Capital Gains Taxes: What Are They and Why Are Canada’s Ultra Rich Freaking Out? Published April 29, 2024 Podcast Canadian Labour Congress Senior Economist DT Cochrane explains the new changes to capital gains taxation announced in Budget 2024
The Federal Government Says Budget 2024 Makes The Wealthy Pay Their ‘Fair Share’. Economists Say The Rich Could Be Paying More. Published April 16, 2024 Analysis Budget 2024 introduces changes to how capital gains are taxed, but it will only capture a fraction of the wealth held by Canada’s top 0.13%
Canadians Believe Canada Revenue Agency Goes Too Easy on Wealthy Tax Dodgers, Internal CRA Report Says Published March 20, 2023 News Experts say CRA needs more auditors and resources to crack down on ‘complex’ tax schemes run by corporations and wealthy tax dodgers
Why Raising Taxes on Canada’s Wealthiest Elites Is a Winning Issue This Election Published September 3, 2021 Explainer The right-wing war on taxes is over, Canadians are ready to get serious about how to pay for important public services
‘It’s a Huge Error’: The BC Liberals’ Big-Ticket Tax Proposal Contains a Billion Dollar Mistake, Economists Say Published September 30, 2020 Analysis “This is a symptom of a deeper failure in their camp to appreciate and understand how an economic recovery would actually happen”
The Toronto Sun Failed to Fact-Check Fraser Institute’s Bogus ‘Tax Freedom Day’ Report, Yet Again Published May 19, 2020 Fact-Check The Fraser Institute’s Tax Freedom Day relies on fuzzy math