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The federal Conservatives are looking to cut at least $1.5 billion of what they call “corporate welfare handouts” if elected, but the Liberals warn that efforts to supercharge Saskatchewan’s plant-protein sector could be on the chopping block.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer announced Wednesday that a Conservative government would conduct a review of business subsidy programs with an aim of “eliminating grants for those who don’t need help.”

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“We get to the $1.5 billion by establishing the criteria that government programs in the future will not go to wealthy executives, to line the pockets of shareholders or for foreign companies,” Scheer said during a campaign stop in Hamilton, Ont.

He said the money would instead be used to help less well-connected Canadians, presumably by paying for the billions of dollars in tax credits and tax cuts his party has been unveiling on the campaign trail.