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Author(s): Lars Osberg
Publish Date: 2024
There are more billionaires than ever in Canada – and they are capturing an ever-growing share of the country’s wealth. Meanwhile 90% of Canadians are steadily losing ground.
Understanding how and why this is happening has been the focus of a lifetime of research by economist (and C4TF board member) LARS OSBERG. In this book, building on his earlier book The Age of Increasing Inequality, he describes how inequality has grown steadily over decades – but is now accelerating in the post-Covid world.
For immediate release: July 16, 2025
Fernando Garci-Crespo Santaló is a public policy advocate, scholar, and graduate student at the University of British Columbia. Fernando’s work as a researcher has included projects at UBC, the OECD, and the Global Methane Hub, covering subjects such as food systems, climate change, energy systems, political economy, and, most recently, tax fairness.
26 June 2025
Big corporations and the ultra-rich are using tax havens to hide hundreds of billions from taxes every year while everyday Canadians are left holding the bag. In 2024 alone, wealthy Canadians and large corporations had at least $682 billion stashed in tax havens — a 165% increase since 2014.