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Budget fédéral alternatif 2026 : Fiscalité
Ce que le gouvernement canadien devrait faire en matière de fiscalité. Une véritable indépendance exige un nouveau modèle économique.
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Alternative federal budget 2026: Taxation
What the Canadian government should do on taxation. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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Why did Canada just cave to Trump by scrapping the Digital Services Tax?
A lot doesn’t sit right about the Carney government’s capitulation to U.S. president Trump on the stillborn Digital Services Tax (DST), which would have taxed…
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Platform crunch 3: Every party is promising tax cuts and cash transfers
With the federal election campaign in full swing, the parties are continuing to release pieces of their vision for how they would govern.
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Canada’s GST tax holiday won’t do much for affordability
The following article is based on speaking notes from a presentation which the author gave to the Senate Committee on National Finance. The video of…
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Time to End Tax Cuts and Invest in Public Services
The cumulative impact of decades of regressive tax cuts has created the severe social, economic, and environmental problems seen daily in Manitoba. Tax cuts are…
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Capital gains tax increase is a step towards a fairer tax system in Canada
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Time to reinstate the Manitoba gas tax
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 28, 2024
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BC’s tax system fairer since 2017, richest 1% paying more but still not their fair share
Vancouver — Changes to BC’s personal tax system since 2017 have improved tax fairness, benefiting low- and middle-income earners the most while the richest 1% are…
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Will a higher capital gains tax inclusion rate double corporate investments?
Corporate Canada’s well-oiled public relations machine is in full swing against a minor change to Canada’s tax system, which would increase the capital gains inclusion…
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Workers’ income is 100% taxable. Capital gains should be too
This week, the federal government is putting forward a motion to pass its change—announced in the 2024 federal budget—in how capital gains are taxed. The feds are…
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Canadian cities could raise tens of millions of dollars with one tool: a local income tax
OTTAWA—Canadian cities straining under the weight of greater demand for improved public services without adequate support from senior levels of government should be given another…
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