{"id":"supporting-canadian-workers-businesses","slug":"supporting-canadian-workers-businesses","title":"Supporting Canadian workers and businesses","chapter":2,"section":"2.3","section_title":"Helping Canadians and their businesses navigate change","heading":"Supporting Canadian workers and businesses","in_cost_table":true,"capital":true,"fiscal":{"unit":"CAD millions","basis":"accrual, incremental impact on budgetary balance (expense or forgone revenue)","years":["2026-27","2027-28","2028-29","2029-30","2030-31"],"gross":[2178.0,4413.0,1812.0,1877.0,1194.0],"gross_total":11474.0,"flags":[null,null,null,null,null],"adjustments":[{"label":"Funds sourced from existing departmental resources","values":[null,-50.0,-50.0,-50.0,0.0],"total":-150.0,"pdf_page":196,"printed_page":184}],"net":[2178.0,4363.0,1762.0,1827.0,1194.0],"net_total":11324.0,"table":{"pdf_page":196,"printed_page":184}},"description":null,"commitments":[{"text":"Figure 2.10 - The Government of Canada has announced almost $44 billion in support for workers and businesses affected by tariffs since March 2025 Supporting workers Ensuring access to Equipping companies financing for growth and diversification $10 billion to help deliver $12.9 billion to ensure $20.6 billion to support reskilling and income access to liquidity and firms affected by tariffs to support package for workers financing for businesses of pivot, grow, diversify impacted by trade all sizes through the Large markets, and maintain disruptions, including Enterprise Tariff Loan industrial capacity through training and employment Facility, the Business the Strategic Response assistance, Workforce Development Bank of Fund, Regional Tariff Alliances, and enhanced Canada's Pivot to Grow Response Initiative, and Employment Insurance program, and temporary other programming that supports. deferrals of corporate provides targeted support income tax and GST/HST to strategic sectors such as Enhanced Employment remittances.","pdf_page":189,"printed_page":177,"quote":"Figure 2.10 - The Government of Canada has announced almost $44 billion in support for workers and businesses affected by tariffs since March 2025 Supporting workers Ensuring access to Equipping companies financing for growth and diversification $10 billion to help deliver $12.9 billion to ensure $20.6 billion to support reskilling and income access to liquidity …"}],"amounts_in_text":["$44 billion","$10 billion","$12.9 billion","$20.6 billion","$1 billion","$16.6 billion","$6.1 billion","$1.5 billion"],"source":{"pdf_page":188,"printed_page":176,"chapter_url":"https://budget.canada.ca/2026/report-rapport/chap2-en.html"},"money_type":"spending","involves_loans":true,"lenses":["businesses","trades"],"wv_note":"Fabricators, mills and shops that buy or sell across the border should check which tariff programs apply before the next order.","key_facts":[{"text":"The government says it has announced almost $44 billion in support for workers and businesses affected by tariffs since March 2025.","pdf_page":189,"printed_page":177},{"text":"This line captures measures announced from May to October 2026, including targeted support for steel, aluminum, automotive, copper, forestry, mining and critical minerals.","pdf_page":196,"printed_page":184}],"url":"https://budget2026.warreandvavasour.com/measures/supporting-canadian-workers-businesses/","chapter_title":"A more competitive and connected Canadian economy"}