mass.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Increase the coverage level for AgriStability for each successive year without payment, up to 85% of the historic reference margin.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

For the AgriRecovery program, which helps farmers recover from natural disasters, a collective review must be conducted after any program response. This review would assess and report on measures that could prevent similar risks in the future, and improve future responses.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Formalize an aquaculture sector development mandate at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, insulating shellfish farmers from catastrophic climate events and increasing funding for the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Establish food security programming to support producers who were negatively impacted by federal government-imposed tariffs on imported Russian fertilizer.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Prioritize environmental risk management in agriculture by increasing the envelope for cost-shared programs.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Fund the training and hiring of 1,000 additional advisory services officers.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Develop a Canada-wide soil health strategy.

10/24/2022

Fisheries Council of Canada

Increase funding resources for fisheries science in support of management decision-making.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Prioritize the hiring and retention of fisheries scientists specializing in quantitative stock assessment.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Engage with industry and leverage industry resources promptly to guarantee assessments can be completed in a timely manner

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Complete stock assessments at the needed frequency and to a high standard via the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat peer review process.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Revise the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat process to address any concerns rather than doing away with the process completely and developing a new one.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Conduct a review of other countries’ conduct on fisheries science to compare to Canada’s current practices.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Implement a resource management framework that is evidence-based, predictable, transparent, and consistently applied.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Federal funding [to support] innovation [in the seafood sector] should be renewed in a national [and] coordinated manner.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Consider how [the Department of Fisheries and Oceans] can be best structured to align with growth of the sector and ensure appropriate separation between teams that explicitly support innovation and development and science & regulatory functions.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

[The Department of Fisheries and Oceans’] mandate with respect to fisheries should be amended to be more ambitious.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Create a permanent Secretariat [within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans] dedicated to supporting the growth, innovation and development of the seafood sector.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Improve [the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’] performance on core fisheries science that is the foundation of sustainable fisheries management.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

[Ensure] more predictability of access and timely fisheries management decisions [to] better foster sector investments.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Accelerate aquaculture facility licensing, especially for innovative projects and technologies.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Conduct faster and predictable reviews for permitting for shellfish farming and/or changes to farm sites that improve sustainable production.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Be ready to accommodate gear innovations in wild-capture fisheries that lead to more sustainable outcomes.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

[Ensure] Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency … work with industry stakeholders on product approval of new novel products from side-streams.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

Ensure [Transport Canada’s] fishing vessel regulations can accommodate emerging vessel designs that improve performance.

2/2/2023

Fisheries Council of Canada

[Ensure that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans compensate incumbent fishing] licence-holders [for lost access] to respect past investments made and not hinder future investments.

2/2/2023

Green Budget Coalition

Help producers and Canada be leaders in sustainable and innovative agriculture with a resilient and diversified food system.

10/26/2022

Keystone Agricultural Producers

Increase the technical support and funding for implementing 4R Nutrient Stewardship to ensure more farmers can participate in reducing their emissions from fertilizer use.

2/2/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Implement a special assistance program specific to the agricultural sector to mitigate the impact of inflation on the financial health of agricultural businesses.

10/26/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Expand the AgriStability program by increasing the coverage rate to 85% of the reference margin while maintaining the compensation rate at 80%.

10/26/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Provide a stable and predictable budget for agronomic and agri-environmental research and innovation.

10/26/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Provide ongoing funding for the review and upholding of Canada’s organic standards.

10/26/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Provide an organic certification cost-share program.

10/26/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Eliminate or limit taxable capital gains on the gifting or low-cost sale of certain farm assets to a nephew or niece.

10/26/2023

Union des producteurs agricoles

Create an individual forestry savings and investment plan for Canadian forest owners.

10/26/2023

Arts, Culture and Information

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Set out a plan to end all taxpayer funding to CBC/Radio-Canada.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

End the media [support measures] announced in budget 2019 and commit to no future subsidies.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[End] the Mission Cultural Fund.

10/26/2022

Community Radio Fund of Canada

Increase funding for the Local Journalism Initiative to $20 million annually, and ensure the funding is not time limited.

10/5/2022

Community Radio Fund of Canada

[Create] an annual allocation to all 235 community, Indigenous and campus broadcasters of a total of $25 million a year administered through the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

10/5/2022

Children, Families and Social Policy

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Campaign 2000

Commit to reducing overall poverty and poverty in marginalized communities by 50% by 2026.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Create a Canada Child Benefit End of Poverty Supplement targeted to families in deep poverty.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Broaden access to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) for families with precarious status by repealing legislation tying eligibility to immigration status [and] expand the circle of people able to attest to a child’s residency, ensuring that kinship, customary care and families caring for children outside a formal arrangement have access to the CCB.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Reverse Canada Child Benefit reductions due to receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for moderate income mothers, implement CERB repayment amnesty for everyone living below or near the low income measure [and] immediately cease treating CERB and recovery benefits as taxable income.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Create a parallel cash transfer system for marginalized non-taxfilers outside of the personal income tax system.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Implement a Canadian Livable Income for working age individuals.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Immediately implement the Canadian Disability Benefit.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Invest $10 billion over three years to support expansion of public and non-profit childcare facilities.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Provide equitable funding for child welfare services on First Nations reserves and ensure the full application of both Jordan’s Principle and the Spirit Bear Plan.

