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The FTT: Part of the Solution
By Simon Lewchuk on November 16th, 2011The Financial Transactions Tax (FTT), also known as the Robin Hood Tax, has been attracting a lot of attention lately. In the midst of a global economic crisis...
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Affordable Housing: a Key to Sustainable Recovery
By Melodi Alopaeus on September 19th, 2011This is the second feature in our current series discussing CPJ’s budget recommendations to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance onBuilding a...
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Taxes raise the revenues used to pay for democratic institutions and to provide government programs and services. Taxes can also be used to promote other economic and social policy goals through the...
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Budget 2018 is an important symbolic step for women, but doesn’t go far enoughFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON: February 27, 2018 — Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) is encouraged to see the federal...
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Tax Reform Can Serve the Common Good
By Sarah DelVillano on November 27th, 2017In July 2017, Bill Morneau announced the Liberal government’s proposed tax reform, which seeks to close tax loopholes and ensure a more progressive tax system...
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How Taxes Can Reduce Inequality
By Dennis Howlett on July 24th, 2017From the Catalyst, Summer 2017Canada’s tax system can be a powerful tool for reducing inequality and poverty.We need to tackle inequality at both ends of the income...
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View ArticlePress release: Budget 2016
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We Are More Than Taxpayers
From The Catalyst, Summer 2015 By Janelle Vandergrift These days Canadians are more likely to hear ourselves referred to as “taxpayers” than “citizens.” But what if we viewed ourselves as citizens...
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"Taxes for the Common Good"
Taxes for the Common Good: A Public Justice Primer on TaxationFact Sheet Series May 2015Download the ReportThe debate about the role of taxes in Canada today is sorely lacking.Taxes are not simply...
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Taxes for the benefit of all Canadians
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) believes that the way Canada taxes its citizens and distribute its budgets is one reflection of our priorities as a country. In our pre-budget submission to the House...
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Income Splitting: A Contentious Debate within the Canadian Church
By Simon Lewchuk on March 11th, 2014From the Spring 2014 edition of The Catalyst. Income splitting, also known as family taxation, would change the tax system so that it takes into account total family...
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By Joe Gunn on August 26th, 2013CPJ advocates for a price on carbon emissions This is the second in a three-part series highlighting CPJ’s recommendations for the 2014 federal budget as contained in...
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Bring our Tax Dollars Home
By Guest Author on November 16th, 2012In 2011, CPJ helped establish a new organization called Canadians for Tax Fairness . In this article, Dennis Howlett highlights the Tackle Tax Havens campaign. CPJ...
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Bringing Unemployment Down: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
By Katherine Scott on September 4th, 2012This is the second feature in a series of highlighting CPJ’s recommendations for the 2013 federal budget in Promoting the Common Good. Last week we explored the...
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A Taxing Problem
By Melodi Alopaeus on July 31st, 2012The case for corporate taxes gained some ground recently. For decades now, government and business leaders have been telling us we need to keep corporate taxes as...
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Tax Fairness Summit 2012: A Case for Civilization
By Melodi Alopaeus on April 3rd, 2012“Paying taxes is a noble enterprise.”These words spoken by Neil Brooks, professor of tax law at Osgoode Hall Law School, served as a leitmotif of the Tax Fairness...
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Looking beyond the numbers
By Simon Lewchuk on January 30th, 2012Speculation abounds as to what changes the government has in store as it continues in its stated efforts to cut spending, eliminate “inefficiencies”, and encourage...
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Status quo Budget advice
By Simon Lewchuk on December 20th, 2011This summer, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance invited Canadians (view CPJ’s submission) to participate in the pre-budget consultation process....
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The FTT: Part of the Solution
By Simon Lewchuk on November 16th, 2011The Financial Transactions Tax (FTT), also known as the Robin Hood Tax, has been attracting a lot of attention lately. In the midst of a global economic crisis...
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