Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation.
Finance Canada is undermining sustainable investment with a multi-year effort to include fossil fuels in guidelines intended to help capital flow to clean alternatives, climate and finance experts say.
The program is designed to help Indigenous communities buy equity in natural resource and energy projects by securing them more favourable interest rates.
In the months before the federal budget was released, scores of meetings were recorded between fossil fuel industry representatives and the federal government. With a key ask from climate advocates ignored, who is Finance Canada listening to?
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered a federal budget on Tuesday that keeps the deficit capped at $40 billion, thanks to higher-than-expected government revenues and new taxes that largely offset billions in new spending.
Cash for home retrofits and a new investment tax credit to bolster electric vehicle supply chains are among the most notable climate measures in Budget 2024.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has ruled out raising taxes on the middle class in the upcoming federal budget — but won't say if corporations or the wealthy are in for the same treatment.