Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging to scrap Parliament’s summer break and pass three significant bills within his government’s first 100 days, saying Canadians “can’t wait” for relief after what he calls a “lost Liberal decade.”
Poilievre told reporters on Friday that a Conservative government would table legislation aimed at lowering everyday costs, restoring public safety, and igniting economic growth. MPs would stay in the House of Commons until each measure becomes law.
The Affordability — For a Change Act would target grocery prices, accelerate homebuilding, and tackle other pocketbook pressures. The Safe Streets — For a Change Act is billed as a direct response to rising violent crime, promising tougher penalties, and tougher bail rules. A third bill, The Bring Home Jobs — For a Change Act, would act as “rocket fuel” for resource development, Poilievre said, arguing that a surge in private-sector spending would create “powerful paycheques” and give Canada an advantage in trade talks with President Donald Trump.
“After three Liberal terms, Canadians want change now,” said Poilievre.
“My plan for ‘100 Days of Change' will deliver that change. A new Conservative government will immediately get to work, and we will not stop until we have delivered lower costs, safer streets, and bigger paycheques.”
The Conservative leader framed the 100 day timetable as a signal of urgency that, he contends, has been missing in Ottawa.
“After the Lost Liberal Decade of rising costs and crime and a falling economy under America's thumb, we cannot afford a fourth Liberal term,” said Poilievre.
“We need real change, and that is what Conservatives will bring in the first 100 days of a new government. A new Conservative government will get to work on Day 1 and we won’t stop until we have delivered the change we promised, the change Canadians deserve, the change Canadians voted for.”
The Affordability – For a Change Act will aim to ease financial pressures on Canadians by cutting income taxes by 15%, allowing the average worker to keep an extra $900 a year and dual-income families to keep $1,800.
It will axe the federal sales tax on new homes worth up to $1.3 million and new Canadian cars.
It also promises to scrap the carbon tax, Liberal fuel regulations, and the electricity tax.
Other measures include letting working seniors earn up to $34,000 tax-free, scrapping the escalator tax on alcohol, repealing the plastics ban, and halting a planned tax on food packaging.
Poilievre said his government would also sell 15% of federal buildings and lands to build more housing in cities.
The Safe Streets – For a Change Act will focus on reversing what Poilievre called the “Liberal violent crime wave.”
Plans include repealing Bill C-75, which Poilievre blames for the “catch-and-release” repeat offenders, and introducing a “three strikes, you’re out” law to impose mandatory 10 year prison sentences after three serious offences.
The act would also bring in life sentences for fentanyl trafficking, illegal gun trafficking, and human trafficking.
New minimum penalties would target auto theft, extortion, fraud, and arson.
Police would be given the power to remove tent cities, and harsher penalties would be brought in for intimate partner violence, which is a significant issue in Saskatchewan due to the province having the highest intimate partner violence rates in Canada.
The Conservatives also plan to restore consecutive sentences for multiple murderers, no more concurrent sentences.
The third bill, The Bring Home Jobs–For a Change Act, promises to reignite Canada’s economy by unlocking natural resources and cutting red tape.
Key measures include repealing the Liberal “No Development Law” and Bill C-48, creating a “One-Stop-Shop” for resource project approvals within one year, and introducing a Canada First Reinvestment Tax Cut.
Poilievre pledged to immediately call President Donald Trump to push for the end of what he called “damaging and unjustified” tariffs and to speed up a new trade and security agreement to replace CUSMA.
At home, Poilievre said he would fast-track Phase 2 of LNG Canada and accelerate nine other major resource projects that have stalled under Liberal government rules.
“We need real change — and a Conservative government will get to work on Day 1 and won’t stop until we have delivered the change Canadians deserve, the change Canadians voted for,” said Poilievre.