The Canada Revenue Agency will prepare pre-filled tax returns for more low-income people with simple tax situations to ensure they get access to benefit programs, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

He said millions of lower-income Canadians don’t file their taxes.

“And that means, too often, the people who most need benefits often don’t get them,” Carney said.

Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne held a press conference at a recreation centre in an Ottawa suburb Friday to preview programs in the upcoming federal budget, which is being introduced on Nov. 4.

The CRA already runs an automatic filing pilot program, something the Trudeau government first announced in 2023.

The agency was tasked with developing a plan to expand the service after gathering feedback fr

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