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Carney Unveils Mega Deduction Cutting Tax Rate to 6.4%

By Drooid · Sep 16, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a corporate tax “mega deduction” cutting the marginal effective rate from 13 percent to 6.4 percent.
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged a C$1 trillion investment goal after the summit secured nearly C$500 billion in commitments.
Protesters outside the summit warned it was a “privatization fire sale” of public assets.

History

Historical Context

Thatcher’s 1984 privatization of British Telecom, when 50.2 % of shares were floated to investors, marked the start of a wave of UK asset sales that reshaped fiscal policy. Decades later, the Canadian government’s summit pledged a C$1 trillion investment and a large corporate-tax deduction, echoing the earlier use of tax incentives to draw private capital.

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Story summary

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a corporate tax “mega deduction” cutting the marginal effective rate from 13 percent to 6.4 percent.
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged a C$1 trillion investment goal after the summit secured nearly C$500 billion in commitments.
Protesters outside the summit warned it was a “privatization fire sale” of public assets.

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