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Canada Taxation

Save Alberta From The High-Taxers

Mark Milke | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Energy, Pension, Economy, Alberta Politics, Mark Milke, Oilsands, Alberta Conservatives, Government, Education, Public Sector, Consumption Tax, Oil, Fraser Institute, Teachers, Taxation, Sales Tax, Canada Alberta News
Mark Milke

Fact is, Alberta's red-ink budgets have much more to do with real per-capita program spending being near historic highs. This also explains why so many Albertans "hiss" at the notion of a sales tax. To understand why the spending side of the government ledger deserves more attention, consider some statistics about Alberta's program spending, ones that take into account Alberta's population growth and inflation rate.

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Fat Tax Didn't Work in Denmark, Won't Work in B.C.

Jordan Bateman | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: British Columbia, Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax, Obesity, Taxation, Sugar Tax, Jens Klarskov, Fat Tax, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Bc Business, BC Politics, Canada Fat Tax, Bc Fat Tax, Canada British Columbia News
Jordan Bateman

The idea of a fat or sugar tax in British Columbia continues to pop up like the pesky mole in that old midway game. Unfortunately, it's taxpayers -- and the provincial economy -- that would get whacked by such a tax. Supporters of such a flawed taxation policy should look to Denmark's experience for a textbook example of why it doesn't work.

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Will France's Extremely High Income Tax Scare Away The Rich?

CNBC | Brian Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: High Income, Video, Wealthy, France, Cnbc, French Income Tax, Upper Income, Will Smith, Tax the Rich, Francois Hollande, Taxation, Paris, Canada Business News

What is 75 percent of €0.00? French president Francois Hollande wants to go back to the future on taxes. When running for the job he eventuall...

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Harper's Favourite Tax Break Benefits Old, Rich Males: Study

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 09.01.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Tfsas Benefit Rich, Canada Taxes, Tax-Free Savings Account, Taxation Canada, Tax Shelters Canada, Mind the Gap, Tfsa, Canada Taxation, Tfsa Wealthy, Tfsa Stephen Harper, Stephen Harper Tfsa, Tfsa Survey, Canada Tax Shelters, Canada Business News

Tax-Free Savings Accounts were sold by the Conservative government as a way of helping all Canadians to save money, but new research suggests they dis...

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Why I Am Still a Republican

David Frum | Posted 12.25.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Equality, Gop, Defence, Poverty, Democratic Party, Crime, US Politics, Economic Crisis, Economy, Regulation, Obama, Taxation, Republican, Canada Politics News
David Frum

For three years, my political party has veered in a direction I cannot follow. And if the GOP insists on framing the 2012 election as a ballot question on fiscal and monetary austerity, or if they nominate somebody manifestly incompetent to do the job of president, they're going to lose me -- and a lot more people.

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Bill Gates Pushes Financial Sector to Pay its Fair Share

Andrew Cooper | Posted 12.12.2011 | Canada
Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates, Financial Transaction Tax, Poverty, Bailout, Bill Gates, Health Care Spending, Occupy Wall Street, g20, Who, Protests, Taxation, Wall Street, Financial Institutions, Canada News
Andrew Cooper

Amid the attention given to the entertainment celebrities operating as outsiders, there is a need also to see how a different type of celebrity from the world of business -- Bill Gates -- is acting as an insider in the campaign of change with respect to financial institutions at the hub of global governance.

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Denmark's 'Fat Tax' A World First

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Fat Tax, Danish Confederation of Industries, Nutrition, Denmark Fat Tax, Taxation, Obesity, Jakob Axel Nielsen, Oecd, Hungary Hamburger Law, Denmark, Canada Business News

COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Denmark has imposed a “fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits. The Nordic country...

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Half Of Canadians Would Cheat On Taxes: Survey

CP | John Ward, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.07.2011 | Canada
Read More: Taxes, Income Tax, Taxation, Canada Revenue Agency, Cp, Canadian Taxes, Canadian Tax Cheat, Canada News

OTTAWA - A new poll commissioned by the taxman suggests half of Canadians are ready to cheat with under-the-table cash payments.The survey conducted f...

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France's Super-Rich Tell Government: Please Tax Us

Reuters | Posted 10.24.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Valerie Pecresse, Total Sa, France Economy, France Economic Crisis, L'Oreal, Societe Generale, Air France, Warren Buffett, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Taxation, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Nicolas Sarkozy, Global Economic Crisis, Canada Business News

Some of France's richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L'Oreal SA and the head of oil major Total SA, urged the government to tax them ...

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Three U.S. Debt Crisis Myths

Michel Kelly-Gagnon | Posted 10.18.2011 | Canada
Read More: Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Taxation, Montreal Economic Institute, Warren Buffet, Debt Crisis, Spending Cuts, u.s. Debt Deal, Barack Obama, Canada News
Michel Kelly-Gagnon

Myth #1: Right-wing extremists forced President Obama's hand in order to impose huge spending cuts. In truth, the "cuts" in question are really a "reduction in the rate of spending growth."

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