OttawaThe trouble with taxesThe Globe wonders whether this will be the year we learn to love taxes. But how exactly would this conversation take shape here?...
OttawaQ&A with Thomas MulcairThe leader of the NDP talks to Aaron Wherry about Layton’s legacy, carbon pricing, the Liberal leadership race and Twitter
OttawaThe royal commission on taxation you’ve been waiting forThe finance committee has released its report on its pre-budget consultations. Among the recommendations is a review of the tax...
OttawaEverything is a tax nowThe idea of what constitutes a tax has expanded somewhat over the last few weeks to include measures that create government...
Ottawa’It is a tax because it will raise costs’In protesting the NDP’s cap-and-trade proposal, Vic Toews adds to the definition of a tax. The Conservatives have already posited...
OttawaThe Commons: PM Harper explains why his 2008 platform was written in blue ink(Hint: cap-and-trade)
OttawaThe trouble with tax-free savings accountsDaniel Tencer reviews two new studies into the public policy implications of tax-free savings accounts, which were introduced by...
OttawaBuried treasureThe New York Times’ Adam Davidson used a Canadian company to setup an offshore bank account in Belize. The Finance Minister...