The Conservative Party of Canada today released its full 160-page election platform — an ambitious agenda that promises billions of dollars in new spending to prop up an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. To support restaurants, the Conservative party is promising a billion-dollar benefit. The Conservative plan, O'Toole said, "will help them them thrive and help us get a growing economy. Critics maintain the Liberals' approach to child care funding unfairly punishes parents who care for their own children. In the last federal budget, the government pitched a one per cent tax on foreign-owned vacant homes to reduce home price inflation driven by foreign nationals scooping up Canadian homes.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 15:25 UTC