{"id":5196,"date":"2025-04-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.restaurantscanada.org\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2025-03-31T19:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T23:06:39","slug":"federal-parties-can-protect-jobs-and-affordability-by-permanently-exempting-all-food-from-gst-hst-in-face-of-new-u-s-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.restaurantscanada.org\/fr\/federal-parties-can-protect-jobs-and-affordability-by-permanently-exempting-all-food-from-gst-hst-in-face-of-new-u-s-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal parties can protect jobs and affordability by permanently exempting all food from GST\/HST, in face of new U.S. tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next government can protect the 1.2 million workers in the foodservice industry, improve food affordability for Canadians and help keep foodservice businesses afloat during the tariff war by exempting all food from sales taxes, as it did during the recent GST\/HST holiday, says Restaurants Canada. Eight in 10 (77%) Canadians would like to see the GST\/HST holiday made permanent, and 84% believe food should not be taxed, according to a spark*insights public opinion poll conducted on behalf of Restaurants Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Statistics Canada data reveal that commercial foodservice sales increased by a robust 7.5% year-over-year in January. Even after adjusting for inflation, real sales rose by 4.3%\u2014the highest real growth since April 2023. This supports earlier findings<\/a> that the GST\/HST holiday led to a 67,500 year-over-year increase in foodservice sector jobs in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRestaurants are the number one source of first-time jobs and the fourth largest private-sector employer in Canada,\u201d said Kelly Higginson, President and CEO of Restaurants Canada. \u201cA million dollars in sales in our sector generates $1.8 million in output in the wider economy and 17.6 jobs, both above the average for other industries. There is real opportunity here for the next government to invest in a major driver of the Canadian and local economies, protect jobs and help make life more affordable for Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restaurants and their employees pay $26 billion in federal, provincial and municipal taxes and contribute 4% of the national GDP. However, economic instability has left the sector vulnerable: 53% of foodservice businesses say they are operating at a loss or just breaking even, up from 12% pre-pandemic. Bankruptcies in the industry increased by 45% in the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restaurants Canada has reached out to all the major federal parties with a list of additional recommendations for their platforms, including reducing interprovincial trade barriers and reducing payroll taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c2024 was a tough year for restaurants, with consumer spending down due to the affordability crisis impacting Canadians across the country, while every operating cost was going up. The GST\/HST holiday was a much-needed boost, but we need permanent measures to address affordability for Canadians and allow our industry to continue to be a major contributor to the Canadian economy, especially as we face the new threat of U.S. tariffs,\u201d concluded Higginson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Milena Stanoeva, Restaurants Canada | media@restaurantscanada.org<\/a> | 647-921-1758<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Restaurants Canada<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Restaurants Canada is a national, not-for-profit association advancing Canada\u2019s diverse and dynamic foodservice industry. Restaurants are a nearly $120 billion industry employing 1.2 million Canadians and is the number one source of first-time jobs in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Methodology:<\/strong> The survey was conducted by spark*advocacy, with 3,000 Canadian residents from February 13th to February 19th, 2025. A random sample of panelists were invited to complete the survey from a set of partner panels based on the Lucid exchange platform. These partners are typically double opt-in survey panels, blended to manage out potential skews in the data from a single source. The margin of error for a comparable probability-based random sample of the same size is +\/- 1.55%, 19 times out of 20. The data were weighted according to census data to ensure that the sample matched Canada\u2019s population according to age, gender, educational attainment, and region. Totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tarifs am\u00e9ricains\u00a0: Les partis f\u00e9d\u00e9raux peuvent prot\u00e9ger les emplois et l’accessibilit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re en abolissant la TPS sur tous les aliments<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Le prochain gouvernement peut prot\u00e9ger les 1,2 million de travailleurs du secteur de la restauration, am\u00e9liorer l\u2019accessibilit\u00e9 des aliments aux Canadiens et aider les entreprises de restauration \u00e0 survivre pendant la guerre tarifaire en abolissant de mani\u00e8re d\u00e9finitive la TPS sur tous les aliments, comme il l\u2019a fait lors du r\u00e9cent cong\u00e9 de TPS\/TVH, affirme Restaurants Canada. Huit Canadiens sur dix (77 %) souhaiteraient que le cong\u00e9 de TPS\/TVH devienne