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Federal budget aims to support jobs and growth

April 22, 2015, Ottawa – Canada's 2015 budget supports jobs and growth
by allowing job-creating businesses to thrive, making investments in
infrastructure and training a highly skilled workforce that meets
employers' needs, the federal government said in a news release.

April 22, 2015, Ottawa – Canada's 2015 budget supports jobs and growth by allowing job-creating businesses to thrive, making investments in infrastructure and training a highly skilled workforce that meets employers' needs, the federal government said in a news release.

The 2015 Economic Action Plan contains several measures aimed at supporting jobs and growth:

• Reducing the small business tax rate to 9 per cent by
  2019—putting an estimated $2.7 billion back into the pockets of
  job-creating small businesses and their owners between now and 2019–20.
• Providing manufacturers with a 10-year accelerated capital cost
  allowance to encourage productivity-enhancing investment in machinery
  and equipment.
• Increasing the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption to $1 million for owners of farm and fishing businesses.
• Improving access to financing for Canadian small businesses through the Canada Small Business Financing Program.
• Expanding the services offered through the Business Development
  Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada to help small and
  medium-sized businesses.
• Providing $14 million over two years to Futurpreneur Canada in support of young entrepreneurs.
• Supporting the Action Plan for Women Entrepreneurs to help women business owners succeed.
• Helping innovative companies grow and create jobs through the Venture Capital Action Plan.
• Supporting provinces and territories to facilitate the
  harmonization of apprenticeship training and certification requirements
  in targeted Red Seal trades.
• Investing in world-class research and development by providing
  over $1.5 billion in funding over five years to advance the
  Government’s renewed science, technology and innovation strategy.
• Continuing to provide $5.35 billion per year on average for
  provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructure under the New
  Building Canada Plan.
• Investing $750 million over two years starting in 2017–18, and $1
  billion per year thereafter, for a new Public Transit Fund aimed at
  building new public transit infrastructure to reduce congestion and
  fight gridlock in large cities.