Minister Metlege Diab highlights new Productivity Mega Deduction to help businesses invest, grow, and create jobs in Canada
The Voice of Canada
Canada has what the world wants: abundant energy and critical minerals, the most educated workforce in the world, access to 1.5 billion consumers through our free trade agreements and the strongest fiscal position in the G7. We are building on these advantages to make Canada the best place in the world to invest, build and grow.
The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, joined business and government leaders to showcase how the federal government is helping Canadian businesses of all sizes invest in new equipment, adopt new technology, expand their operations, and compete at home and around the world. This will help create a new era of private sector investment in Canada.
At the centre of this work is the new Productivity Mega Deduction, one of the most significant changes to Canada’s business tax system in half a century. It will allow businesses to immediately deduct the full cost of a much broader range of investments, giving them a powerful incentive to build, expand and create good jobs in communities across Canada.
This game-changing new tax incentive will increase the amount of assets eligible for immediate expensing from roughly 15% of assets to more than 65%, including fibre-optic cables, greenhouses, mining property, oil and gas pipelines, software, research and development, computer equipment, aircraft and vehicles, patents, rail track, bridges and roads.
The federal government is also making immediate expensing permanent, giving businesses the long-term certainty they need to make major investment decisions. Together, these changes will reduce the cost of investing in Canada and lower the marginal effective tax rate on new business investment from roughly 13% to 6.4%—the lowest of any major economy in the world and less than half the rate in the United States.
In an increasingly uncertain world, Canada is choosing to build. By cutting taxes on new investments and moving with speed and ambition, we are setting the conditions for a Canadian investment supercycle—one that will drive growth, productivity and prosperity for generations.
Quotes
“In every community, we want Canadians to see the benefits of a stronger, more productive economy. That means more opportunities for workers, stronger local businesses, and a country where skilled newcomers and Canadians can build a future together. The Productivity Mega Deduction is one critical part of our plan to create those opportunities and make sure the benefits of growth are felt in Atlantic Canada and across the country.”
– The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
“This is one of the most significant changes to Canada’s business tax system in half a century, and a game changer for investment in this country. With the Productivity Mega Deduction, we are reinforcing Canada’s position as the most competitive country in the G7 for new business investments and setting the conditions for an investment supercycle. This is about unlocking investment at a scale we have not seen in generations, so businesses can build, expand and grow in Canada—creating high-paying careers and building a stronger, more productive and more resilient economy.”-
– The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue
Quick facts
- Over five years, the government’s capital investments and incentives in support of third parties, totalling about $280 billion, are expected to enable more than $1 trillion in total investment from public, private and institutional partners.
- Canada consistently ranks among the top destinations for foreign direct investment confidence, with a AAA credit rating, the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7 and the number one ranking among G7 countries for banking stability.
- Canada has the best tax treatment for new business investment in the G7.
- Under Canada’s capital cost allowance system, taxpayers deduct the cost of depreciable assets such as machinery and equipment over time. Immediate expensing would allow them to deduct the full cost of an eligible investment in the first year the asset becomes available for use.
