PolitiKit

Federal Budget with respect to sustained funding for WAGE and for Women's Rights organizations.

Canada Disability Benefit: amount and regulations for the Canada Disability Benefit

S-206, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income, with respect to the need for a basic income guarantee to advance women's security

Public awareness of celiac disease in Canada to help improve diagnosis rates and improve quality of life.

Addressing the high cost of living and investing in affordable housing

Labour provisions in the Canada-Ecuador Trade Agreement and Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.

Seek adequate funding for housing, education, child services and cultural programs. Seek ways to participate and advance Metis Nation British Columbia housing priorities through Build Canada Homes.

Seek understanding and adequate funding supports on programs that will help Metis women and LGBTQ community in BC.

Seek assurances the federal government will not implement a flavor ban on the regulated Canadian Vaping Industry. Furthermore, encourage the implementation of all current regulations.

Seek understanding and adequate funding supports on programs that will help Metis women and LGBTQ community in BC.

Contracts for federal infrastructure construction and maintenance contracts ensure hours worked on federal projects are worked by apprentices. Also establish that apprenticeship hours requirement for recipients of grants and contributions for federal housing programs such as the Affordable Housing Fund, Apartment Construction Loan Program, and Federal Lands Initiative.

Double the Express Entry Program immigration points in Part D of the Comprehensive Ranking System allocating 60 points for a three or more year Canadian post-secondary credential, or 30 points for a one or two year Canadian post-secondary credential to retain those most likely to economically succeed in Canada.

Research funding for graduate students, and adjusting the funding envelope for student research by inflation.

Funding for non-profit housing and post-secondary institution residences.

Position LEC as a lead delivery partner in the National Workforce Strategy to develop Skilled Trades Talent Hubs serving racialized, newcomer, youth, and women-led communities

Promoting Industry Competitiveness – TIAC promotes optimal support for the competitiveness of Canada’s tourism companies via public grants, tax credits, repayable financing contributions and policies and programs that augment entrepreneurship, innovation and investment.

Competitiveness of the airline industry with respect to reduction in federal taxation of Air Transport Security Charge, airport ground rent, fuel excise tax, foreign ownership regulations, competition policy and all government/3rd party fees.

Investments in Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care, rollout of childcare agreements across Canada.

We are seeking investments in women's labour market participation, including investments in re-skilling programs that are gender-responsive.

Advancing policies, programs and investments in gender-based violence prevention and intervention, including the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.

Gender Equality programs, with regard to women's leadership and support to feminist movements.

Advancing policies, programs and investments in gender-based violence prevention and intervention, including the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.

Employment and Training - Support for the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

Immigration Canada - Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

Taxation and Finance - Ammendments to the Foreign Convention Tour and Incentive Program.

Enhance tourism infrastructure and funding for Destination Canada

Lobbying to reduce Red Tape by focusing on removing interprovincial trade barriers, facilitating labour mobility and improving government customer service. This includes providing input for the consultations on the Annual Regulatory Modernization Bill.

CFIB is advocating for the return of the remaining amount promised to small businesses as part of the carbon rebate and for the formal introduction of legislation to confirm its non-taxability along with the extension of the filing deadline to December 31, 2024.

Advocating on behalf of small and medium-sized businesses to facilitate trade between Canada and other countries (CAN-US tariffs, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, Chinese tariffs) and improving services offered to them with respect to returning the counter tariffs to affected Canadian small businesses and allowing more flexibility for lower volume, lower value shipments from the Release Prior to Payment (RPP) program under CBSA’s CARM System.

Sharing data information and recommendations related to the state of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) overall and for specific sectors which could also include provincial data.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shares its suggestions for Budget 2025 focusing on: reducing Employment Insurance premiums for small businesses; reducing taxes, red tape and barriers to internal trade; and revisiting the proposed capital gains tax changes.