2/2/2023

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Create] a supplement to the Canada Child Benefit called the end poverty supplement, [which would provide] additional supports for families with children in particularly deep poverty, … up to $8,500 more for the first child.

10/24/2022

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Create] a new program [called] the Canada Livable Income, [which] would be a universal benefit for Canadians of working age without children, and [fill] an important gap in our present system for working-age Canadians. … [The] Canada livable income would provide $5,000 for individuals or $7,000 for couples who live in particularly deep poverty.

10/24/2022

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Establish] a rapid support guarantee. The goal here would be for the Canada Revenue Agency to provide income supports within a month of Canadians' becoming eligible.

10/24/2022

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Create] a Canada Disability Benefit.

10/24/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

End the government’s national daycare program introduced in Budget 2021.

10/26/2022

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Establish a national non-profit strategy that will provide the multi-year support needed to stabilize the non-profit sector.

10/26/2022

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Reintroduce emergency funding, or, through the Canada Social Transfer, direct support for non-profit social services to address the short-term urgent capacity needs.

10/26/2022

Équiterre

Enhance and expand existing school food programs.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Enhance the infrastructure and capacity of partner institutions and organizations that offer these programs in schools.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to negotiate a food policy agreement and fund school programs that promote nutritious meals in Indigenous schools.

10/24/2022

Consumption Taxes and Carbon Pricing

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Exclude aircraft from the Select Luxury Items Tax Act.

2/2/2023

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Implement a two-year pause on further increases to the automatic excise escalator tax on all alcoholic beverages.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Work with industry and provinces to develop a single national cannabis excise stamp across Canada and eliminate the excise tax on medical cannabis.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Freeze the carbon tax at the current level and temporarily reduce the federal excise tax on fuel.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Overhaul the carbon tax backstop to ensure that small firms are provided with a rebate scheme that reflects their contribution.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Expedite the passing of Bill C-234, to provide farmers with a tax break from the carbon tax on natural gas and propane used for various on-farm activities.

10/24/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

End the escalator tax on alcohol.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Do not impose a second carbon tax.

10/26/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

[Create] a luxury tax exemption for zero-emission vessels.

10/5/2022

Keystone Agricultural Producers

Exempt from the carbon tax the use of propane and natural gas used to heat and cool livestock buildings and to dry grain.

2/2/2023

Corporate and Personal Taxation

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Increase] corporate income tax rates, [implement] a minimum tax on book profits [and cap] the deductibility of executive pay.

10/24/2022

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Limit] the dividend tax credit to actual taxes paid.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Delay implementation of interest deductibility changes until 2024, grandfather existing debt obligations, and create an exemption for large infrastructure projects.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Implement a three-year extension of the Accelerated Investment Incentive at the current rate, with an expanded scope to include mining and metal manufacturing activities (included in tax classes 41, 41.2 and 43), and a delay of the phase-out period to fiscal year 2027.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Increase the small business deduction threshold to $600,000 and index it to inflation going forward.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Lower the federal small business tax rate from 9% to 8%, at least for the next two years.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Delay, by at least three years, the phase out of the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowances measures and make permanent immediate expensing.

10/24/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Introduce a nationwide 10 per cent refundable investment tax credit on the purchase of new machinery, equipment and software.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Extend the Accelerated Investment Incentive’s current rate for three more years. In line with Canada’s Critical Mineral Strategy, the incentive should be expanded to include mining and metal manufacturing activities (included in tax classes 41, 41.2 and 43).

10/5/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[End] the political contribution tax credit.

10/26/2022

Union des producteurs agricoles

Implement a 30% refundable investment tax credit for the purchase of new or used equipment by farm businesses with gross annual revenues under $50,000.

2022/10/26

Employment and Labour

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Invest in and develop a workforce development plan for aerospace including skilled labour programs and a streamlined immigration process.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Ensure all who are unemployed or underemployed have access to income security measures within a revamped Employment Insurance program that increases access, amount and duration of benefits.

