Can Canadians build wealth in the current economic environment? Over the longer term? After taxes? These are important questions anytime but particularly at election time. The traditional way to build wealth for Canadians families has been to buy a home, pay it off and even leverage the equity to borrow money to invest in the financial markets. These wealth building exercises occur over a lifetime. But today, new generations are building wealth differently.
Stop! Don’t file a T1 or T3 tax return yet, says a March 11, 2025, news release from the CRA, if you have been impacted by the chaos of the proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase.