<time datetime="2021-11-18T00:00:01-05:00">November 18, 2021</time>

Automatic GST Cuts Should Be In Ottawa’s Tool Box To Fight Downturns 

  • The federal government should consider automatic cuts to the goods and services tax (GST)…
<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="2019-02-07T11:05:50-05:00">February 7, 2019</time>

February 7 –…

<time datetime="2011-06-29T13:30:14-04:00">June 29, 2011</time>

British Columbia is on the right track with its controversial move to a harmonized sales tax (HST), according to a C.D. Howe Institute report released today. In “The Time is Still Right for BC’s…

Intelligence Memos
From: Ian Irvine To: Anti-smoking Canadians Date: May 17, 2021 Re: Vaping is Less Toxic than Smoking, so Why Tax it the Same? Embedded in last month’s budget was news of a federal…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jon Johnson To: Canadian Department of Finance and Global Affairs Canada Date: May 3, 2021 Re: Current Developments in Digital Services Taxes, and Potential Pitfalls There have been significant…
Op-Ed
Some time in the next while, the Supreme Court of Canada will issue its decision on the constitutionality of the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. Politicians in Alberta, Saskatchewan,…