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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, highlighted how the government is putting more money in your pocket.
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Today in Toronto, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced that the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will receive nearly $1.2 billion over the next decade through the Baseline stream of the new Canada Public Transit Fund. She was joined by the Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy, the Minister of Finance of Ontario, the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, the Minister of Transport of Ontario, and Her Worship Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto. The Canada Public Transit Fund is the largest public transit investment in Canadian history with $3 billion in annual federal funding provided to communities across the country.
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The government can’t set prices at the checkout, but it can help Canadians with more money in their pocket. To help them buy the things they need and save for the things they want, today the government introduced Bill C-78, the Tax Break for All Canadians Act in Parliament. Bill C-78 proposes to provide a two-month Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) break for holiday essentials, like groceries, restaurant meals, drinks, snacks, children’s clothing, and gifts.
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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, alongside the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, and the Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business, announced progress delivering new action to put more money in the pockets of Canadians and small businesses.
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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, announced significant progress to deliver Canada’s housing plan.
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Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced that now nearly 1 million Canadians have opened a Tax-Free First Home Savings Account to save for their first downpayment.
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Today, the Department of Finance is launching consultations to help inform the Minister of Finance’s decision regarding National Bank of Canada’s proposed acquisition of Canadian Western Bank, which was first announced on June 11, 2024.
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Today in Sault Ste. Marie, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, visited Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 at 96 Great Northern Road, where construction was recently completed on 108 new affordable homes for veterans and their families.
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Every woman should be free to make her own decisions about her own body. Every woman in Canada should have access to the health care she needs.
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This week, from October 23 to 25, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, will attend the Fall Meetings of G7 and G20 Finance Ministers and the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington D.C.
