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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 9

ECONOMIC AND FISCAL OVERVIEW........................................................ 21

CHAPTER 1 - GROWTH................................................................................ 29 More Help for the Middle Class and People Working Hard to Join It ............... 32

Introducing the Canada Workers Benefit....................................................... 32 Improving Access to the Canada Workers Benefit ............................. 34

Strengthening the Canada Child Benefit ....................................................... 35 Improving Access to the Canada Child Benefit and Other Benefits....................................................................................... 36

Enhancing the Wage Earner Protection Program ........................................ 37 A More Secure Retirement ................................................................................ 37

Protecting Canadians' Pensions ............................................................... 39 Building More Rental Housing for Canadian Families ................................... 39 Equality in the Workforce ...................................................................................... 41 Addressing the Gender Wage Gap ................................................................ 42

Progress Toward Equal Pay for Equal Work ............................................. 43 Pay Transparency ........................................................................................ 44 Supporting Equal Parenting and the Flexibility for Earlier Returns to Work............................................................................................. 45 More Accessible and Affordable Early Learning and Child Care ...... 50 Children in the House and Parental Leave for Parliamentarians........ 52 Supporting Community Women's Organizations .......................................... 53 A National Conversation on Gender Equality With Young Canadians .... 54 Engaging Men and Boys to Promote Gender Equality ................................ 54 Evidence-Based Policy ....................................................................................... 54 Skills for Tomorrow's Economy.............................................................................. 56 Canada Summer Jobs 2019?20 ........................................................................ 56 Improving the Quality of Career Information and Program Results........... 56 Making Employment Insurance More Responsive and Effective ............... 56 Improving Access to the Canada Learning Bond ........................................ 58 Labour Market Transfer Agreements ............................................................... 58 Progress on Lifelong Learning............................................................................59 Helping Women Enter and Succeed in the Trades....................................... 60 Pre-Apprenticeship Program.............................................................................61 Women in Construction Fund .................................................................... 61

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Getting Into and Staying in the Workforce and Career Pathways for Visible Minority Newcomer Women in Canada ............................................ 62 Helping Vulnerable People Access Government Funding.......................... 62 Investing in Skills for the Future .......................................................................... 63

Horizontal Skills Review ................................................................................ 64 Strengthening and Diversifying Trade.................................................................. 64

Modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement ........................... 64 Europe............................................................................................................ 65 Asia-Pacific ................................................................................................... 65

Pursuing New Markets......................................................................................... 66 Ensuring Rules-Based and Responsible Trade ................................................ 67 A Fair Tax System for All Canadians .................................................................... 68 Cracking Down on Tax Evasion and Combatting Tax Avoidance ............ 68 Combatting Aggressive International Tax Avoidance................................. 70 Holding Passive Investments Inside a Private Corporation .......................... 72 Closing Tax Loopholes ........................................................................................ 77

CHAPTER 2 ? PROGRESS............................................................................. 81

Investing in Canadian Scientists and Researchers ............................................ 85 Supporting the Next Generation of Research and Researchers................ 86 Granting Councils ............................................................................................... 88 Canada Research Chairs .................................................................................. 89 Research Support................................................................................................90 Investing in the Equipment Researchers Need-- Canada Foundation for Innovation................................................................. 90 Harnessing Big Data ............................................................................................ 92 Leveraging the Full Potential of Business-Academia Collaboration .......... 93

Stronger and More Collaborative Federal Science ........................................... 96 Innovation and Skills Plan--A More Client-Focused Federal Partner for Business ................................................................................ 100

Innovation Canada ? Accelerated Growth Service .................................. 102 The Creation of Four Flagship Platforms ........................................................102 Placing Evidence at the Centre of Program Evaluation and Design......107 Expanding Access to Entrepreneurship in Canada....................................110

A New Women Entrepreneurship Strategy ........................................... 110 Advancing Women Business Leaders .................................................... 113 Expanding the Diversity of Entrepreneurs.............................................. 114 Making it Easier for Entrepreneurs and Companies to Do Business.......... 115 A New Intellectual Property Strategy ..................................................... 116 Modernizing Canada's Regulatory Frameworks.................................. 118 Simpler and Better Procurement............................................................. 119

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Supporting the Rural Economy .......................................................................120 Developing the Next Generation of Rural Broadband....................... 120 Supporting Early-Stage Mineral Exploration by Junior Companies... 120 Protecting Jobs in Eastern Canada's Forestry Sector ......................... 121 Renewing Canada's Network of Small Craft Harbours ...................... 121

CHAPTER 3 ? RECONCILIATION............................................................... 125

Achieving Better Results for Indigenous Peoples.............................................. 130 Ensuring That Indigenous Children Are Safe and Supported Within Their Communities.............................................................130 Clean and Safe Drinking Water on Reserve.................................................131 Indigenous Skills and Employment Training Program..................................132 Support for Distinctions-Based Housing Strategies.......................................133 Indigenous Health: Keeping Families Healthy in Their Communities........133 Supporting Inuit Priorities ..................................................................................135 Supporting M?tis Nation Priorities ...................................................................135 Increased Health Supports for Survivors of Indian Residential Schools and Their Families ..............................................................................................136 Supporting the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund.............................136 Creating a More Responsive Income Assistance Program That Addresses the Needs of First Nations Communities............................137 Supporting Indigenous History and Heritage................................................137 Indigenous Sport................................................................................................137 Supporting the Expansion of the First Nations Land Management Act and the Successful Participation of First Nations Under the Act ....... 138 Renewing the Matrimonial Real Property Implementation Support Program ...............................................................................................139

Rights and Self-Determination ............................................................................ 139 Supporting the Recognition and Implementation of Rights and Self-Determination ...................................................................................140 Helping Indigenous Nations Reconstitute .....................................................141 Permanent Bilateral Mechanisms...................................................................141 New Fiscal Relationship: Strengthening First Nations Institutions and Community Capacity ..............................................................................142 New Fiscal Relationship: Collaborating With Self-Governing Indigenous Governments ................................................................................143 Strengthening Indigenous Data and Research Capability ....................... 143

CHAPTER 4 ? ADVANCEMENT ................................................................. 147

Part 1: Canada's Natural Legacy....................................................................... 149 A Clean Environment for Future Generations ..............................................149 Protecting Canada's Nature, Parks and Wild Spaces................................149

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