Poilievre To Cut Red Tape by 25%, Bring in Two-for-One Law
Poilievre will cut 25% of all federal government red tape within two years, pass a law requiring two regulations be cut for every new one added and ensure $2 in administrative cost savings for every $1 added.
April 5, 2025
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Osoyoos, BC – Today, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to eliminate 25 percent of all red tape within his first two years as Prime Minister. This will significantly ease the administrative burden on taxpayers and businesses, waking up our economy from the red tape-induced slumber it has been in after a Lost Liberal Decade. Poilievre will introduce a ‘two-for-one’ law mandating that two regulations be repealed for every new one imposed.
Poilievre will also require that for every $1 in new administrative costs, $2 must be cut elsewhere to relieve the government burden that makes it harder for Canadian businesses to compete globally. And to ensure the reductions happen, a new Conservative government will pass a law requiring the Auditor General to verify them every year.
“Yesterday we learned of massive job losses in March and Liberal Mark Carney has no plan to reverse them. With jobs fleeing heavy Liberal taxes and red tape to the United States, he is doubling down on the policies that caused the problem, pledging just days ago to keep the No-Pipelines-No-Development Law C-69 in place. That will give our resources and jobs to the Americans. No wonder Donald Trump has endorsed Mark Carney. Red tape chokes ambition, drives up costs, and makes it easier for Trump to outcompete us,” said Poilievre. “Trump wants to steal our jobs. Carney is helping him do it. I will bring them home.”
Federal regulatory requirements on businesses have ballooned to over 149,000—nearly 20,000 more since the Liberals took office. The burden is staggering: in total, government red tape costs businesses at least $51 billion annually, and that doesn’t even account for the damage caused by regulations that block major projects like pipelines, mines, and other critical projects. The result? Canada has bled $460 billion in investment—money that has fled south to the United States that should be creating jobs and powerful paycheques here in Canada.
While the current Red Tape Reduction Act enforces a one-for-one rule, the Liberals have gamed the system. They have reduced the number of regulatory titles while stuffing the titles that remain with endless new rules. It’s like gluing all your books together and calling it “downsizing” because you now only have one book.
“After a Lost Liberal decade, this is the choice: a fourth Liberal term of rising taxes, blocked natural resources and jobs fleeing south, making us more vulnerable to Donald Trump, or a real change with a new Conservative government that will cut red tape, unleash our workers and unleash our unleash our businesses so we can stand up to Trump from a position of strength,” said Poilievre. “That’s what it means to Put Canada First – For a Change.”
