Canadians know that it is important to live within their means and they expect the government to do the same. The Government of Canada is working to return to a balanced budget by creating savings and efficiency, improving Crown Corporations, and updating Canada’s tax system.
Learn more about the initiatives and programs designed to balance Canada’s budget and improve the tax system. Click through the themes below to see how the Economic Action Plan is working for you.
Savings and Efficiency
Economic Action Plan 2013 strengthens the Government’s commitment to control direct program spending with common sense proposals to make government more efficient and productive. View all related initiatives.
Crown Corporations
Economic Action Plan 2013 takes steps to align the salaries of Crown corporation employees with those of federal employees. It also provides funding to the Standards Council of Canada to modernize national standards and strengthen Canada’s voice in developing international standards. View all related initiatives.
Tax System
The Government is introducing a number of measures to close tax loopholes and make the Canadian tax system more fair. View all related initiatives.