Tax the Rich: How Tax Fairness Will Make a Better Canada
[This post has been adapted from a presentation by Canadians for Tax Fairness Director Toby Sanger at an event organized by CinemaPolitica Danforth and the Toronto-
Newfoundland & Labrador: Big Reset Tax Measures Little More than Window Dressing
The PERT’s tax recommendations are little more than window dressing, designed to make it look like all avenues for a Reset have been considered when in fact the choices made will reinforce income and wealth inequality and create the crisis the government is hoping to avoid.
Report: The OECD's Tax Break for Tech Giants
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Report
Canada has just signed onto an OECD agreement that will give tech giants a massive tax break compared to what they would pay through Digital Services Taxes to many countries, including Canada. This agreement will then go for further approval to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting on 13 October and to the G20 Leaders Summit at the end of this month.
How the rich using tax havens affects everyone else
Toby Sanger from Canadians for Tax Fairness explains why tax avoidance has remained legal, and the knock-on effects for those who can’t afford to use them.
Related: Explainer: What are the Pandora Papers? , and our Campaign: Tackle Tax Havens
See: The Pandora Papers
Explainer: What are the Pandora Papers?
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has published yet another leak of information about the financial shenanigans of the ultra-wealt
Submission: How to Improve the Luxury Goods Tax
To the Finance Committee:
The Road Ahead for Tax Fairness: How Canada's parties can work together
The Parliament produced by Election 44 is little changed from its pre-election composition.
Submission: Foundations and charities should give more and govern less
Submission to Finance Canada consultation on the rules regar
Explainer: What is a Taxaphobe?
“Taxaphobe” definition: Someone who irrationally fears and/or compulsively opposes taxes.
Provinces must play a role in fair taxation
All governments in Canada will face challenging fiscal circumstances over the next few years because the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in appropriate but very significant deficits. Governments will need additional revenues to fund a stronger, more inclusive recovery, as well as deal with urgent crises like inequality and climate change. However, recent provincial budgets already include significant real spending cuts and “restraint” – the opposite of what is required. Inadequate public spending will be economically and socially damaging and contrary to what a majority of Canadians want — which are substantial improvements to public services and programs like affordable housing, eldercare and education. ...