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President of the Treasury Board Jean-Yves Duclos looks on as Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough participates in a daily news conference via video conferencing, Wednesday April 1, 2020 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Pulling off a bureaucratic miracle: How the CERB got done

It took long hours, nervous nights and a complete rethinking of how government does business to get the program up and running in record time

To tackle its tax-haven problem, Canada must simplify the tax code

Opinion: The most effective way to reduce tax avoidance is to reduce the number of ways to game the system

Long-term savings plans are in jeopardy for Canadians with disabilities

As a Conservative-era savings program is set to mature, Canadians with disabilities say the Liberals are barring them from tapping their funds

It’s time to raise the duty-free limit for online shoppers

Ottawa should let Canadians import more expensive online purchases duty free, and it can do so without putting brick-and-mortar retailers at a disadvantage.

Canada’s record on finding tax evaders is dismal

Can a simple appeal to honesty pay dividends?

Canadians are right to be angry over the Panama Papers leak

The offshore accounts behind the Panama Papers may be legal. But they’re not fair.

Troubling data behind Harper’s home buying promise

Stephen Harper promises to boost the amount first-time home buyers can take from RRSPs, but data shows replenishing those funds isn’t always easy

The real problem with all that tax debt Canadians owe

We shouldn’t be surprised that the Canada Revenue Agency just wrote off billions in tax debt, but the government can and should fix the problem

Canadians come clean about past tax lies

Your top financial and economic news for Sept. 18

Canada is tough on small-time tax fraud, but missing bigger targets

Critics say Canada shies away from major targets. But a new snitch line may be having an impact.

When a polygamist cheats

The Canada Revenue Agency succeeds where the police and province failed against Winston Blackmore

Tax cheats have nowhere to hide

Tax cheats have nowhere to hide

High-profile leaks of private bank data raise new questions about the widespread use of offshore accounts