<time datetime="2021-05-18T00:00:01-04:00">May 18, 2021</time>

Closing Ottawa’s Tax Gap Not a Silver Bullet Post-COVID

  • Canada Revenue Agency efforts to close the tax gap between paid and unpaid taxes could raise an estimated $3…
<time datetime="2021-04-27T00:01:00-04:00">April 27, 2021</time>

Taxes on Nicotine Products Should Reflect Degree of Harm or Risk

  • Author Ian Irvine examines alternative nicotine products, from e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn sticks…
<time datetime="2017-08-23T00:01:00-04:00">August 23, 2017</time>

Foreign providers of online services enjoy a tax advantage over domestic providers, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Bits, Bytes, and Taxes: VAT and the Digital…

<time datetime="2016-04-20T00:00:44-04:00">April 20, 2016</time>

Canada’s budding legal marijuana market requires federal-provincial cooperation in order to succeed, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Joint Venture: A Blueprint for Federal and…

<time datetime="2014-08-19T19:41:20-04:00">August 19, 2014</time>

The lack of competition in Ontario’s system for alcoholic beverage retailing causes higher prices for consumers and foregone government revenue, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute…

<time datetime="2011-03-16T18:43:54-04:00">March 16, 2011</time>

Increasing corporate income tax rates is the most costly way to raise government revenues, compared to other forms of taxation, according to a study released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In…

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