Making Housing More Affordable
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The government is moving forward with its ambitious package of measures to build more homes and make housing more affordable across the country.
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Making Life More Affordable
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The 2022 Fall Economic Statement includes new, targeted cost of living support measures to make life more affordable for the Canadians most affected by rising prices.
Jobs, Growth, and an Economy That Works for Everyone
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The 2022 Fall Economic Statement makes investments in workers to grow Canada’s economy, create good-paying jobs, and tackle Canada’s investment and productivity challenges.
Bree Jamieson-Holloway
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Bree Jamieson-Holloway is an international corporate finance lawyer, qualified in Ontario as well as England and Wales. She has practiced in London, England and Hong Kong and is now based in Ottawa, where she is the founder and managing lawyer at Jamieson Law, a boutique corporate firm.
Making Life More Affordable: Doubling the Goods and Services Tax Credit for Six Months
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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Credit helps offset the financial impact of the GST for low- and modest-income people and families. The credit is paid quarterly in January, April, July, and October, with benefit years beginning in July.
Making Dental Care More Affordable: The Canada Dental Benefit
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Seeing a dentist is important for our health, but it can be expensive. A third of Canadians currently do not have dental insurance, and in 2018, more than one in five Canadians reported avoiding dental care because of the cost.
Making Housing More Affordable: One-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit program
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For many Canadians, it is becoming increasingly challenging to find a safe and affordable place to call home, and the high cost of living is making affordable housing even less attainable for the most vulnerable Canadians.
Additional Design Features of the Investment Tax Credit for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage: Recovery Mechanism, Climate Risk Disclosure, and Knowledge Sharing
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Budget 2022 proposed the final design of an investment tax credit for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (the CCUS Tax Credit), and indicated that design features with respect to the recovery of the CCUS Tax Credit, climate risk disclosure and knowledge sharing would follow.
Design of the Tax-Free First Home Savings Account
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In Budget 2022, the Government proposed the introduction of the Tax-Free First Home Savings Account (FHSA). This new registered plan would give prospective first-time home buyers the ability to save $40,000 on a tax-free basis.
Eric Wildhaber
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Mr. Eric Wildhaber has over 20 years of experience in procurement, customs, and trade remedies law, over the course of his Public Service career which began in 1998 (Department of Foreign and International Trade, Trade Law Bureau).
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