2/2/2023

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Work with provinces and territories to establish supports needed to upscale/retrain workers, to reduce the barriers to hiring highly skilled foreign talent, and to enhance the systems and processes for foreign credential recognition.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Provide $10 million in funding to support the ongoing implementation of the National Agriculture, Food and Beverage Manufacturing Workforce Strategy.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Establish a public awareness campaign demonstrating the career pathways in Canadian agriculture.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Use general revenues to pay down pandemic-related costs incurred by the Employment Insurance plan.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Split Employment Insurance premiums 50/50 between employers and employees or introduce a lower rate for smaller payrolls.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Simplify the application process to bring in foreign workers.

10/24/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Speed up the Temporary Foreign Worker program by creating a trusted employer program that pre-approves qualifying companies and by streamlining the Labour Market Impact Assessment application.

10/5/2022

Hotel Association of Canada

Revive the Destination Employment Program previously used for Syrians to successfully connect Ukrainians arriving through special immigration measures with hospitality and hotel sector careers.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Prioritize Temporary Foreign Worker program applications with hotel sector National Occupational Classification codes.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Provide quarterly processing updates to the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance on the status of [recommendations 1 through 5 contained in Hotel Association of Canada’s submission].

2/2/2023

Environment and Climate Change

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Develop a common definition for what constitutes “net-zero aligned investment” by governments and include emission reduction estimates alongside policies.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Design policy options to incentivize emission reductions in Canada’s international supply chains.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Develop a plan for funding decarbonization fairly, reviewing the distribution of costs for businesses, households and the government and being clearer on who pays to ensure vulnerable households are not left behind.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Establish an agri-environmental working group to engage on-farm and technical expertise early in the development of all agri-environmental policies.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Expand the Agricultural Clean Technology Fund's Adoption Stream to include funding for smaller budget projects and larger government cost-share for farms with insufficient capital.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Expand the Agricultural Clean Technology Fund's Research and Innovation Stream to include technology for directly measuring on-farm emissions.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

To help preserve native grasslands, producers need direct support from government to bolster on-farm conservation efforts.

10/24/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Provide direct investment supports for emitters of all sizes to help them adopt emissions reduction technologies, ensuring that support approaches are technology-agnostic.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Provide financial support for the creation, commercialization, and manufacture of low and no-carbon products in Canada through tax incentives and government procurement.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Create an effective and targeted SME net-zero transition strategy that focuses on education and awareness campaigns, operational assessments and strategic business plans, and global supply chain competitiveness.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Expand and make permanent the Net Zero Accelerator Fund, … to support large-scale investments that reduce emissions in manufacturing.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Make purchase incentives available for used / pre-owned EVs.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Adopt clear targets so 20% of light-duty vehicle sales be ZEVs by 2026; 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2035.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Align [Canada’s] auto tailpipe emission standards with the toughest standards in North America, in addition to establishing a national ZEV mandate.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Establish a financially neutral feebate system to make polluting passenger vehicles pay for ZEV rebates, so the rebate programs can finance themselves. Feebate exemptions could be considered for special use and large families.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Progressively remove the federal rebate for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with less than 50 km of electric range or make the rebates proportional to their official range: $2,000 from 40 to 59 km, $3,000 from 60 to 79 km, $4,000 from 80km or more.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

[Introduce] an incentive for lower- and modest-income Canadian individuals and families to transition to ZEVs by offering a dedicated $2000 rebate for a new or used ZEV via a program like the California Income Eligibility program.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Develop a [green cash for clunkers] program focused on Canada’s long-term climate objectives, meaning funds should be only available for the purchase of new or used ZEVs, transit passes or active transportation tools (e.g., bikes or e-bikes).

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Offer a $2000 rebate for taxis, car sharing and carpooling businesses and individuals who want to transition to electric vehicles and remove the 10-vehicle cap on fleet rebates.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Work with leading and trusted organizations … to establish a suite of programs to educate and support consumers in making the transition to electric vehicles.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Phase out fossil-fuel vehicles at federally regulated properties, such as ports and airports, through a combination of tolls on polluting vehicles, restrictions on access for polluting trucks, and through support for charging infrastructure.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

[Introduce] a federal rebate for the purchase of an electric snowmobile, personal watercraft or RV in line with the Yukon electric snowmobile rebate of $2,500.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

[Establish] a ZEV mandate for off-road vehicles in line with the most ambitious jurisdictions in North America, whether at the federal or state level.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Launch a program to support the electrification of ferries.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Develop an integrated electric mobility strategy to achieve Canada’s climate and electrification targets in coordination with Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

[Adopt and implement] a framework based on the highest international standards of circular economy [for EV batteries].

10/5/2022

Équiterre

Reform the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program by including the levy program or replacing the green levy program with a structured levy based on GHG emissions when a gasoline vehicle is purchased.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Expand the scope of the program by making electric bicycles eligible.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Make used ZEVs eligible for the iZEV program.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Adapt incentives for the purchase of ZEVs based on household income and cap eligibility based on income.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Advance ongoing support for public transit operations to fiscal year 2024/25 and increase the amounts planned for operations

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Make electric school buses eligible for the Incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles Program.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Support capacity building, education and awareness activities to accelerate the electrification of school bus fleets.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

Enhance the On-Farm Climate Action Fund to include the following six practices: organic amendments, crop diversification, buffer zones, compaction prevention, agroforestry and integrated pest management.

