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  1. McNeil government should reduce income tax rates to spur Nova Scotia’s COVID recovery

    High rates can influence people’s decisions on where to work or start new businesses. ...

  2. Kenney must target Alberta’s income tax problem during COVID recovery

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, July 8, 2020 The COVID-19 recession has severely damaged Alberta’s already struggling economy; a recent RBC forecast estimates the provincial economy will contract by 11.2 per cent this year. To help foster a strong recovery, ...

  3. Canada’s Rising Personal Tax Rates and Falling Tax Competitiveness, 2020

    In December 2015, Canada’s new Liberal government introduced changes to Canada’s personal income tax system. Among the changes for the 2016 tax year, the federal government added a new income tax bracket, raising the top tax rate from 29 to 33 percent on ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Trudeau government should learn from Chrétien-era tax relief

    Appeared in the Vancouver Province, March 4, 2020 As the Trudeau government prepares to table its 2020 budget, it should reflect on another federal budget from 25 years ago when the Chrétien government took decisive action to balance the budget (after ...

  6. Alberta’s Lost Advantage on Personal Income Tax Rates

    As recently as 2014, Alberta had the lowest combined top federal/provincial or federal/ state marginal personal income tax (PIT) rate in Canada or the United States—a cornerstone of what was once known as the “Alberta tax advantage.” Tax policy ...

  7. Trudeau government making wrong type of tax cuts

    Appeared in National Newswatch, January 5, 2020 As expected, Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently confirmed the federal government’s intention to reduce personal income taxes for everyone except “higher-income earners.” With total taxes (federal, ...

  8. Next federal government should target corporate income taxes

    Appeared in National Newswatch, October 16, 2019 With less than a week before Canadians go to the polls, there has been little focus on Canada’s tax competitiveness, which is unfortunate given the major real-life impact of tax policy on Canadians. Yes, ...