income tax

A proposed income tax change to crack down on cross-border tax avoidance could unintentionally hike power bills and natural gas rates for consumers, Electricity Canada is warning.

The Canada Revenue Agency has already shown it can file simple income tax returns for clients, essential for vulnerable populations like low-income Indigenous people to access benefits and credits.

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, kept his party’s election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.

Acknowledging that Quebecers are among the highest taxed people in Canada, the two top parties running in Quebec's election campaign held competing news conferences in the provincial capital on Monday to promise income tax cuts if they are elected on Oct. 3.

Jagmeet Singh issued a call-to-arms against inequality as he sought to put his stamp on the federal NDP on Saturday, February 17, 2018, by taking aim at the Trudeau government and foreign web giants while offering a full-fledged defence of taxes and public services.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has no intention of stifling growth for small businesses and start-ups with its upcoming changes to the tax code.