KENORA – POLITICS – Unjustified US tariffs continue to threaten the jobs of thousands of hard-working Canadians and are yet another betrayal by President Trump of the long friendship between Canada and the United States.
These tariffs have shown that we must ensure our economy is strong, become more self-reliant, and less dependent on the US. Canada First Conservatives will always fight for you, your family, and your job.
We have a plan to bolster our economy and put Canada first. A Conservative government will:
- Immediately pass a Bring It Home Tax Cut, lowering taxes on work, investment, energy, and homebuilding. This will neutralize the effect of any tariffs and unleash massive investment in making our economy self-reliant. We will start with axing the entire carbon tax, including the industrial carbon tax, then axing the sales tax on new homes, then axing the Liberal capital gains tax hike and slashing income tax, so hard work again pays off.
- Repeal the Liberal No-Pipelines Law to get projects built. We must greenlight LNG plants, mines, pipelines, and refineries that will bring home jobs and powerful paycheques, make us less reliant on the Americans, and help us sell more overseas.
- Support the development of the Ring of Fire by green-lighting all federal permits for the Ring of Fire within 6 months, investing $1 billion over 3 years to build the road, and allowing companies to pay a share of their federal corporate taxes to local First Nations.
- Unleash the biggest homebuilding boom ever by removing all red tape and taxes on housing construction so we can bring homes Canadians can afford. That will also help our softwood lumber sector which has been under attack by Liberal environmental threats and US softwood tariffs.
- Get the provinces together to knock down trade barriers and become one national free market economy, so we can bring home lower prices for Canadians. Removing these barriers would make us less dependent on the US and generate an economic boost of $200 million per year.
- Work with the provinces to develop a national standard of trucking rules to get goods moving across Canada.
- Implement a Blue Seal certification that will quickly get foreign-trained doctors and nurses up to the Canadian standard. Healthcare professionals will be able to work in every province that signs on to the certification program.
- Offer life-saving treatment and recovery services for those struggling with addiction and impose mandatory life sentences for drug dealers trafficking large amounts of fentanyl.
- Secure our borders and rebuild our military to assert our sovereignty and strength in the world.
All these things—axing taxes, building homes & pipelines, fixing the budget, stopping crime—were great Conservative ideas before the tariff threats. They are absolutely necessary now.
It will be tough, but building Canada was tough. So are Canadians. We will bring home the country we know and love, and restore its promise. Canada will be self-reliant, sovereign and stand on its own two feet.
What binds us together is the Canadian promise: that anyone from anywhere can achieve anything—that hard work gets you a great life, in a beautiful house, on a safe street, protected by solid borders and brave troops under our proud flag. To preserve that flag and its promise we must work together, fight together, and win together.
That is what it means to put Canada First. Because our country is worth fighting for. For our people. For our land. For our home. For Canada. Let’s bring it home.
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Sincerely,
Eric Melillo
Member of Parliament
Kenora Riding
