Provinces have a role to play combatting inequality in Canada’s recovery
Two of the country’s largest provinces recently missed an opportunity to improve social and economic conditions standing in the way of Canada’s recovery.
Submission: The Canada Infrastructure Bank - Public funds for a green future
"I strongly urge the government to go further and remake the CIB into a truly green infrastructure bank for Canada. The bank should also set up funds and programs in other areas to provide low-cost public financing for things such as community renewable energy projects and energy retrofitting of public infrastructure buildings: schools, hospitals, public and low-income housing, municipalities, indigenous communities and some private and non-profit projects as well."
Presentation: Fair Taxes and Building a Future for All
WHAT HAS EVOLVED: ADVOCACY WORK ON TAX FAIRNESS
Canada needs tax justice to fulfill women’s rights, address gender inequality
This International Women’s Day, Canadians for Tax Fairness joins its tax justice allies around the world in calling for progressive tax reforms to tackle gender inequalities.
Report: A Fair Tax Recovery Plan
Report
INTRODUCTION
The 2021 federal budget will be the most important in many decades.
The Fair Tax News, 12 February 2021
12 February 2021
The pandemic saw the world’s 10 richest men grow $540 billion richer – enough to pay for vaccines for all, according to a new report by Oxfam.
Alexandra Wenzel
Alexandra is the global communications coordinator at GATJ. Prior to joining GATJ, she has campaigned on human rights and environmental justice, including the successful recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment at the UN. She holds a Master of International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute.
The federal government should end preferential tax treatment for REITs
Canadians for Tax Fairness is throwing its support behind a new national campaign to close unfair tax loopholes for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
The Fair Tax News, 14 January 2021
14 January 2021
A new study out of the U.K. has provided further proof that corporate tax cuts have been a multi-billion-dollar failure.
Major tax reforms needed to curb excessive CEO pay, inequality in Canada
For the third year in a row, Canadian corporate executives made more than 200 times the average worker’s salary, according to the annual CEO compensation report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.