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2025 budget implementation bill no. 1 receives Royal Assent

Tax Alert 2026 No. 22, 27 March 2026

On 26 March 2026, amended Bill C-15, Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1, received Royal Assent and became enacted (substantively enacted on 26 February 2026).

Bill C-15 includes certain income tax measures announced in the 2025 federal budget and the 2024 federal fall economic statement; various other previously announced tax measures included in draft legislation on 15 August 2025, 30 June 2025, 23 January 2025, 12 August 2024 and 9 August 2022; the previously announced increase in the lifetime capital gains exemption and extension of the mineral exploration tax credit; and some new amendments. Various indirect tax and other non-income tax measures are also included.

In this Tax Alert, we provide a summary of the income tax measures contained in Bill C-15, listed by their previous release date or announcement date.

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