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L’impôt proportionnel: Une option à envisager sérieusement
The Flat Tax and the Alberta model.
3-minute read
The Flat Tax: It’s actually a prescription for enhanced productivity
The Flat Tax and the Alberta model.
4-minute read
Lorsque le gouvernement limite la liberté de choix des épargnants
The consequences of limiting the ownership of foreign stock in RRSPs.
3-minute read
Hobbling investment: The 20% foreign content rule for RRSPs should be abolished
The consequences of limiting the ownership of foreign stock in RRSPs.
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Fiscalité des Québécois et croissance
Governments in Canada draw heavily on the productive resources of the economy, more so actually than at any time in the history of the country except during World War II. The average Canadian family pays out more than 46% of its income in taxes, as opposed to 33% in 1961. Its total tax bill shot up more than 1,286% since 1961 and it now accounts for more of the average Canadian budget than shelter, food, and clothing combined. Of the four countries with which we trade most, it is in Canada that the overall burden of taxation has risen the most over the last three decades. Income taxes for their part have climbed at twice their rate of increase in the U.S.