Business Seeks Canada Tax Breaks to Lift Tariff-Troubled Economy

Dozens of Canadian business groups and companies have made their case to the federal government that it should spend what meager fiscal space it has in an upcoming budget on tax breaks to turn their sectors into drivers of economic growth.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will unveil a budget Nov. 4 at a critical juncture for the country’s economy as US tariffs inflict damage and Carney looks to promote the next phase of his plan to change how Canadians work and trade.

The budget will be both a crucible for his government’s response to the tariffs—still stinging key sectors ...