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  1. The Lifetime Tax Burden for Canadians from Federal Debt Accumulation

    Federal debt has risen substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic and is projected to continue rising for the foreseeable future. Large deficits come with costs and Canadians will have to pay for our borrowing today through additional taxation ...

  2. Taxes remain largest expense for Canadian families

    The average Canadian family spends nearly twice as much on taxes than on housing. ...

  3. Both frontrunning parties muddy their spending plans

    The NDP has been the most transparent by clearly stating it would introduce a host of tax hikes. ...

  4. ‘Fair share’ debate long on rhetoric, low on facts

    The top 20 per cent pays nearly two-thirds of all federal and provincial income taxes. ...

  5. Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2021 edition

    The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2020. Including all types of taxes, that bill has increased by 1,992% since 1961. Taxes have grown much more rapidly than any other single ...

  6. Canadians should watch out for opaque tax hikes

    Indexation is currently applied to the personal income tax system federally and in most provinces. ...

  7. Measuring Progressivity in Canada’s Tax System

    There is a common misperception in Canada that top income earners do not pay their share of taxes and that increasing taxes on this income group is an effective way to generate significant additional government revenue. However, high-income ...

  8. Trudeau government weakened Canada’s economy well before COVID-19

    The government offset the benefits of the lower tax rate by eliminating tax credits. ...

  9. Tax reform should play crucial role in COVID recovery

    Canada has the seventh-highest top combined personal income tax rate in the OECD. ...

  10. Trudeau tax hikes would do more harm than good

    Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, July 7, 2020 On July 8, the Trudeau government will release a “snapshot” of federal finances, the first such update since the COVID crisis began. The government may also soon look to raise taxes to try to increase ...