Budget 2016

News for advisors from the 2016 federal budget tabled on March 22 in Ottawa, including Investment Executive‘s post-budget webinar with Jamie Golombek.
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March 23, 2016

Infrastructure spending a major focus for new Liberal government

The government has committed to a 10-year infrastructure plan focusing on public transit, green infrastructure and social infrastructure that will be paid for by increasing the deficit

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 16:15

Government debt to rise as deficit balloons

The Liberal government is projecting a deficit of $29.4 billion in fiscal 2017, much higher than the $10 billion originally envisioned

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 16:10

Feds to overhaul financial benefits for middle-class families

The Liberal government is touting the introduction of the Canada Child Benefit as “the most significant social policy innovation in a generation”

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 16:05

Liberals back off on change to stock options

Feedback from small firms led to the change of heart

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 16:00

Seniors to benefit from key budget changes

Ottawa is proposing an increase to the GIS top-up benefit and additional support for senior couples living apart for reasons beyond their control

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 15:40

Budget 2016: Small business tax changes

Jamie Golombek, managing director, tax & estate planning, CIBC Wealth Strategies, highlights several tax changes in the 2016 federal budget that will impact small businesses. He spoke from the budget lock-up in Ottawa.

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 15:35

Budget 2016: Corporate-class mutual funds

Jamie Golombek, managing director, tax & estate planning, CIBC Wealth Strategies, reports that effective September, an exchange of shares within a mutual fund corporation will be taxed as a disposition at fair market value. He spoke from the budget lock-up in Ottawa.

  • March 22, 2016 November 9, 2019
  • 15:30