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March 2007: Flaherty Will Get You Nowhere
Splitting all income would worsen, not lessen inequality Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has made pension income divisible between spouses for tax purposes and has mused…
FastFacts: Selling our Soul for Lower Taxes
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The Social Benefits and Economic Costs of Taxation
A Comparison of High- and Low-Tax Countries Download 511.54 KB55 pages
Taxes are good for a nation’s health and well-being—study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Canada is falling behind a number of OECD nations in a wide range of social and economic areas,…
For Finance Minister Flaherty – and for Bay Street – tomorrow is another day
For a politician, the only thing worse than having to use up political points cleaning up someone else’s mess, is cleaning up when the mess…
Why the Conservatives are cutting spending now
Suffering from fiscal whiplash? First the Harper government tells us the 2005/06 surplus is $13.2 billion. Then on the same day, it announces large spending…
FastFacts: The False Promise of Tax Cuts
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Don’t blame the feds
The fiscal imbalance is largely a problem imposed by the provinces on themselves through destructive tax competition Next week, the 13 premiers and territorial leaders…
Déséquilibre fiscal—la concurrence fiscale est la cause principale
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA – Selon une étude rendue publique aujourd’hui par le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), la concurrence…
The Art of the Impossible
Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal Balance in Canada Download 1.32 MB 57 pages Attachments Executive Summary — The Art of the Impossible: Fiscal Federalism and Fiscal…
The “fiscal imbalance” and bad ideas for federalism
Most Canadians, if asked, would probably view the issue of the “fiscal imbalance” as a good cure for insomnia. That’s too bad because it is…
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