🏗️🇨🇦 New survey shows that Canadians are Ready to Build
70% of respondents chose long-term economic growth over short-term program spend
Canadians are Ready to Build
At Build Canada, we help builders share their ideas for a bolder, richer, freer country. We wanted to know how people felt about these proposals so we commissioned a survey.
The results are clear: Canadians are ready to build.
Canadians across the country have strong support for ideas that prioritize long-term economic growth, ensure government efficiency, and offer a bold new direction for the country:
70% of respondents chose long-term economic growth over short-term program spending
Four-in-five support a government spending cut of up to 25% if essential services and service quality are maintained
More than 80% support bold measures such as eliminating interprovincial trade barriers and modernizing digital health records.
🏗️ Read more about how Canadians are ready to build
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In the News
One gets the sense, though, that something is changing. Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen separate initiatives—Build Canada and Canadians for Free Enterprise—champion the case for market-based reforms to boost Canadian productivity and prosperity…
[T]hey represent a renewed willingness on the part of Canadian entrepreneurs and business leaders to engage, to make the case for growth and prosperity, and to advance policy ideas that ultimately make the country richer and better.
🗞️ The Weekly Wrap: The pros and cons of Poilievre and Carney [The Hub]
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What Else We’re Reading and Watching
Taxes on new housing (often called development “fees” and “charges”) can now make up over 20% of the cost of a new home. Why do we have these taxes and why are they growing so quickly?
📺 The Housing Tax Crisis [About Here]
🏠 Build Canada’s memo about reducing taxes on new homes
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“Neither party is running on fiscal austerity”
🗞️ Scotiabank Economists Slam Both Major Party Platforms in Canada [Bloomberg]