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?

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On October 18, Finance Canada released proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations for the remaining provisions from the March 21, 2013 Federal Budget.