The government permanently increased the tax rate for banks and life insurance companies to 16.5 per cent on profits over $100 million.
federal budget
Avril 15, 2022
7:00AM
Government tax revenues can increase even though the inflation-adjusted incomes of most Canadians do not.
Avril 12, 2022
11:42AM
The projected federal deficit in 2022-23 is 34 per cent higher than the deficit in 2019-20.
Avril 8, 2022
9:06AM
Higher government spending will lead to higher taxes and lower rates of economic growth.
Avril 7, 2022
4:01PM
The projected federal deficit for 2022/23 could have been reduced by more than 42 per cent had the government stuck to last spring's spending plan.
Avril 4, 2022
3:30AM
A lack of fiscal prudence left Canada vulnerable when the pandemic hit.
Mars 30, 2022
9:34AM
Cutting regulatory red tape and removing internal trade barriers could help boost improve economic performance.
Mars 28, 2022
3:56PM
Canada's productivity growth and levels of business investment have been lacklustre for decades.
Mars 11, 2022
8:18AM
Ottawa will likely have more revenue—perhaps considerably more—than forecast when the government tables the budget.
Janvier 14, 2022
8:59AM
Only seven industrialized countries had higher levels of government indebtedness than Canada.