10/24/2022

Green Budget Coalition

Advance a zero-emission electricity grid based on renewables, [which involves] essential steps towards the major transformational investments required in the generation, transmission and demand side of electricity, including remote Indigenous communities.

10/26/2022

Green Budget Coalition

Upgrade the energy efficiency and comfort of Canada's residential building stock across the country, including low-income households and Indigenous communities, and skills development for the retrofit economy.

10/26/2022

Green Budget Coalition

Deliver on Canada's land and ocean protection commitments, integrating indigenous-led conservation, permanent funding for protection and stewardship, ecological connectivity and NGO collaboration.

10/26/2022

Info-Electronics Systems Inc.

Part of that [Canada’s international climate finance commitment] should go towards safety, [which means] building capacity in Africa and in other less developed countries, infrastructure[and] early warning systems.

10/26/2022

Keystone Agricultural Producers

Increase and expand the Agricultural Clean Technology Program’s Adoption Stream, including funding for smaller projects and increasing government cost-sharing for smaller operations

2/2/2023

Société d'aide au développement des collectivités et Centre d'aide aux entreprises

[Increase] funding for the Virage vert program, [which will] expire in March 2024.

10/5/2022

Société d'aide au développement des collectivités et Centre d'aide aux entreprises

Increase funding for the sociétés d'aide au développement des collectivités and centres d'aide aux entreprises, to develop a new innovation program that would allow SMEs in rural and semi-urban areas to better handle the green transition.

10/5/2022

Union des producteurs agricoles

[Ensure] a continuum of support and accompaniment over a 10-year horizon in terms of compensation for agri-environmental goods and services, as well as the fight against climate change, both in terms of adaptation to climate change and reduction of greenhouse gases.

2022/10/26

Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Campaign 2000

Fund full implementation of the 94 Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the 231 Calls to Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

2/2/2023

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Renew and increase funding for programs that encourage more members of underrepresented groups to seek a career in manufacturing, including CME’s Women in Manufacturing initiative.

10/5/2022

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Provide dedicated funding and work with community stakeholders to ensure that government funding never again goes to an organization that promotes anti-Semitism and racism in general. This funding should include education on anti-Semitism for government decision-makers; a genuine and measurable implementation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition, already adopted by the government; and continued funding for the office of Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.

10/26/2022

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Undertake a national social media literacy campaign to sensitize Canadians—especially the younger, more vulnerable demographic—about the appropriate use and abuse of social media.

10/26/2022

Green Budget Coalition

Establish an Office of Environmental Justice and committing an appropriate portion of benefits from climate and clean energy spending to disadvantaged communities.

10/26/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Introduce new tax credits for businesses that develop specialized recruitment programs for equity seeking groups and allocate resources for the implementation of an Indigenous-led workforce strategy.

10/5/2022

Federal Finances

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Business Council of Canada

Adopt a new fiscal anchor based on debt servicing costs [and] commit to ensuring that … debt service costs do not exceed 10% of annual government revenues going forward.

10/26/2022

Campaign 2000

Support social assistance adequacy through the Canada Social Transfer [and] tie investments to adequacy standards.

2/2/2023

Canadian Health Coalition

Work with the provinces and territories to increase federal funding through the Canada Health Transfer that is accountable while improving outcomes for people in Canada through new public health care programs such as dental care and pharmacare.

10/5/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Balance the budget in 2023-24 by reducing program spending to match of [levels of the 2018–2019 fiscal year], adjusted upward for inflation and population growth.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[Cancel] all pandemic tax hikes, including the alcohol tax, payroll taxes, and scrap the carbon tax.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Reject future tax hikes, such as (but not limited to) a home equity tax, an annual surtax on homes, wealth tax, excess profits tax, luxury taxes, fat, sugar and meat taxes.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Use part of the annual surpluses to cut taxes.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[End] all corporate welfare, including direct cash subsidies, niche tax credits, loans and loan guarantees.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

End the federal subsidies to businesses through Crown corporations and regional development agencies and return any remaining federal funds within those corporations to taxpayers.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Include minimum transparency requirements around corporate welfare such as the amounts disbursed or guaranteed, repayment schedule, amounts paid back, interest rates on loans, and frequent reporting on repayment.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[Obtain parliamentary approval before granting subsidies to businesses].

