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November 24, 2015

Saint John, Charlottetown, and Montreal have the highest tax burdens on new business investment amongst major Canadian cities, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Business Tax Burdens in Canada’s Major Cities: The 2015 Report Card,” authors Adam Found, Peter Tomlinson and Benjamin Dachis conduct the latest edition of their Business Tax Burden Ranking, that includes business property taxes and land transfer taxes in measuring the tax bite that can drive away or attract new business investment.

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Adam Found

Metropolitan Policy Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute

Benjamin Dachis

Benjamin Dachis is a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and Vice President of Research and Outreach at Clean Prosperity. Previously, he served as Associate Vice President, Public Affairs at the C.D.

Peter Tomlinson

Peter Tomlinson is a Sessional Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Toronto

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