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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to boost the amount that can be put into tax-free savings accounts, if the funds are used to support domestic growth.

The government currently allows Canadians to contribute $7,000 each year into their TFSA, which can be used to invest in things like mutual funds.

Poilievre says he would enact a TFSA top-up that would allow people to contribute an additional $5,000 each year for “investments in Canadian companies.”

He says “the tax system already defines these types of Canadian investments” but his government would also craft a definition for banks to identify companies supporting Canadian jobs.

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Poilievre says this would drive jobs and more tax revenue to deal with trade disruptions stemming from the U.S.

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