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Reduce the size of equalization with the goal of eventually ending the program through the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s 20-year equalization phase out proposal.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Consult with the provinces on equalization. In addition, the federal government should pass a bill that requires the federal government to publish all documents from provincial negotiations on the Department of Finance’s website.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Freeze the Canada Health Transfer and Canada Social Transfer [at their current levels and] set a maximum transfer cap to the annual rate of inflation for future years.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

End the campaign reimbursements for political parties and candidates, which includes not reimbursing campaigns for the 2021 election.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Introduce a comprehensive expenditure review similar to that [of] the 1990s

10/26/2022

Federal Departments and Institutions

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Create an organization in government with Deputy/Senior ADM level accountability for delivering on Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy (BLSS) and developing BLSS 2.0.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Establish an agile procurement implementation process focused on piloting/deploying promising products and technologies to increase health system security.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Create a cabinet-level position for cybersecurity.

10/24/2022

Canadian Council of Innovators

Develop a procurement strategy for domestic small and medium sized enterprises.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Develop a procurement fund dedicated to technology that can be utilized by specific departments in need of timely innovative, technological solutions.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Implement a Procurement Concierge Program to be delivered by either Innovative Solutions Canada and Procurement Assistance Canada, [and] modeled after British Columbia’s Concierge Program.

2/2/2023

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Reverse the pandemic pay raises for politicians and reduce the size of Cabinet to 2015 levels.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Reverse the pandemic pay raise and reduce the salary of the governor general to the pre-pandemic salary of cabinet ministers.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[Replace] the annual lifetime pensions [for governors general with] an RRSP-style pension payment for years served, and [eliminate] the expense account once a governor general retires.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Return the Senate’s spending to the inflation-adjusted 2015-16 level.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

[Cancel] all pay raises [to federal employees] since the beginning of the pandemic.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Implement a sunshine list to disclose the salary of all federal employees who receive an annual salary that’s more than $100,000.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Bring inflation-adjusted labour costs back to the levels in 2018-19, which is the last full year before the pandemic.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Reduce the aggregate government funding to federal crown corporations by 25 per cent.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Set a plan to remove government funding to CBC/Radio-Canada, Via Rail, Marine Atlantic, the National Capital Commission and Telefilm Canada.

10/26/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Reverse the pay raises and bonuses that Crown corporations gave their employees during the pandemic.

10/26/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Create a dedicated Privy Council Office to coordinate EV responsibilities across departments and advise the Prime Minister on progress being made towards achieving the government’s electrification goals.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Make government and parliamentarians EV education a priority.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Ensure federal fleets and buildings are 100% electric and EV ready by 2030.

10/5/2022

Health

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Provide funds to support a digital health strategy.

10/24/2022

Canadian Health Coalition

Pass Bill C‑31, which includes the dental benefit, and transform the benefit into a robust program for everyone in Canada with universal coverage as soon as possible.

10/5/2022

Canadian Health Coalition

Provide [funding] to the provinces and territories for the hiring of 7,500 family doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners, … train up to 50,000 new personal support workers and fund their guaranteed minimum wage of at least $25 per hour.

10/5/2022

Canadian Health Coalition

Enforce the five principles and the conditions of the Canada Health Act to ensure Canadians are not faced with extra billing, user fees and diminished accessibility to health care as some provinces move forward to for-profit care providers, beginning with funding more robust monitoring and sanctioning capacity by the strategic health care policy branch.

10/5/2022

Canadian Health Coalition

Move forward with the Canada Pharmacare Act by 2023 to provide free coverage for prescribed medicines, [with funding] for essential medicines, as recommended by the … Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare.

10/5/2022

Housing

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Campaign 2000

Ensure that federally financed housing is affordable for low-income families and reflects the diverse needs of families with children.

2/2/2023

Campaign 2000

Adopt and robustly fund an Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy that articulates clear goals and timelines for the elimination of homelessness and core housing need.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Invest in a corresponding affordable housing strategy to support immigration growth targets

2/2/2023

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

We need a deep federal commitment to build up our affordable housing stock, and we need federal, provincial, municipal, business and non-profit partners at the table together to find innovative solutions and to expedite zoning, permitting and development processes.

10/24/2022

Immigration

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Business Council of Canada

Canada's future prosperity depends on change to our immigration system to significantly increase the number of economic-class applicants who are granted permanent resident status.

10/26/2022

Canadian Council of Innovators

Address talent shortages and immigration system shortfalls impacting strategic high-growth sectors in Canada.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Enhance support for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada to eliminate backlogs, return existing immigration pathways to regular service standards, and ensure the steady flow of skilled talent to Canada.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Implement a high potential tech visa to increase labour density of skilled talent across Canadian communities.

2/2/2023

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Create a pathway to permanent residency for lower-skilled foreign workers.

10/24/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Increase the intake of economic class immigrants to 500,000 a year by 2025 and reform Canada’s immigration point system to better align it with the skills needed in the manufacturing sector.

