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Budget Plan: Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity - Economic Action Plan 2013
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Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Economic Developments and Prospects
- Chapter 3: Supporting Jobs and Growth
- Chapter 3.1: Connecting Canadians With Available Jobs
- Highlights
- Connecting Canadians With Available Jobs
- The Canada Job Grant
- Creating Opportunities for Apprentices
- Supporting Job Opportunities for All Canadians
- Chapter 3.2: Helping Manufacturers and Businesses Succeed in the Global Economy
- Highlights
- Helping Manufacturers and Businesses Succeed in the Global Economy
- Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Manufacturing Sector
- Tax Relief for New Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment
- Strengthening the Competitiveness of Major Manufacturing Industries
- Helping Southern Ontario Prosper
- Supporting Manufacturers in Ontario
- Creating Jobs by Building Equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada
- Supporting a Vibrant Shipbuilding Industry
- Helping Canadian Businesses Test Their Innovations
- Aerospace and Space Sectors
- Supporting a Strong and Innovative Automotive Sector
- Supporting Forestry Innovation and Market Development
- Supporting Small Businesses
- Growing Trade and Investment
- Canada’s Trade Agenda
- Canada-United States Beyond the Border Action Plan and Regulatory Cooperation Council
- Strengthening Canada’s Foreign Trade Zone Advantage
- Export Development Canada
- Modernizing Canada’s General Preferential Tariff Regime for Developing Countries
- Ensuring an Effective Trade Policy and Remedy System
- Responsible Resource Development
- Building on Canada’s Financial Sector Advantage
- Keeping Taxes Low for Job-Creating Businesses
- Chapter 3.3: The New Building Canada Plan
- Highlights
- The New Building Canada Plan
- New Federal Investments in Job Creating Infrastructure
- New Building Canada plan
- Support for First Nations Infrastructure
- Investments in Federal Infrastructure
- The New Bridge for the St. Lawrence
- The Windsor-Detroit International Crossing
- VIA Rail Canada and Passenger Rail Services for Remote Communities
- Rehabilitation of Port Weller Dry Docks
- Long-Term Vision and Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct
- Strengthening Canada’s Meteorological Services
- Highways and Highway Bridges in Canadas National Parks
- Ongoing Federal Infrastructure Investments
- Chapter 3.4: Investing in World-Class Research and Innovation
- Highlights
- Investing in World-Class Research and Innovation
- Supporting Advanced Research
- Pursuing a New Approach to Supporting Business Innovation
- Enhancing Canada’s Venture Capital System
- Chapter 3.5: Supporting Families and Communities
- Highlights
- Supporting Families and Communities
- Support for Families
- Keeping Taxes Low for Canadian Families and Individuals
- Enhancing the Adoption Expense Tax Credit
- Registered Disability Savings Plans—Legal Representation
- Expanding Tax Relief for Home Care Services
- Consistent Application of Excise Duty on Tobacco Products
- Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- Tariff Relief for Canadian Consumers
- Developing a Comprehensive Financial Consumer Code
- Protecting Vulnerable Canadians from Predatory Lending
- Financial Literacy Initiatives for Seniors
- Update on Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPPs)
- New Options for Troubled Pension Plans
- Investing in Communities
- Housing for Canadians in Need
- Supporting and Honouring Veterans
- Road to 2017
- Investments in Arts and Culture
- The Government’s Record Level of Support for Sport
- Expanding Library Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted
- Response to the Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on Charitable Donation Tax Incentives
- Support for Social Finance
- Maximizing Opportunities for International Synergies
- Supporting the Economic Transition of Communities Economically Linked to the Chrysotile Asbestos Industry
- Protecting Canada’s Natural Environment
- Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Improving the Conservation of Fisheries Through Community Partnerships
- Salmon Conservation Stamp
- Enabling Responsible Marine Management
- Protecting Against Invasive Species
- Sustaining the Great Lakes
- Expanding Tax Support for Clean Energy Generation
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Building Strong Aboriginal Communities
- Chapter 4: Plan to Return to Budget Balance and Fiscal Outlook
- Chapter 4.1: Plan to Return to Budget Balance
- Introduction
- The Plan to Return to Balance
- Progress in Achieving Economic Action Plan 2012 Reductions
- New Measures to Return to Balanced Budgets and to Make Government More Efficient
- Reducing Travel Costs Through the Use of Technology
- Standardizing and Modernizing Government Information Technology
- Transforming How Canadians Obtain Government Services and Information
- More Efficient Government Operations
- Crown Corporations
- Corporate Asset Management Review
- Closing Tax Loopholes and Improving the Fairness and Integrity of the Tax System
- The Government’s Plan for Returning to Balanced Budgets Is on Track
- Chapter 4.2: Fiscal Planning Framework
- Annex 1: Debt Management Strategy for 2013–14
- Annex 2: Tax Measures: Supplementary Information and Notices of Ways and Means Motions