Explainer: Why and how should we close tax loopholes?
Which loopholes should we close? What could we get?
Explainer: Why and how should we tax the rich fairly?
Fair taxation of high wealth Canadians has become a main issue during this campaign. Why and how should we do it? Who supports it and what could we get? C4TF's first weekly factsheet of the 2021 election gets to the point.
The BQ platform: good on ideas, short on details
The Bloc Québécois platform recognizes that while the government ran colossal deficits during the pandemic, the wealthiest i
The CPC Tax Plan is Inadequate and Risks Creating New Loopholes
The CPC released what it is calling “Canada’s Recovery Plan”. The document includes a number of tax measures.
The federal government could generate over $90 billion annually by making our tax system fairer
Fair tax measures to raise over $90 billion dollars a year.
Platform for Tax Fairness 2021
Summary
Report
The unprecedented financial support by the federal government through the COVID-19 pandemic was critical in saving lives and preventing the crisis from becoming a catastrophe. But it has come at a cost. The federal government’s net debt is expected to double to $1.5 trillion by 2025/26.[1] This doesn’t mean we should spend or invest less; instead, we should invest more.
Book Review: Share the Wealth
From childhood in her grandparents’ rural Saskatchewan farmhouse, through fourteen years in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserves, and even during a BA in international development at St-Mary’s and an
Explainer: What are tax brackets and marginal rates?
“I got a raise, but it put me in the next tax bracket, so I’m actually losing money!”
Explainer: What's the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion?
C4TF uses three different terms to describe illegitimate and/or harmful efforts to lower a tax bill: tax dodging, tax evasion, and tax avoidance.&
Submission: Key Recommendations for the 2022-23 Federal Budget
Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Pre-Budget Consultations for the 2022/23 Federal Budget