Draft Legislation Released July 23, 2026

While Canadians were enjoying the height of summer 2026, Finance Canada released draft legislation for a number of previously announced tax measures including new rules for the disabled, apprentices in the trades, those with automobile benefits, farmers on the prairies and business owners buying assets or remitting GST/HST. A consultation has been issued on the proposed new rules, which must be emailed to the department by September 4.  There are some important changes, some summarized below, which will also be covered in the September 23 CE Summit.

This tax season has been particularly challenging for both taxpayers and tax professionals. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) provides tax information slips—such as T3, T4, T5, and their variations—through secure online portals: My Account and Represent a Client (RAC). This year, there were lots of problems with these portals, and now, it appears, CRA is not being quite transparent about when the slips were actually visible to clients and that doesn’t seem fair. Here’s an update on where we stand now.

The T1135 form, officially titled Foreign Income Verification Statement, is a crucial document for Canadian taxpayers who own, or hold specified foreign property with a total cost of more than CAD 100,000 at any time during the year. Its primary purpose is to allow the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to track offshore assets and ensure that Canadians are properly reporting foreign income. However, many taxpayers overlook or delay this filing, which can lead to significant penalties and consequences. This article explains the implications of late filing  the T1135, including who needs to file, deadlines, penalties, and options for voluntary disclosure.

As we honour National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, we celebrate the cultural strength and resilience of Indigenous communities—and recognize the transformative economic moment that is before us – to shift focus from individual to community-wide wealth strategies that support our Indigenous people in building sustainable, intergenerational community wealth.  With settlement payments now flowing, Indigenous Nations have a powerful opportunity to transform these funds into lasting community wellbeing. Financial professionals can meet this moment by adopting the Real Wealth Management™ (RWM) model—not just for individuals, but for entire communities.

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In 2025, over $1 trillion in wealth is expected to transition between generations in Canada alone—much of it held by values-driven individuals seeking to leave a meaningful legacy. At the same time, 72% of Canadians say they want their advisors to discuss charitable giving as part of their financial plan, but only 13% of advisors initiate that conversation according to a report from CAGP, The Philanthropic Conversation. This represents a critical gap—and a powerful opportunity.

Register by June 30 to save on tuition for the Annual Acuity Conference for Distinguished Advisors, who will be exploring the theme: Happy Landings, November 23-26 in spectacular Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This may in fact, be the most important conference you attend this year: Canada’s only multi-disciplinary gathering, appropriately in Mexico, will bring leading Canadian and international thought leaders together to ponder our New Era of Risk and Reward.