10/5/2022

Hotel Association of Canada

Create a dedicated pathway to Permanent Residency through Express Entry designed for National Occupational Classification C and D workers in the hotel sector, workers with previous Canadian work experience, or offers of employment.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Increase Provincial Nominee Program immigration levels for those provinces with In-Demand Skills streams that include tourism and hospitality.

2/2/2023

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Invest in critical services for newcomers, such as language, employment and entrepreneurship training, settlement supports and community programming, to ensure that they can enter the workforce smoothly.

10/24/2022

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Targeted programs to help foreign-trained professionals overcome barriers to practise in Canada are also crucial, as well as work permit and residency pathways for temporary foreign workers and international students.

10/24/2022

Industry and Innovation

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Develop a long-term national aerospace industrial strategy that includes clear plans for defence and a dedicated strategy for space.

2/2/2023

Business Council of Canada

Canada must become more competitive on technological innovation, and science must be translated into productivity growth and future prosperity.

10/26/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Renew Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy innovation support programs.

10/24/2022

Canadian Council of Innovators

Enhance tax structures to drive investment and stimulate economic growth.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Reform the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentives for Canadian scale-ups and bring more accountability to this program to ensure that funds are going to domestic firms instead of foreign multinationals.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Incorporate freedom to operate strategies within innovation programming to encourage IP generation inside Canadian companies and increase business expenditure on R&D outputs for Canada.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Move forward with [a patent box regime] as viable means to strengthen IP protection and commercialization in Canada.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Study the negative spillovers of foreign direct investment in the technology sectors, such as the impact multinationals have on wage inflation and the effects this can have on smaller, scaling companies that are hungry for talent.

2/2/2023

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Expand and make permanent the Strategic Innovation Fund and commit … funding to support large capital projects in manufacturing.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Reform the SR&ED program to close the commercialization gap by expanding the list of eligible activities beyond early-stage R&D to include capital improvements and product and process innovations, increasing the refundable portion of the tax credit, streamlining administration to improve certainty in claims, and by raising the tax credit rate to 20 per cent.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Implement a patent box regime to incentivize the commercialization and production of goods in Canada.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Expand the Canada Digital Adoption Plan by creating a dedicated manufacturing stream including a non-repayable component to offset the high cost of software critical to process automation.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Focus on attracting more investment to accelerate EV manufacturing and related industries in Canada, including assembly, parts, machinery, charging equipment, and battery materials extraction/processing with a “Canadian EV Economic Development and Investment Attraction Strategy.”

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Develop an integrated electric mobility strategy to achieve Canada’s climate and electrification targets in coordination with Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Focus … on accelerating technologies, research, development and manufacturing associated with reducing the costs of vehicle batteries and thus vehicle costs per unit of range.

10/5/2022

Info-Electronics Systems Inc.

[Regarding the support for high-tech SMEs], there should be no development within the government, and industry should be given contracts to work, especially in environmental areas where most of the industry is dependent upon the government projects.

10/26/2022

Info-Electronics Systems Inc.

[Organize] a conference where the government and people—which includes politicians, as well as bureaucrats and high-tech industry people—all get together and discuss what really is required to increase our economic output.

10/26/2022

Infrastructure

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Extend further funding to the National Trade Corridor Fund.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Improve accessibility of federal connectivity funding through a single portal, with more nuanced eligibility criteria, and support for high-cost service areas.

10/24/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Sets up clear [light-duty vehicle charging infrastructure] targets in accordance with [Natural Resources Canada’s 2022 report entitled Canada’s Public Charging Infrastructure Needs].

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Provide sufficient funding so Canada reaches the following targets: 53,000 public ports by 2025 [and] 200,000 public ports by 2030.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Set a goal to make 1-million existing apartment and condominium/strata parking stalls EV-ready by 2030 and establish new funding programs to achieve this target.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Incorporate EV-ready requirements into the Model National Building Code and Energy Code for Buildings and/or support EV-ready municipal zoning bylaws.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Put underutilized government lands to work by facilitating multi-service provider “charging hubs,” particularly in high density and high-cost real estate markets.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Include EV charger installation or EV-readiness as part of energy efficiency programs to help Canadians who live in older houses (40 years and older) retrofit to the electric infrastructure requirements for EV charging.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Establish clear infrastructure deployment targets and a total funding envelope that is scaled to what the California Energy Commission has invested in medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging (approximately USD $390m) through its Clean Transportation Program for 2021–2023.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Convene electricity stakeholders to develop EV solutions for the future of Canada’s electric grid.

10/5/2022

Regulatory Environment

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Inject resources to enhance Transport Canada’s aeronautical certification capacity and use Canadian Aviation Regulations Part I-104 revenues for service enhancements.

