| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
By the end of this year, a portion of fuel charge proceeds from 2019-20 through 2023-24 will be returned to approximately 600,000 Canadian-controlled private corporations with 1 to 499 employees through this new refundable tax credit.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
The federal government has the most ambitious housing plan in Canadian history—including building 4 million new homes—to make housing more affordable for Canadians. This plan will build a Canada that is fairer for every generation of Canadians, where they can get ahead, where their hard work pays off, and where they can buy a home.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
The federal government has the most ambitious housing plan in Canadian history—including building 4 million new homes—to make housing more affordable for Canadians. This plan will build a Canada that is fairer for every generation of Canadians, where they can get ahead, where their hard work pays off, and where they can buy a home.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Ms. Elizabeth Whitsitt is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. Her research is focused on the intersection of trade law and investment arbitration, with a specialization on the role that adjudicators play between international trade and international investment law regimes.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada intends to implement a 100 per cent surtax on all Chinese-made EVs, effective October 1, 2024. This includes electric and certain hybrid passenger automobiles, trucks, buses, and delivery vans.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
The federal government intends to apply a 25 per cent surtax on imports of steel and aluminum products from China, effective October 15, 2024.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Ms. Tanya van Biesen was appointed to the role of President and CEO of Women in Capital Markets in January 2024, where she uses her experience to contribute to achieving the organization’s mission of accelerating equity in finance for women and gender-diverse individuals.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Ms. Mariette Mulaire was appointed to the Bank of Canada’s Board of Directors in June 2018.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Mr. Raymond Ivany was appointed to the Bank of Canada’s Board of Directors in September 2018.
| Department of Finance Canada | backgrounders
Mr. David Dominy was appointed to the Bank of Canada’s Board of Directors in January 2023. Mr. Dominy has more than 25 years of CEO experience, most recently with Canada’s largest domestically-owned money services business, FIRMA Foreign Exchange Corporation (2014 to 2022). Since 2003, he has also provided investment and advisory services as president of 3D Capital Inc.
