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1. 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. ...

2. 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 ...

3. Canadians should watch out for opaque tax hikes

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

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Tax Freedom Day: 2020 Report

   Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year when the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxes imposed on it by all three levels of government (federal, provincial, and local). The total tax bill of the average Canadian family, ...

7. Horgan budget makes B.C. less attractive to top talent

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver, March 5, 2020 In light of the latest provincial budget tabled last month, it’s now clear that the current B.C. government, like its federal counterpart, is not interested in competitiveness—that is, making sure the ...

8. Tax plans of federal parties range from bad to naive

   Appeared in National Newswatch, October 19, 2019 Before Canadians go to the polls, they should understand each party’s tax plan, which unfortunately range from bad to worse to downright naive. Let’s start with the NDP and Green Party, which have similar ...

9. Average family tax bill keeps growing and growing and growing

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, August 7, 2019 As October’s federal election draws near, the cost of living has become a top issue for many Canadian families. Because home prices and rents have risen (dramatically, in many Ontario cities and towns) in recent ...

10. Tax Complexity in 2019: Can It be Tamed?

    Tax complexity matters to all Canadians, mostly owing to the considerable resources and time that families and businesses spend on compliance. Many of us incur substantial costs: time invested and money spent on professional legal and accounting services, ...