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Day one of investment summit sees billion-dollar announcements, changes to tax policy
TD Bank pledged $150 billion and Scotiabank said it will provide more than $100 billion as Ottawa offered tax-ruling priority to major investors.
On Monday, the federal government announced that investors committing $1 billion or more will receive priority access to the Canada Revenue Agency's Advance Income Tax Rulings program, offering binding decisions on income tax law.
Hundreds of global asset managers gathered in Toronto this week for Canada's first-ever national investment summit, where Prime Minister Mark Carney set an ambitious target of attracting $1 trillion in new investment over the next five years.
TD Bank committed $150 billion over five years to accelerate investment, while Scotiabank announced more than $100 billion in financing and the launch of the Scotia Growth Institute to support long-term economic growth.
Provincial leaders announced major infrastructure projects: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's tax waiver for the Port of Churchill and a $52-billion Bell Canada AI data centre expansion in Saskatchewan announced by Premier Scott Moe and Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic, expected to create 500 permanent and 3,000 additional jobs.
TD Bank chief executive Raymond Chun noted at Global Dialogues Toronto that strategic projects face a more streamlined approval process, identifying energy, critical minerals, infrastructure, defence, and aerospace as key investment targets.