Poilievre asks premiers to axe their sales taxes on new homes worth under $1 million
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This article was published 04/11/2024 (398 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces’ premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million.
It follows Poilievre’s own pledge last week that if he becomes prime minister, he will axe the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million.
The Conservatives estimated that measure would reduce the cost of an $800,000 home by $40,000 and spur construction of another 30,000 homes per year.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Poilievre said last week that he would pay for the federal tax cut by scrapping Liberal housing policies, and in his letter to premiers, he said provincial sales taxes also significantly increase the cost of homes.
He tells the premiers he understands that all provinces are different, but that by matching his own promised tax cut on new homes they will save their residents tens of thousands of dollars.
Poilievre has relentlessly attacked the Liberal government over the state of housing affordability, blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the rapid rise of housing prices and rents since 2015.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 4, 2024.