2/2/2023

Business Council of Canada

Demonstrate to the world that [Canada] can successfully complete major projects and build the infrastructure that is required to access global markets. For such projects to go ahead, however, investors need regulatory predictability and a clear understanding of the rules of the road.

10/26/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Modernize Canada’s regulatory regime by committing to evidence-based regulation and applying an economic lens to all regulatory mandates.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Expand the One-for-One rule, so that it applies to legislation and policies, not just regulations.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Champion a policy of “mutual recognition” to improve internal trade.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Lower card fees for small business.

10/24/2022

Équiterre

[Create] an appliance repair fund [and] intervene through regulations and taxation to help consumers keep their appliances longer and thus reduce their bills.

10/24/2022

Retirement Income and Seniors

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Campaign 2000

Lower Guaranteed Income Supplement eligibility [criteria] for seniors.

2/2/2023

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

[Lower] the age of eligibility for the Guaranteed Income Supplement to 60 [since] poverty rates remain particularly high for Canadians ages 60 to 64 before they gain access to seniors programs at age 65.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Delay upcoming increases to Canada Pension Plan premiums.

10/24/2022

Canadian Health Coalition

Introduce and pass a Safe Long-Term Care Act by 2025, which must enforce national standards as well as ensuring patients receive at least four hours of direct care [and] provide funding to promote publicly owned non-profit long-term care facilities while phasing out for-profit investors from the long-term care sector.

10/5/2022

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Reimagine what quality senior care looks like in the community. That means we need to find more ways to support healthy seniors to age better at home.

10/24/2022

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

In long-term care and assisted living facilities, we need to provide culturally appropriate quality services. This requires expert, well-trained and well-compensated staff. Given the severe shortage of health care staff, it is critical that we look at long-term care standards and work towards better wage parity for those roles.

10/24/2022

Safety and Security

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Consult with industry on NORAD modernization as well as the defence policy review

2/2/2023

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

[Provide funding] to enable critical infrastructure and essential service providers at federal, provincial, municipal, and territorial levels, to prevent their systems and supply chains from falling victim to cyber attacks.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

[Provide funding] through a dedicated SME Cyber Defence Fund to improve the cyber resilience of SMEs and close the cybersecurity investment gap.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

[Provide funding] to accelerate the commercialization of cybersecurity products and services, including through direct funding to help firms obtain the security certifications and compliances

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

[Provide funding] to grow the future workforce through new cybersecurity education, talent development and retention programs.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Enable businesses of all sizes to make investments in preventative cybersecurity products and services tax deductible.

10/24/2022

Canadian Council of Innovators

Implement an economic lens in the next phase of the National Cyber Security Action Plan to support the pipeline of cyber commercialization, talent, and collaboration.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Develop a trusted domestic partners list of domestic cybersecurity companies with capabilities who meet high security standards relevant to the public sector, private sector and globally.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Develop a dedicated cyber testing stream to validate cyber-solutions developed by trusted domestic partners, rather than on a project-by-project basis.

2/2/2023

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

End the gun ban and buyback program.

10/26/2022

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Fund a pilot project to complement the Security Infrastructure Program, giving communities the capacity to deter threats and assume some responsibility for protection of their communal institutions and users.

10/26/2022

Skills Training

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Canadian Council of Innovators

Accelerate funding for Canadian businesses that develop upskilling and retraining programs to enhance the domestic workforce.

2/2/2023

Canadian Council of Innovators

Create a comprehensive and dynamic training program to address the severe shortage of global cybersecurity talent available.

2/2/2023

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Provide employer-led training benefits including a 50 per cent tax credit to offset half the costs of employee training

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Increase funding of the Canada Job Grant …, make it permanent, and expand it to include on-the-job training.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Work with provinces to revamp the vehicle mechanic curriculum to prioritize EVs by fast-tracking training for EV mechanics, and provide them with more apprenticeship opportunities.

10/5/2022

Electric Mobility Canada

Support training and retraining programs to help workers make the transition to a decarbonized economy.

10/5/2022

Hotel Association of Canada

Invest in a Domestic Workforce Strategy, including awareness campaigns, skills development and worker engagement, through sustainable funding to Tourism HR Canada.

2/2/2023

Tax Reform and Compliance

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Campaign 2000

Address growing income inequality and generate revenue for poverty reduction programing by eliminating tax loopholes, closing tax havens, taxing extreme wealth, making the personal income tax system more progressive and implementing an excess profit tax focused on corporate pandemic windfalls.

2/2/2023

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Maintain a commitment to the OECD multilateral tax agreement and not pursue a unilateral and retroactive Digital Services Tax.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Align implementation plans to those of its main trade competitors and articulate the postponing of the implementation timeframe of OECD’s Pillar II model rules.

