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Latest Research
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Top 20% of Canadian income-earning families pay more than half of all taxes
Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System finds that the top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay nearly two-thirds (63.2 per cent) of Canada’s personal income taxes (provincial and federal) and more than half (54.7 per cent) of total taxes including sales and property taxes. Conversely, the bottom 20 per cent of income-earning families pay 1.0 per cent of all personal income taxes and 2.3 per cent of total taxes, due partly to the progressivity of Canada’s tax system where the share of taxes paid typically increases as incomes rise.
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Commentary and Blog Posts
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Ford government thwarts development during housing crisis in the GTA [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Toronto Star) by Steve Lafleur
There are 360 homes for every 1,000 GTA residents—well below the Canadian average.

Wealth tax wouldn’t work the way Ottawa wants [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Financial Post) by Philip Cross
According to the PBO, governments could raise up to $61 billion with a wealth tax on Canadians worth more than $10 million.

Government growth ultimately hits Canadians in the wallet [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the National Post) by Steven Globerman
In businesses that only produce services, labour productivity increased by 38 per cent compared to 12 per cent in the government sector.

Federal payout to steel plant exposes carbon tax flaw [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Ottawa Sun) by Robert P. Murphy
The Trudeau government recently announced a federal grant of up $420 million to Algoma Steel.

New review rules—the impact on drug access in Canada [[link removed]]
by Dr. Nigel Rawson
In 2017, the federal government introduced new regulations for the drug review board.

Pressure mounts to change ‘stabilization’ program and increase payments to Alberta [[link removed]]
(Appeared in the Edmonton Sun) by Tegan Hill and Ben Eisen
Alberta received just $249 million in payments despite a revenue loss of $7.2 billion.


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