Tax Highlights from the 2022 Federal Budget

Canada’s Finance Minister, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, tabled the 2022 federal budget on April 7, 2022.

The Canadian economy returned to its pre-pandemic level of activity in the fourth quarter of 2021. Real GDP also grew 6.7% at an annual rate in the last quarter of 2021. However, the effects of economic uncertainty are evident in measures of consumer and business confidence. Read more here.

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Published April 8, 2022.