10/24/2022

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Consider that the routine rate of return should equate to 5% plus the published inflation rate in the country that issued the functional accounting currency of the multinational, ensuring that fixed asset investments are really incentivized.

10/24/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Remove the requirement to report the sale of your home with the Canada Revenue Agency.

10/26/2022

Temporary Support for Organizations

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Make needed changes to the Strategic Innovation Fund and to the Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative to increase access to funding support.

2/2/2023

Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Ensure that the small businesses that took on a significant amount of pandemic debt are not being unfairly penalized [and] that non-fraudulent cases are being handled appropriately and fairly based on the terms of their original Canada Emergency Business Account agreement.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Increase the forgivable portion of the Canadian Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan to at least 50% and extend the repayment deadline for an additional year (to December 2024). Similar provisions should be extended to other federal COVID-19 subsidy programs, like the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program.

10/24/2022

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Allow all CEBA loan recipients who received it in good faith, but are now deemed ineligible, to keep the forgivable portion and not be asked to repay the balance early.

10/24/2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Require all political parties to pay back the federal wage subsidy.

10/26/2022

Société d'aide au développement des collectivités et Centre d'aide aux entreprises

Allow the money that was invested in the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund and that is supposed to be repaid into our financial tool, Capital Réseau, to be cleared quickly, before 2026.

10/5/2022

Tourism and Hospitality

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Hotel Association of Canada

Invest in a Destination Development Strategy to align all tourism investment stakeholders, including funding agencies.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Create a bid fund in support of destination bids for major events and conferences.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Incentivize hotel investments with tax credits for energy efficient retrofits and renovations.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Incentivize investments in new hotel assets through a new Capital Cost Allowance category.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Facilitate lending to the hotel sector through government backed loans and an optional federal mortgage insurance for hotels.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Stimulate innovative tourism and hospitality products with a dedicated federal grant.

2/2/2023

Hotel Association of Canada

Take a leadership role in encouraging Canadians and international visitors to travel to and within Canada.

2/2/2023

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Allocate [funding] to targeted domestic recruitment campaigns and an Indigenous Workforce Strategy.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Allocate [funding] to increase the number of tourism and hospitality high school programs, modernize post-secondary tourism programs, launch comprehensive national tourism “job ready” bridging programs, and invest in skills development and training.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

[Provide funding] in support of Tourism Human Resources Canada’s operations to enable it to effectively carry out the important role of oversight in redressing labour shortages.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Allocate additional resources to support the greater adoption of biometrics and the use of other digital tools, such as E-Gates, to improve pre-board screening wait times and congestion at airports as well as invest in the Canada Electronic Travel Authorizations program to harmonize and streamline a number of Canadian-recognized global security agreements.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Take a leadership role in redeveloping routes to reconnect Canada via motor coach and provide financial support to private operators through new programs and/or by earmarking 5% of the federal transit investment to support operators.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Introduce a suite of financial measures to support the creation, maintenance, and refurbishment of tourism assets, including a new tax credit for retrofits and upgrades; a new Capital Cost Allowance allowing 100% of an investment in new hard assets and major renovations to be claimed in the year in which it is incurred; [and] the establishment of pools of public lending capital for the creation of new assets and major renovations.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Allow airports to retain and then reinvest the ground rent they now pay to the treasury into the development of world-class sustainable airports.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Increase its annual allocation to Destination Canada to a level on par with its counterparts in other countries and commitment to those new resources for 5 years.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Introduce a National Meetings, Incentives Conferences and Events Fund.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Encourage its Regional Economic Development Agencies to provide greater assistance to Destination Marketing Organizations.

10/5/2022

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Invest in regenerative tourism by introducing programs in support of businesses for new sustainable initiatives and retrofits across the country

10/5/2022

Trade

Witness Name

Witness Proposal

Date of Appearance

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Accelerate the development of export control measures and harmonize them with those of our allies.

2/2/2023

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Ensure full and fair compensation to producers in supply-managed sectors for market access concessions in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.

10/24/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Fund the creation of an Exporter Concierge Service that enables trade associations to develop programs that link their members to government export agencies and services.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Create a “Trade Barrier Hotline” for exporters to call and report trade barriers and to offer exporters assistance to overcome them.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Increase investments in infrastructure that facilitates trade and industrial development.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Expand funding for existing programs and services—regional development agencies, Export Development Canada, Canadian Commercial Corporation, Business Development Bank of Canada—to help SMEs go global.

10/5/2022

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Reduce the red tape involved in administering Canada’s export permits system so that it not only protects Canada’s foreign policy interests, but it also streamlines export procedures.

10/5/2022

Union des producteurs agricoles

Provide full compensation to dairy farmers to mitigate losses resulting from the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.

2022/10/26

Union des producteurs agricoles

Make no further concessions on supply-managed products in future trade negotiations.

2022/10/26