<time datetime="2018-01-09T06:00:00-05:00">January 9, 2018</time>

Working parents with children—particularly low-income families— face prohibitive tax rates that discourage taking on extra employment to get ahead, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe…

<time datetime="2017-10-12T00:01:00-04:00">October 12, 2017</time>

Canadians face an unfair tax penalty on swings in their income from year to year, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In A Question of Fairness: Time to Reconsider…

<time datetime="2016-02-11T00:01:00-05:00">February 11, 2016</time>

Secondary earners in low-income families, usually the mother, face punishingly high tax burdens, according to the latest report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The High Cost of Getting Ahead:…

<time datetime="2015-12-03T00:01:00-05:00">December 3, 2015</time>

Ottawa’s plan to shift the tax burden more to the very top income earners could cost federal and provincial governments $4 billion in lost tax revenue, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute…

<time datetime="2015-11-19T00:01:00-05:00">November 19, 2015</time>

Canada faces a deep long-term fiscal challenge, as its population ages and its labour force growth slows, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Tax Reform Priorities for Canada:…

<time datetime="2014-11-26T14:30:13-05:00">November 26, 2014</time>

Canada’s tax system needs a new blueprint to respond to challenges from global trends, according to a groundbreaking report released today.  In “Tax Policy for a New Era: Promoting Economic…

Op-Ed
This week we learned the consumer price index was up 6.9 per cent year over year in October on the same day we got predictions about how much the federal government’s inflation-indexed tax will raise…
Intelligence Memos
From: Alexandre Laurin and William B.P. Robson To: Canada’s Tax Collectors Date: September 27, 2022 Re: Inflation Pain Includes Tax Creep and Benefit Erosion Inflation of 7 percent or more…
Op-Ed
Inflation around 8 per cent is something many Canadians had never experienced until this summer. As a country, we are rediscovering how much inflation hurts. The shrinking value of our dollars is bad…