This week, the Government of Canada successfully priced its sixth issuance of a Canadian-dollar-denominated green bond, raising $2 billion in a new 10-year offering.
Today in Miramichi, the Honourable Wayne Long, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions), took part in an event to highlight how the government is working to make life more affordable, and delivering significant new support for those most affected by the rising price of food.
The Department of Finance today released for consultation draft legislative proposals to implement a range of previously announced tax measures. The proposed changes aim to clarify and improve tax rules, close gaps to prevent tax avoidance, and ensure existing measures work as intended.
The Honourable Wayne Long, Secretary of State responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions, will discuss the Government of Canada’s plan to build a stronger economy and make life more affordable for Canadians.
The global landscape is rapidly changing, leaving economies, businesses, and workers under a cloud of uncertainty. In response, Canada’s new government is focused on what we can control: building a stronger economy to make life more affordable for Canadians.
Today, the Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, welcomed a strategic investment of up to US$65 million (approximately C$89.6 million) by the Canada Growth Fund in Mangrove Water Technologies Inc. (“Mangrove Lithium”), as part of a US$85 million structured financing package with BMW i Ventures and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
The Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, will welcome an important investment in support of building Canada’s clean economy. A media availability and tour of the facility will follow.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, will be in Washington D.C. on January 11 and 12 to participate in a series of meetings with his G7 counterparts and other like-minded countries on trade.