Budget 2024 is a small step toward a grown-up economy
Photo by Ken Teegardin/Flickr The latest federal budget has provoked outrage among some of the wealthiest people in the country. They regard a change to the way we tax capital…
D.T. Cochrane
Competition Bureau study on grocery chains strengthens case for windfall tax in Canada
The Competition Bureau’s new study is just the latest in a string of evidence that corporate profiteering has cost Canadians gravely, writes D.T. Cochrane. Photo from Flickr. A recent study…
The 0.01% vs. the rest of us
Protestors in the Occupy movement in Manchester, United Kingdom, 2011. Photo by Plashing Vole/Flickr. While the one percent are obviously much richer than the average person, the disparity is even…
NDP platform the most progressive and fiscally responsible of top three parties
All three parties are promising similar deficits over the next five years, but only the NDP’s plan would reduce the amount of wealth controlled by the rich while adding $106…
Some of Canada’s biggest companies saw record profits during the pandemic
According to research by Canadians for Tax Fairness, dozens of large corporations raked in record profits during the pandemic, with many using public subsidies. Photo from Unsplash. It was clear,…
Canada should follow Janet Yellen’s lead on corporate taxes
A recent study showed Canada would gain at least $11 billion by supporting the global minimum corporate tax rate. Photo by Philip Taylor/Flickr. In Janet Yellen’s confirmation speech to United…