CBC: “Basically, I can’t figure out who actually qualifies,” Poilievre said in an interview on Rosemary Barton Live airing Sunday morning. “I suspect no one does, and you have to be able to stand on one foot and count backwards from a thousand with your finger on your nose before you could qualify for that break.”
In the 2026 federal budget, tabled on Thursday, the Canada Growth Incentive excludes businesses operating in the agricultural, fishing, forestry, financial, insurance, utilities, real estate, food and accommodation, arts, recreation and entertainment sectors.
Because of that, Poilievre said he views it as “insignificant and irrelevant and adds more complexity to the system.” …