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Rewriting the tax bracket shift with income inequality in mind
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The T-word (taxes) finally takes centre stage in Toronto
The City of Toronto’s annual budgetfest debates just got interesting.
Manitoba tax changes need to target wealthy to reduce poverty
Basic Personal Exemption (BPE) increases are being brought in by the new provincial government under the auspices of reducing poverty. The BPE is the floor…
Fast Facts: Proposed City Development Fee Long Overdue
Winnipeg City Council is currently considering a development fee to ensure that suburban growth in our city pays its fair share of city-wide infrastructure needs.…
A reality check on a national carbon price
After years of waffling, Canada is finally moving forward on climate action, including the thorny issue of putting a price on carbon. Last December, Canada helped…
Happy to be proven wrong: Liberals considering national carbon tax
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The case for raising property taxes in Ottawa
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New child benefit is good, not great
2013 2014 2017 pre-CCB 2017 post-CCB Actual 11.2% 8.5% Modelled by SPSD/M 8.6% 8.7% 7.6% 6.0% Modelled by ESDC unknown unknown Unknown…
Eliminating unfair MSP premiums doesn’t have to be complicated
In an interview with Vaughn Palmer earlier this summer, the Premier confirmed her government has changed its tune on the Medical Services Plan (MSP) tax,…
BC should eliminate the MSP. Here are two better options.
Download 1.07 MB12 pages This short paper offers two options for replacing the MSP in BC with a fairer system. It originally appeared as a post…
Une exemption pour la télévision par contournement
Le temps est venu de réglementer et de taxer de manière équitable les nouveaux services médiatiques sur Internet Download 1.34 MB62 pages La présente étude…
An Over-the-Top Exemption
It’s Time to Fairly Tax and Regulate the New Internet Media Services Download 1.28 MB56 pages This study focuses on the rise of the new…
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