Overview

• Conservative employment critic Garnett Genuis presented the plan in Ottawa and urged the Carney government to adopt it in the fall fiscal blueprint.
• Statistics Canada reports youth joblessness at 14.7% in September, and Genuis said more than 460,000 people aged 15–24 are unemployed as the national rate ticked up to 7.1%.
• The package promises to “unleash the economy” by repealing anti‑resource legislation, cutting red tape and reducing taxes to encourage private‑sector hiring.
• The plan would redirect student aid toward in‑demand fields and offer a 100% capital cost write‑off for employer‑built workforce housing with faster approvals in shortage regions.
• Conservatives propose realigning immigration with labour and housing capacity, scrapping the Temporary Foreign Worker Program with agricultural carve‑outs and speeding credential recognition, while the Liberals label the ideas recycled and point to existing youth jobs programs, a temporary 40% boost to student aid and a mid‑November meeting with provinces.