"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."

WHAT HAS EVOLVED: ADVOCACY WORK ON TAX FAIRNESS

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.

Canadians for Tax Fairness is throwing its support behind a new national campaign to close unfair tax loopholes for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

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.