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Mark Carney Sets Out Sweeping Economic, Housing and Security Agenda After Election Victory

Ottawa — May 2, 2025

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, promised “big, bold” action on the economy, housing and national security in his first post‑election press conference on Friday, pledging to make life more affordable while reshaping the country’s growth model for what he called “the biggest transformation of our economy since the end of the Second World War.”

Carney opened by hailing Monday’s record‑setting turnout — nearly 20 million ballots cast, the highest participation in three decades — and framed the result as a mandate to “bring about big changes quickly.” Parliament will be recalled on May 26, with a throne speech to be delivered the next day by King Charles III during his first official visit to Canada as monarch.

Among the headline measures Carney outlined:

* Middle‑class tax relief. A new income‑tax cut, effective by Canada Day, would save a two‑earner household up to C$825 a year. GST would be eliminated on newly built homes priced below C$1 million and reduced on properties up to C$1.5 million.

* A crash program to build homes. Development charges on multi‑unit projects will be cut in half and a federally backed vehicle, Build Canada Homes, will provide C$25 billion in low‑cost financing to private developers. The government aims to double annual housing starts by scaling up modular and prefabricated construction “using Canadian technology, Canadian workers and Canadian lumber,” Carney said.

* National economic integration. Federal barriers to interprovincial trade will be lifted by July 1. Ottawa will work with provinces, territories and Indigenous nations to fast‑track “projects in the national interest” that link domestic markets and expand export routes.

* Fiscal restraint in Ottawa. Day‑to‑day operating spending will be capped at 2 percent growth — down from roughly 9 percent in recent years — through “cuts to waste, duplication and red tape,” while transfer payments to provinces and individuals are left untouched.

* Tougher security posture. The government will hire 1,000 additional CBSA officers and similar numbers for the RCMP, deploy more scanners and drones at the border, and tighten bail rules for violent and property crimes. Carney also reiterated commitments to rebuild Canada’s military capacity and “defend our sovereignty.”

* Immigration reset. The cap on temporary foreign workers and international students will be lowered to below 5 percent of the population by 2027, a sharp drop from today’s 7.3 percent, to ease pressure on housing and services.

Carney, a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, struck a cooperative tone, saying he had already spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump and arranged a Washington meeting for next week to address “immediate trade pressures” and the future Canada‑U.S. security partnership. Domestically, he pledged to govern “as a team,” inviting premiers, opposition leaders, labor and business to “put on our Team Canada sweaters and win big.”

“Canadians sent a clear message that their cost of living must come down and their communities need to be safe,” he said. “Now is the time for ambition — to build, build big and build now.”