Where has all the money gone?
By Chandra Pasma on July 13th, 2011Recently I heard the Anglican Bishop of Ottawa, John Chapman, speak at the AGM of a local community chaplaincy. Bishop Chapman described the evolution of community...
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By Chandra Pasma on July 20th, 2011Last month I participated in a press conference on behalf of Canadians for Tax Fairness, arguing for fairer taxes instead of service cuts. A reporter called me...
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By Chandra Pasma on July 21st, 2011Does Canada benefit from attracting wealthy tax dodgers to invest in local business while enjoying the low tax rates of the “Switzerland of the North?” A story by...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
View ArticleFulfilling our Collective Responsibility
By Joe Gunn on August 26th, 2013CPJ advocates for a price on carbon emissionsThis is the second in a three-part series highlighting CPJ’s recommendations for the 2014 federal budget as contained in...
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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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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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We Are More Than Taxpayers
From The Catalyst, Summer 2015By Janelle VandergriftThese days Canadians are more likely to hear ourselves referred to as “taxpayers” than “citizens.” But what if we viewed ourselves as citizens first?...
View ArticleWhere has all the money gone?
By Chandra Pasma on July 13th, 2011Recently I heard the Anglican Bishop of Ottawa, John Chapman, speak at the AGM of a local community chaplaincy. Bishop Chapman described the evolution of community...
View ArticleSolutions
By Chandra Pasma on July 20th, 2011Last month I participated in a press conference on behalf of Canadians for Tax Fairness, arguing for fairer taxes instead of service cuts. A reporter called me...
View ArticleShould we tax the wealthy?
By Chandra Pasma on July 21st, 2011Does Canada benefit from attracting wealthy tax dodgers to invest in local business while enjoying the low tax rates of the “Switzerland of the North?” A story by...
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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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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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