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Fall Federal Budget: Will Spending Be Cut?

Canada has historically presented an annual budget since Confederation in 1867, even through periods like World Wars and the Great Depression, but we have recently experienced the longest period without a full federal budget in our history. By the time the next one is brought down, expected in October 2025, it will have been 18 months since the controversial April 2024 budget which introduced the doomed capital gains inclusion rate hikes. What can we expect?

Grad Spotlight – Siegfried Merten, MFA

Siegfried Merten earned his MFA Designation in 2008 and has remained active with Knowledge Bureau as faculty member and Distinguished Advisor Conference attendee. We are pleased to have Siegfried as one of our distinguished grads.

The Art and Science of Retirement Planning

Doug Nelson is author of the newly released Master Your Retirement and shares these wisdoms for retirement income planning. 

Claiming Debt Forgiveness

Previously undeducted resource allowances carried forward may have to be reduced under the debt forgiveness rules.

People in the News

Knowledge Bureau's authors have been well represented across the media this past week – television, radio, print, and live events.

Financial Fotographs: Just Coffee

Kevin Gebert, author of Financial Fotographs, shares a brief excerpt from his chapter entitled “Just Coffee”.

Advise Clients on How to Give to Charities Tax-Efficiently

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Knowledge Bureau Poll Question

On September 2, Finance Minister Champagne mandated CRA to implement a 100-day plan to “strengthen services, improve access, and reduce delays.” That’s by December 11, 2025. Do you believe this approach will help?

  • Yes
    7 votes
    26.92%
  • No
    19 votes
    73.08%