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Trump's Tariffs platforms

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

PC

  • Create a new $5B Protect Ontario Account to support major industries and workers, including with financial support programmes

    "$5 billion to support the resiliency of major industries and workers through a new Protect Ontario Account to ensure Ontario is ready for all scenarios if widespread tariffs are imposed. This includes financial support programs that would help large-scale industrial job creators in the province address operational challenges, reshore supply chains, restructure and re-tool to find new customers and keep workers employed." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

  • Enhance termination and severance rights for workers affected by tariff-related layoffs and closures
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 $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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • Create an emergency fund to provide direct payments to businesses impacted by US tariffs, requiring job retention and fair practices

    "We will launch the Ontario Tariff Fund, an emergency measure providing direct payments to businesses impacted by U.S. tariffs, requiring job retention and fair practices, and filling the gaps of any federal programs to support critical Ontario industries." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Strengthen and diversify Ontario's trade and investment relationships with democratic allies

    "We will strengthen and diversify Ontario's trade relationships. We will seek out new trade relationships to find new markets for made-in-Ontario products, and encourage investment in Ontario with our democratic allies, instead of betting it all on Donald Trump." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • 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
  • Remove provincial income tax on any income supports for workers who experience tariff-related job loss
  • 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

    "We will buy Canadian and build Canadian. Canada is rich in resources that fuel Ontario’s economy, and this economic crisis is felt across the country. We will work to improve interprovincial cooperation and remove barriers to interprovincial trade; strengthening our economic resilience, creating jobs, building homes, and stimulating more investment in our economy. We will immediately direct provincial agencies to prioritize Canadian goods in their procurement processes. We will make sure procurement for public infrastructure projects prioritizes Ontario industries and goods like steel, aluminum, lumber, and manufactured goods from impacted sectors." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Create a Premier's Council on the Economy with business, labour, and civil society

    "We will launch the Premier’s Council on the Economy, bringing together business, labour, civil society and municipal leaders to coordinate a strong response that protects our economy." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Speed up housing and infrastructure projects that can start immediately

    "We will accelerate housing and infrastructure that can start immediately. We will fast track building housing of all types and sizes and reprioritize critical transit projects like Line 2 in Toronto and GO transit expansion. We will support the industries that need help today with relief measures, to protect Ontario against the economic shock of Trump’s tariffs." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Cancel the $100M contract with Elon Musk's Starlink and replace it with a Canadian alternative

    "We will cancel the Ford government's $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink and replace it with a Canadian alternative that offers better value and security for Ontario consumers." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Restart the Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program for tariff-impacted industries to get immediate relief on property taxes and energy costs

    "We would restart the Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program for tariff-impacted industries to provide immediate relief on property taxes and energy costs for companies that keep jobs here in Ontario." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

Liberal

  • Create a new fund to backstop Ontario businesses with lower-than-market interest rates

    "Backstop Ontario businesses with a new Fight Tariffs Fund that gives them access to lower-than-market interest rates (government rates)." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Exclude American companies like Elon Musk's Starlink from government procurement

    "Ensure Ontario taxpayer dollars support local businesses and jobs by excluding American companies like Elon Musk’s Starlink from procurement." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Green

  • Immediately create a tariff taskforce to work across party, jurisdictional, and sectoral lines to negotiate with the States

    "Immediately create a ‘tariff taskforce’ that works across party, jurisdictional and sectoral lines to negotiate with the United States on trade" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Develop a Buy Ontario strategy, and implement public procurement rules to support Ontario businesses and farmers
  • Create a fund for businesses disproportionately impacted by tariffs

    "Create a Protect Ontario Fund for businesses disproportionately impacted by tariffs and make the investments needed to build new supply chains" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Create an investment tax credit

    "Create an investment tax credit to unlock business investments in Ontario" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Make investments to build new supply chains
  • Work with other provinces to remove inter-provincial trade barriers
  • Immediately move to aggressively diversify trade partners

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