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1. Ottawa using bounty of robust growth to simply boost spending

   The recently-released 2018 federal budget calls for growth in both spending and revenues. Between 2017-18 and 2022-23, total revenues are forecast to grow from $309.6 billion to $373.9 billion—an increase of 21 per cent. After a three ...

2. Call a spade a spade—CPP payroll tax is a tax

   Our recent study found that virtually all Canadian families with children will soon pay higher taxes due to federal income tax changes already in place and forthcoming increases to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payroll tax. If the ...

3. Ten year-end facts Canadians need to know

   As we end 2017, here are 10 year-end facts Canadians should understand and consider as we enter 2018: • The total tax bill for the average Canadian family will exceed $35,000 in 2017, or 42.5 per cent of their income—more than what the ...

4. Changing tax rules for diabetics—another missed opportunity for positive tax reform

   Many Canadians living with type 1 diabetes may see their income tax bill increase as a result of the Trudeau government’s revised interpretation of the Income Tax Act. According to Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier, “advances in ...

5. Professor conflates taxes with transfers—just like the Trudeau government

   In a recent commentary in the Financial Post titled “Misleading the middle class,” Simon Fraser University professor Rhys Kesselman criticized our analysis of how federal tax policy changes have increased the amount of income tax paid by ...

6. Proposed tax changes targeting private corporations fall short of comprehensive reform

   Yesterday the Trudeau government wrapped up consultations on its proposed tax changes targeting private corporations. The proposed changes are best described as a piecemeal approach that falls well short of the type of comprehensive tax ...

7. According to Prime Minister Trudeau, redistribution is the new ‘tax relief’

   In the House of Commons on Tuesday, the prime minister admitted that many middle-class Canadians are now paying more taxes. ...

8. Canadians must know how much total tax they pay to assess whether they get good value

   The Fraser Institute’s annual calculations of the average family’s tax bill provide a valuable service to Canadians. Taxes are a complex issue and it’s very difficult for Canadians to calculate how much total tax they pay throughout the ...

9. Why Canada has an income tax—the ‘conscription of wealth’

   “In such experience as I have had with taxation—and it has been considerable—there is only one tax that I know of that is popular, and that is the tax that is on the other fellow.” —Sir Thomas White, House of Commons debate on the income ...

10. CBC’s misleading tax ‘analysis’—a disservice to Canadians and the inequality debate

    A CBC News analysis making the rounds online shows that an increasing number of upper-income Canadians are getting away without paying any income tax. The analysis is highly misleading and fuels misplaced concerns about the distribution ...