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1. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 11, 2012

   In 2012, Canadians celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 11. That is, Canadians will have worked until June 10 to pay the total tax bill imposed on them by all levels of government. On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to ...

2. The Tories' high-tax plan

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press Monday’s federal budget was all political spin. Like in March, when the 2011 budget was first introduced, the Conservatives dubiously titled it: A Low-Tax Plan for Jobs and Growth. But in reality, the Conservatives’ ...

3. Tax Freedom Day underscores need for tax relief

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald and Sherbrook Record Happy Tax Freedom Day! When Canadians return to work on Monday (June 6), they will finally be working for themselves. In other words, if we had to pay all our taxes up front, we ...

4. A vote for the HST is a vote for an earlier Tax Freedom Day

   Appeared in vancouversun.com Happy Tax Freedom Day! Monday, British Columbians start working for themselves.  In other words, if we had to pay all our taxes up front, we would have to pay each and every dollar we earned from January 1 to June 5 to various ...

5. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 6, 2011

   The Fraser Institute annually calculates Tax Freedom Day in order to provide a comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax burden faced by the average Canadian family. Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year by which the average ...

6. The Impact of the HST on British Columbian Families

   This Alert provides an empirical measurement of the impact of the HST on the average British Columbian family. The Fraser Institute is well suited to provide such an analysis; it has a long history of measuring how much tax, in all forms, British ...

7. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 5, 2010

   On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxesimposed on it by the three levels of government federal, provincial, and local. Main Conclusions On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough ...

8. Happy Tax Freedom Day… Well, Sort of

   Appeared in Winnipeg Free Press, Trail Daily Times, Sault St Marie This Week, Vegreville Observer, Okanagan Saturday, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Lethbridge Herald, New Glasgow News, Brantford Expositor On Saturday June 6th, Canadians across the ...

9. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 6, 2009

   On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxes imposed on it by the three levels of government: federal, provincial, and local. Main Conclusions On Tax Freedom Day, the average Canadian family has earned enough ...

10. Canadians Celebrate Tax Freedom Day on June 14, 2008

    Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year the average Canadian family has earned enough money to pay the taxes imposed on it by the three levels of government: federal, provincial, and local. Tax Freedom Day is the day in the year the average Canadian family ...