# Source note: Room to grow — Conservative small-business proposals

Checked October 22, 2026. Public-source policy explainer / opinion, not tax advice. Independent site; party sources prove what was proposed, not economic outcomes. No fundraising solicitation.

## Sources and claim map

1. Conservative Party of Canada, October 21, 2026, “Conservative Shadow Minister Brad Vis Announces New Small Business Policies”.
https://www.conservative.ca/conservative-shadow-minister-brad-vis-announces-new-small-business-policies/
Verified party position: “Increase the GST/HST small-supplier threshold from $30,000 to $60,000, indexed to inflation going forward.” Also proposes increasing the federal Small Business Deduction business limit from $500,000 to $700,000 with indexing. The retrieved release has no commencement date, fiscal costing or detailed transition provisions. This is not an assertion that no such details exist elsewhere. No independent jobs/savings forecast is claimed.

2. Conservative Party of Canada, October 21, 2026, Pierre Poilievre Small Business Week statement.
https://www.conservative.ca/statement-from-conservative-leader-pierre-poilievre-on-small-business-week-5/
Party communication thanking entrepreneurs, owners and workers; provides constructive framing, not statistical evidence.

3. CRA, When to register for and start charging GST/HST (page details June 16, 2026).
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/when-register-charge.html
Current guidance gives $30,000 for most businesses. Single-quarter and consecutive-quarter crossing dates differ. Taxable supplies, not net profit, are the relevant measure; the detailed calculation includes associated persons and specified exclusions. Taxi/commercial ride-sharing operators must register even if small suppliers. Do not call this an income-tax-free earnings allowance. Article deliberately does not give individualized registration deadlines.

4. CRA, Voluntary GST/HST registration (page details January 14, 2026).
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/account-register-voluntarily.html
“Once registered, you may be eligible to claim input tax credits”; choosing not to register means no ITCs. Existing registered businesses must not stop charging based on a party announcement. Future transition rules remain unverified.

5. CRA, Corporation tax rates.
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/corporations/corporation-tax-rates.html
Standard net federal rates 9% for CCPCs claiming SBD and 15% after general reduction. Special qualifying zero-emission manufacturing rates exist, so article says standard. Provincial/territorial rates and limits are separate; not all jurisdictions use the federal limit. No numerical savings calculation is made.

6. CRA, T2 Corporation Income Tax Guide, Chapter 4.
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4012/t2-corporation-income-tax-guide-chapter-4-page-4-t2-return.html
Small business deduction section and lines 410/426: qualifying CCPCs; maximum $500,000 limit for non-associated corporation; allocation among associated corporations; reductions for taxable capital and passive investment income. Income/limit calculation is not a sales exemption or automatic benefit for all sole proprietors. This current guide supersedes an unsuccessful guessed standalone business-limit URL, which is not cited.

## Editorial decisions and uncertainties

- The injected scan is leads only. Direct current CPC News retrieval exposed October21 policy announcements absent from the extraction service's stale October16 news listing.
- Priority Elevate Report/Jasmin Laine titles were screened as commentary leads only. No video transcript was verified and no election-interference, referendum-outcome or geopolitical claim from them is published.
- Existing recent posts cover housing, affordability votes, transit and other topics; these new small-business thresholds provide a distinct angle, not a repeat of the general September tax-reform guide.
- Article separates proposal/current guidance/conditional benefits/editorial tests. No guaranteed savings, job creation, enacted change, definitive eligibility decision or personal attack.
- One federal article selected for public deployment. The provincial Crofton companion remains local-only and excludes unverified water-service deadlines, municipal financial capacity and blame claims.
- Raw source HTML/text and access manifest retained in the local dated evidence folder; all seven fetched source pages returned HTTP200 with substantive text. Raw captures are not deployed.
- The configured automation/editorial-rules.md was absent in prior runs; this run follows explicit job rules and preserves the existing independent-site disclaimer.