Today, Bill C-69, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1, received Royal Assent. With the passage of this legislation, the government is advancing key priorities from Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation.
Tomorrow, we will introduce changes that will result in a small number of well-off Canadians paying a little more in tax when they sell a successful investment.
Budget 2024 is strengthening Canada's social safety net by improving access to dental care so that every generation can have a fair shot at receiving the care they deserve while making life cost less.
I am so happy to be here. I am happy to be here in Toronto. I’m happy to be here in the amazing community I have the privilege to represent as a Member of Parliament. And I am really happy to be here at the Charles Hastings Housing Co-op.
The Department of Finance today released draft regulations to enable Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island to participate in Canada’s coordinated vaping taxation framework. Ontario, Quebec, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut are already parties to the framework.
The Deputy Prime Minister will provide an update on the government’s economic plan. She will be joined by the Minister of Health, Mark Holland, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, and the President of the Treasury Board, Anita Anand.
I will speak first about our government’s action to improve tax fairness for all Canadians, the Canada Growth Fund’s newest investment, making mortgages more affordable, and the Budget Implementation Act.