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Small businesses platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Small businesses.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Small businesses.

Bloc

  • Faciliter le transfert de terrains et de bâtiments fédéraux en bas du prix du marché pour permettre à de plus petits organismes de pouvoir en faire l’acquisition
We don't have any NDP policies on Small businesses.

Green

  • Expand access to capital for small businesses through an annual loan and grant programme, ensuring startups and SMEs can scale up
  • Ensure at least 30% of federal procurement contracts are awarded to small businesses, with priority for equity-seeking entrepreneurs
  • Hold the small business tax rate at 9% on the first $500,000 of active income
  • Eliminate duplicative tax filings and regulations on small businesses, including full digitisation of SME tax reporting
  • Subsidise clean tech adoption for SMEs with investment to accelerate business-led climate solutions
  • Create an impact/social enterprise designation for federally-registered businesses that use revenue to support environmental and social impact
  • Streamline approvals for SMEs to adopt new technology
  • Establish a federally-funded Green Venture Capital Fund to support local green startups
  • Ensure all new legislation considers the impact on small businesses
  • Invest in Digital and Rural Business Infrastructure

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