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Tax Cuts and the “Fiscal Imbalance”
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What would they cut to pay for a tax cut in Nova Scotia?
In the runup to Rodney MacDonald’s first budget, business lobby groups are pushing for more tax cuts. The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) has…
FastFacts: The High Cost of Tax Cuts
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Who will benefit from the GST cut?
Imagine a tax cut that you only get when you buy stuff. The more you spend, the more you get from the tax cut. Skill…
April 2006: Taxing Our Credulity
Mad about paying taxes? OK, but is your anger well-directed? April is tax-paying month and many low- and middle-income Canadians labouring over their tax-forms will…
Standing Up For Which Families?
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Conservative tax cuts disproportionately benefit high-income families—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—A new analysis finds that high-income families will receive a disproportionate share of the benefits from the Conservatives’…
My 15 minutes of Conservative fame
You can imagine my surprise last Thursday. “You’re on the Conservative website,” my friend Ellen cheerfully told me from Ottawa. “Why? What are they attacking…
Are income trusts a social programs cash-suck?
Will retirees have to eat cat food if the government messes with income trusts? The financial industry would have you think so. A well-choreographed barrage…
Surely there are better ways to allocate the cash
The Liberals were long criticized for padding their budget forecasts, to disguise the true extent of Ottawa’s surpluses. But, with an election then in the…
Money for Nothing
The Vicq Committee’s Corporate Tax Cuts Download 225.76 KB 4 pages
Taxes and human purpose
I like paying taxes. Taxes allow us to pursue our aspirations collectively and thus they greatly enrich the quality of life for the average Canadian…
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