permanent, et 84 % croient que les aliments ne devraient pas \u00eatre tax\u00e9s, selon un sondage d\u2019opinion publique r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par Spark*insights pour le compte de Restaurants Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De nouvelles donn\u00e9es de Statistique Canada r\u00e9v\u00e8lent que les ventes des services alimentaires commerciaux ont connu une forte hausse de 7,5 % en janvier 2025 comparativement \u00e0 janvier 2024. M\u00eame apr\u00e8s ajustement pour tenir compte de l’inflation, les ventes r\u00e9elles ont augment\u00e9 de 4,3 %, soit la plus forte croissance r\u00e9elle depuis avril 2023. Ces donn\u00e9es corroborent les conclusions ant\u00e9rieures <\/a>selon lesquelles le cong\u00e9 de TPS\/TVH a entra\u00een\u00e9 une augmentation de 67 500 emplois dans le secteur de la restauration sur un an en janvier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Les restaurants sont la premi\u00e8re source de nouveaux emplois et le quatri\u00e8me plus important employeur du secteur priv\u00e9 au Canada \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Maximilien Roy, Vice-Pr\u00e9sident f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et Qu\u00e9bec de Restaurants Canada. \u00ab Un million de dollars de chiffre d\u2019affaires dans notre secteur g\u00e9n\u00e8re 1,8 million de dollars de retomb\u00e9es \u00e9conomiques et 17,6 emplois, deux chiffres sup\u00e9rieurs \u00e0 la moyenne des autres secteurs. Le prochain gouvernement a ici une r\u00e9elle opportunit\u00e9 d\u2019investir dans un moteur majeur de l\u2019\u00e9conomie canadienne et locale, de prot\u00e9ger les emplois et de contribuer \u00e0 rendre la vie plus abordable pour les Canadiens. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les restaurants et leurs employ\u00e9s paient 26 milliards de dollars en imp\u00f4ts f\u00e9d\u00e9raux, provinciaux et municipaux annuellement et contribuent \u00e0 hauteur de 4 % au PIB national. Cependant, l’instabilit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique a fragilis\u00e9 le secteur : 53 % des entreprises de restauration d\u00e9clarent fonctionner \u00e0 perte ou atteindre tout juste le seuil de rentabilit\u00e9, contre 12 % avant la pand\u00e9mie. Les faillites dans le secteur ont augment\u00e9 de 45 % au cours des huit premiers mois de 2024 par rapport \u00e0 la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restaurants Canada a contact\u00e9 tous les principaux partis f\u00e9d\u00e9raux avec une liste de recommandations suppl\u00e9mentaires pour leurs plateformes, notamment la r\u00e9duction des barri\u00e8res commerciales interprovinciales et la r\u00e9duction des charges sociales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab L\u2019ann\u00e9e 2024 a \u00e9t\u00e9 difficile pour les restaurants. Les d\u00e9penses de consommation ont diminu\u00e9 en raison de la crise de l\u2019accessibilit\u00e9 qui a touch\u00e9 les Canadiens partout au pays, tandis que tous les co\u00fbts d\u2019exploitation ont augment\u00e9. Le cong\u00e9 de TPS\/TVH a \u00e9t\u00e9 un coup de pouce indispensable, mais nous avons besoin de mesures permanentes pour am\u00e9liorer l\u2019abordabilit\u00e9 pour les Canadiens et permettre \u00e0 notre secteur de continuer \u00e0 contribuer de mani\u00e8re importante \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9conomie canadienne, surtout face \u00e0 la nouvelle menace des tarifs am\u00e9ricains \u00bb, a conclu M. Roy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact m\u00e9dia :<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Milena Stanoeva, Restaurants Canada | media@restaurantscanada.org<\/a> | 647-921-1758<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de Restaurants Canada<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Restaurants Canada est une association nationale sans but lucratif qui \u0153uvre pour le d\u00e9veloppement d’un secteur canadien de la restauration diversifi\u00e9 et dynamique. La restauration repr\u00e9sente une industrie de pr\u00e8s de 120 milliards de dollars, emploie 1,2 million de Canadiens et constitue la premi\u00e8re source de nouveaux emplois au Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00e9thodologie :<\/strong> L’enqu\u00eate a \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9e par spark*advocacy aupr\u00e8s de 3 000 r\u00e9sidents canadiens du 13 au 19 f\u00e9vrier 2025. Un \u00e9chantillon al\u00e9atoire de pan\u00e9listes a \u00e9t\u00e9 invit\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 l’enqu\u00eate \u00e0 partir d’un ensemble de panels partenaires bas\u00e9s sur la plateforme d’\u00e9change Lucid. Ces partenaires sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement des panels d’enqu\u00eate \u00e0 double participation, m\u00e9lang\u00e9s pour g\u00e9rer les biais potentiels dans les donn\u00e9es provenant d’une source unique. La marge d’erreur pour un \u00e9chantillon al\u00e9atoire comparable de m\u00eame taille est de +\/- 1,55 %, 19 fois sur 20. Les donn\u00e9es ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pond\u00e9r\u00e9es en fonction des donn\u00e9es de recensement afin de garantir que l’\u00e9chantillon corresponde \u00e0 la population du Canada en termes d’\u00e2ge, de sexe, de niveau d’\u00e9tudes et de r\u00e9gion. Les totaux peuvent ne pas \u00eatre \u00e9gaux \u00e0 100 en raison des arrondis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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