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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, visited Hudson House in Victoria to highlight how Canada’s economic plan is building more homes, faster.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business, announced that the federal government is delivering thousands of dollars in alcohol excise duty relief to Canadian businesses, particularly local craft breweries.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
This week, the Government of Canada successfully issued its second green bond. This 10-year, $4 billion green bond fulfills the government’s commitment in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement to issue a $4 billion green bond in the 2023-24 fiscal year.
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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, joined by the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced new action, as part of Canada’s economic plan, to build more homes, faster, and strengthen competition to lower prices for Canadians.
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This follows the successful issuance of Canada’s first 7.5-year, $5 billion green bond in March 2022.
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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced the appointment of Werner Liedtke as interim Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC).
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The Deputy Prime Minister today also announced that the federal government is providing $16 million through the Affordable Housing Fund to build 214 new rental homes at 308 Colony Street—the latest new project in downtown Winnipeg. This near net-zero greenhouse gas emissions project includes 86 affordable homes for low-income and vulnerable Canadians and over 20 per cent of all homes are barrier-free or barrier-adaptable for persons with disabilities.
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In addition to the base Canada Carbon Rebate amounts, starting this year, the federal government is proposing, through legislative amendments in Bill C-59, to double the rural top-up to 20 per cent, in recognition of rural Canadians’ higher energy needs and more limited access to cleaner transportation options.
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Today’s action will help rural Canadians find the homes they need at prices they can afford and access the high-quality, universal public health care they deserve close to home. By working with provinces and territories and municipalities to build more homes and strengthen public health care, the federal government is using all available tools to deliver for Canadians.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Today, as part of Canada's economic plan, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced the federal government is taking new action to deliver rent support to low-income renters, open more emergency shelter spaces in cities across the country, and crack down on corporate greed to make groceries more affordable.
