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Broadbent Institute Tax Index
Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
It’s time to take stock of who’s not paying their fair share. From tax dodging and loopholes, to historically declining tax rates for the most wealthy, Canada is missing out on over $40 billion in revenue every year. Here are the numbers:
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Do tax policies that contribute to competitiveness also create inequality?
Sunday, December 1st, 2019
Tax levels are rarely the first consideration for investors, unless the “investment” is a tax dodge… regulations matter, proximity to markets matter; and so do… a healthy and well-educated work force, well-maintained infrastructure, reliable energy, transportation and communications systems, and a robust justice system backed by widely trusted social institutions.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living, tax
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Should billionaires continue to exist?
Friday, November 1st, 2019
A bold tax policy package is sorely needed to address this kind of wealth hoarding, which contributes to soaring inequality. Along with a host of other progressive measures, the wealth tax in particular sits in the enviable position of being at the nexus of both good policy and good politics.
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Blackface and an about-face: How Canada’s promise of reconciliation went wrong
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
While the tribunal’s initial nine orders focused on trying to stop Canada’s discrimination, the September 2019 order was intended to compensate the children and families who were harmed by the discrimination and would not benefit from new reforms. It was a small measure of justice for lost childhoods.
Tags: budget, child care, Health, housing, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Canada’s top 1 per cent saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
The incomes of Canada’s top one per cent grew at a faster pace than everyone else in 2017 — and, overall, they saw their taxes edge down, says a new study… In 2016, the Liberal government increased the tax rate on income in the highest bracket. But the Statistics Canada report says that, even with the boost, taxes declined for those with the highest incomes because of reductions at the provincial level…
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Tax Loopholes and Credits Cost Billions. Voters Need to Understand Them
Monday, September 16th, 2019
Budget documents list hundreds of “tax expenditures” or loopholes, potential revenue that the government has chosen to forego for one reason or another. In general, these are legal ways individuals and corporations can reduce the amount of tax they pay. Many are widely used and well-supported, but a significant number give an unfair advantage to people who already have more money.
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Removing sexism in Indian Act a work in progress
Sunday, September 1st, 2019
Sex discrimination in the Indian Act was a stain on Canada’s record; recent changes are long overdue. What comes next is hard work and some expense, but these are not processes to be feared, for they continue the ongoing effort to define and refine Confederation.
Tags: budget, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, women
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Tax on super-rich a popular idea, except in the media
Thursday, August 29th, 2019
Given that 26 individuals now have as much wealth as the bottom half of humanity (3.8 billion people), one wonders at what point conservative commentators might consider this a problem… Let’s not forget that the super-rich typically made their fortunes by selling products built by employees we all paid to educate, and shipping those products on roads we all paid to build.
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First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
Saturday, August 17th, 2019
… with the remaining provisions of the legislation known as S-3 coming into force, descendants born before April 17, 1985, who lost their status or were removed from band lists due to marriages to non-Indian men dating back to 1869 can now be registered as First Nations members.
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Ottawa should act on report on murdered and missing women, with all its flaws
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Ensuring such basic things as safe housing, clean drinking water and affordable food for Indigenous people should be beyond debate; it’s shameful that we’re still falling so short. There are already stacks of recommendations in these areas, and the government would be well-advised to focus first and foremost on issues more closely connected with the issue at hand: the violence visited on Indigenous women and girls far out of proportion to their share in the population.
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