Canada Campaigns Lean on Tax Changes to Ease Cost-of-Living Pain

Major political parties in Canada are looking to the tax code to help soften the high cost of living and improve a dire economic picture exacerbated by rising US tariffs.

Leaders have criss-crossed the country for a month ahead of the April 28 federal election, making promises to cut levies, boost tax-related social supports, and remove sales tax on everything from homes to cell phone bills.

US President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and ongoing tariffs have dominated concerns before and during the campaign, prompting the major parties to propose building up the Canadian economy with energy development measures, trade apprenticeship ...