Feds started wrestling with Trump tax plan shortly after election
OTTAWA — From Day 1, the Trudeau government has been monitoring the potential impacts on Canada of Donald Trump’s tax agenda.
An internal briefing document shows Finance Department officials took particular note of several tax pledges Trump made on his way to winning the presidency.
The analysis obtained by The Canadian Press was released as Finance Minister Bill Morneau heads to Washington to meet new Trump appointees and senators and deliver a speech at Georgetown University.
It also comes as the Trudeau government grapples with significant economic uncertainty surrounding other possible changes in the U.S.-Canada relationship, including a potential border-adjustment tax and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.