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2020-09-25

Important commitments for tax fairness in Throne Speech

Photo: Governor General of Canada Julie Payette prepares to deliver the Speech from the Throne, which included a number of tax fairness measures. Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall

Canadian corporate cash in tax havens tops $380 billion, C4TF report finds

These figures are just the tip of the iceberg as they include only amounts corporations are reporting.

Feds should focus anti-fraud on the bigger fish

Controversy has swirled around the federal government’s steps to crack down on potential fraud and abuse of their emergency COVID-19 payments

Super wealth tax, excess profits tax among progressive policies to tackle inequality

Photo: Jeff Bezos, Amazon owner and one of the richest people in the world. Amazon, which is notorious for avoiding taxes, is among those corporations profiting during the pandemic. Steve Jurvetson, flickr

Greater protections needed as Canada responds to COVID-19

The federal government has moved with impressive speed and flexibility to “do whatever it takes” to deal with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic—but there’s still much work to do to protect vulnerable workers and businesses, and to safeguard public finances against abuse.

Special COVID-19 tax fairness newsletter

Governments now have the extraordinary opportunity to bolster fiscal policies to help Canadians get past the COVID-19 crisis and strengthen our country’s resiliency to future threats.

Canadians for Tax Fairness, NGOs call for climate action in Budget 2020

As Canada struggles with low oil prices and the looming threat of a global recession, the federal government has an opportunity to fund climate action with tax justice.

Illicit activity remains under Canada’s radar without public registry of company owners

Canada recently dropped four points in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Ranking, landing behind peers like Germany and Norway.

Stock option loophole changes postponed again

In yet another delay of the progressive tax promises they made back in 2015, the federal Liberals have put off tightening one of the most regressive tax loopholes, the stock option deduction.

Minority parliament provides opportunities for progressive tax reform

MPs and Senators returned to Ottawa last week with the Liberal government delivering a Throne Speech to very mixed reviews.

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