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The Globe and Mail
The secret world of corporate tax avoidance
The Globe and Mail
Allan Lanthier is a former chair of the Canadian Tax Foundation, and a retired partner of Ernst & Young. Are large Canadian corporations bilking us out of billions of tax dollars every year, as commentators sometimes suggest? And if so, how do they get ...

Financial Post
US capital spending write-offs — not tax cuts — creating 'unequal playing field': Morneau
Financial Post
The United States' policies enabling accelerated write-offs for business investments may be more consequential to Canadian competitiveness than its corporate tax cuts, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday. Though he did not rule out cutting ...
Senators urge Trudeau government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxesCanadianManufacturing.com
Finance Minister Bill Morneau responds to competitiveness worries, tariff spat with USThe Province

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The Globe and Mail
How pro athletes and other high earners stick-handle high Canadian income taxes
The Globe and Mail
After honing his craft over nine National Hockey League seasons, John Tavares finally reached the point this summer where he was free to choose his own destiny. With 272 goals and 349 assists over 669 career games, he was a prized commodity – a star ...

Fortune
Morneau hints that competitiveness package may accelerate investment expensing
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The government is widely expected to introduce a competitiveness policy package in the coming weeks, after Mr. Morneau pledged in last February's budget to study this year's sweeping U.S. tax changes, which many observers said dealt a blow to Canada's ...
Canada Finance Minister Wants Exporters To Look Further Afield Despite US DealFortune

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Fortune
Finance Minister Bill Morneau responds to competitiveness worries, tariff spat with US
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau faces new pressure to address Canada's business competitiveness worries ahead of his fall economic update after a Senate report released Tuesday repeated claims Canada's tax regime means it is “falling behind” ...
Canada Finance Minister Wants Exporters To Look Further Afield Despite US DealFortune

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The Lawyer's Daily
Up in smoke: A primer on cannabis taxation in Canada
The Lawyer's Daily
As of Oct. 17, the production, sale and recreational use of cannabis will be legal, if heavily regulated. Legalization begets taxation; consequently, a new regulatory regime in respect of the taxation of cannabis also applies to sales of the product ...

CNN
Legalizing cannabis is the best way to protect kids from its harmful effects
CNN
Canada also plans to tax cannabis, in a way that keeps it competitive -- Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he wants to tax it at a level "consistent with the goal of keeping cannabis out of the hands of kids and out of the black market. That means ...

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CBC.ca
Tax or police? Edmonton councillors weigh options for cannabis control
CBC.ca
Residential taxes went up last year by nearly two per cent for the owner of a typical home assessed at $399,500. Business groups have decried the consistent increases in taxes over the years and have lobbied council strongly this year to stop them.

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Canada: Calculating ''CST'': Taxing Cannabis In Canada
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requires cannabis cultivators and manufacturers to obtain cannabis licences from the Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA");; requires that all cannabis products that are removed from the premises of a cannabis licensee to be entered into the Canadian market ...

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Canada: Noble Prize Winner Recommends Tax On Carbon Emissions
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Professor William D. Nordhaus, an economist from Yale who has dedicated more than forty years attempting to convince governments to address climate change through the imposition on a tax on carbon emissions was awarded the 2018 Nobel Memorial ...
Canada's climate plan is worse than having no climate planNational Post
Will Canadians accept a carbon tax?The Globe and Mail

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TheSpec.com
Senators urge Trudeau government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxes
TheSpec.com
In the meantime, the committee members also recommended the government act quickly to entice more companies to invest in Canada — with changes such as slashing the corporate tax rate and temporarily allowing firms the full and immediate writeoff of ...
Senate banking committee calls for 'immediate' business tax cuts to address competitiveness concernsThe Globe and Mail

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Senate banking committee urges Feds to overhaul tax system, cut ...
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OTTAWA - The Senate's banking committee is urging the Trudeau government to take big steps on taxation that include introducing immediate corporate tax cuts ...
Senators urge federal government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxesiPolitics.ca

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iPolitics.ca
Senators urge federal government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxes
iPolitics.ca
OTTAWA — The Senate banking committee wants the Trudeau government to revamp Canada's tax system. In a new report, senators suggest the federal Liberals start a royal commission on taxation with a goal of finding ways to improve efficiency, simplicity ...

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Toronto Sun
OPINION: Is funding another Olympics really the best use of Canadians' tax dollars?
Toronto Sun
Businesses are feeling the pinch of higher taxes as well. Canada ranks poorly among other developed nations in attracting investment thanks, in part, to higher taxes on business. In 2017, 21 of 33 OECD countries had lower capital taxes than Canada ...

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parrysound.com
Senators urge Liberals to revamp tax system
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OTTAWA — The Senate's banking committee is urging the Trudeau government to begin a process that will revamp Canada's tax system. In a new report today, senators are calling on the federal Liberals to launch a royal commission on taxation with a goal ...

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Senators urge Trudeau government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxes
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In the meantime, the committee members also recommended the government act quickly to entice more companies to invest in Canada -- with changes such as slashing the corporate tax rate and temporarily allowing firms the full and immediate writeoff of ...
Senate banking committee calls for 'immediate' business tax cuts to address competitiveness concernsThe Globe and Mail

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CBC.ca
Speculation tax tabled by BC government
CBC.ca
For the remaining properties, a tax rate of 0.5 per cent of the assessed value will apply for 2018. In 2019 and subsequent years, B.C. residents with vacant or underutilized properties will continue to pay that rate, while Canadian citizens or ...
BC launches speculation and vacancy tax, with new name following criticismVancouver Courier
Battle resumes over speculation tax on BC vacant homesColumbia Valley Pioneer
BC finance minister says speculation tax will tackle housing crisisRegina Leader-Post

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Financial Post
Senators urge Trudeau government to overhaul tax system, cut corporate taxes
Financial Post
The committee members are also recommending the government act quickly to entice more companies to invest in Canada — with changes such as cutting the corporate tax rate and temporarily allowing firms the full and immediate writeoff of capital ...
Senate banking committee calls for 'immediate' business tax cuts to address competitiveness concernsThe Globe and Mail

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The Globe and Mail
Senate banking committee calls for 'immediate' business tax cuts to address competitiveness concerns
The Globe and Mail
The Senate banking committee is calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to announce immediate tax cuts for business and a longer-term royal commission on taxation to address concerns that Canada is now a less attractive place for investment in light ...

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CBC.ca
Cannabis tax windfall won't solve provincial money problems - here's why
CBC.ca
Last spring, CIBC predicted that Canada's retail pot market could top $6.5 billion by 2020, more than what is currently spent on hard liquor and almost as much as wine. It said the provinces would take home more than 70 per cent of the profits and ...
Canada's new legal pot sellers need to outcompete the black marketMarketplace.org
US pot firms urge Trump to deny Canadian producers 'competitive advantage'The Guardian
Canada Is Legalizing Cannabis. Here's What You Need to Know.New York Times

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