Wo wird die Bundesregierung zur Bezahlung von Militärausgaben und Steuersenkungen senken? – CCPA
Where will the federal government cut to pay for military spending and tax cuts?
Wo wird die Bundesregierung zur Bezahlung von Militärausgaben und Steuersenkungen senken? – CCPA
Where will the federal government cut to pay for military spending and tax cuts?
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Well, we could start with the stupid gunback program. We all know that the gunback program will do nothing for public safety, and it’s costing us hundreds of millions of dollars for no results.
Stop the gun buy back program that doesn’t even work. Then maybe cut the ever ballooning indigenous spending, it has gotten out of control under Trudeau.
Business subsidies are probably the easiest place to find significant savings. [ In 2024, they were about $26 billion (0.93% of GDP)](https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/thumbnail_Table-1.Better-1024×661.jpg), and are likely somewhere above that in this fiscal year. Assuming that current subsidies will be around $30-32 billion at the end of this fiscal year and Ottawa cut $15-25 billion or so, that alone would cover most of what the government is looking for in savings. (especially inefficient subsidies would be things like Fossil Fuel, Road, EV & biofuel subsidies etc. and could take priority over the others in terms of cuts) Additionally, the degree to which provinces liberalize internal trade this fiscal year will also lead to additional federal revenue due to increased growth figures, but that will probably be more notable in 2026 and 2027 etc.
Besides that, either a modest 1-2% increase in GST/the removal of GST exemptions, or a shared federal/provincial Land Value Tax scheme as part of the national housing strategy would be good ways to boost revenue etc. Since GST revenue in 2024 was $54.1 billion, each percentage point would be close to $11 billion (maybe slightly more factoring in GDP growth for this fiscal year), so that’s around $11-22 billion from the GST alone. (wouldn’t be popular, but would work without issue).
For the LVT, since [the total value of land in Canada is around $5.824 trillion](https://www.commonwealth.ca/blog/taxing-land-can-provide-194-billion-for-canadians#:~:text=Statistics%20Canada%20does%20however%20report,heavily%20on%20available%20tax%20data), a federal tax that collected 0.5% to 2.5% of the total value of land would generate between $29 to $145 billion etc. (which could allow Ottawa to boost revenues, while having room left to cut income taxes by some extent etc.)