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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.
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