News Archive
2020-05-27
Canada’s federal and provincial governments are spending unprecedented amounts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-05-22
Three in four Canadians endorse a wealth tax to help cover rising COVID-19 costs, according to a new Abacus Data poll
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2020-05-21
While the criteria state that corporations that have been found criminally guilty of tax evasion can’t apply, the reality is that there are no large corporations in Canada that have recently been criminally convicted of tax evasion
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2020-05-20
Our pressure has paid off. Canada Revenue Agency recently announced that it will continue to provide benefits to Canadians who are unable to file their taxes until at least September.
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2020-05-20
The Institute doesn’t acknowledge that taxes are what keep our society functioning, both in good times but especially in crises like this one.
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2020-05-05
Cargill Ltd, which operates the High River, Alberta slaughterhouse that is Canada’s single largest COVID-19 outbreak, has another dirty secret: it channels most of the profits from its Canadian operations to its American billionaire owners through holding companies based in the tax haven of Luxembourg.
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2020-04-27
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has sided with Loblaw in a lengthy case the Canada Revenue Agency brought against the corporate giant over $368-million in taxes
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2020-04-23
Pressure is mounting on governments to ensure COVID-19 funding doesn’t go to companies that exploit tax havens or use public funds to pad their profits.