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.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, today co-chaired the last meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under Canada’s G7 Presidency, alongside Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada.
Tariffs coupled with low global diamond prices, inflationary pressures, and sustained supply chain bottlenecks are proving a challenge to navigate. That’s why the government is responding with a loan to support the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories.
The Government of Canada is committed to mobilizing public and private capital to promote investment in sustainability, as part of the transition to net-zero. Budget 2025 reconfirmed the government’s support for the arm’s-length development of made-in-Canada sustainable investment guidelines, also known as a taxonomy, and committed to the selection of an external organization to lead it by the end of the year.