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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index 2014
The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2013. Including all types of taxes, that bill has increased by 1,832 percent since 1961. Taxes have grown much more rapidly than any other single ...
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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2013
The Canadian Consumer Tax Index reveals that there has been a dramatic increase in the average family?s tax bill from 1961 to 2012. Among those factors is a sizeable increase in incomes over the period: 1,382 percent since 1961. Even with no changes in ...
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Abolish the $3.6 billion tariff tax on the poor
Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Victoria Times Colonist Whenever Canadians cross the border, it is inevitable they will find cheaper goods in the United States. Whether milk, books, electronic goods or vehicles, it seems bargains abound south of the ...
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Economic Freedom, Individual Perceptions of Life Control, and Life Satisfaction
Happiness economics has shown that the degree to which people feel they are in control of their lives positively correlates with personal life satisfaction. In a parallel manner, economic freedom has been found to exert an independent impact on life ...
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Canadian families spend more on taxes than the basic necessities of life
Appeared in the Toronto Sun, August 25, 2016 Pop quiz—what’s your family’s largest expense? Many Canadians might say housing or perhaps food. But in reality, taxes consume more of the average Canadian family’s household income than anything else. When we ...
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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2016 Edition
The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2015. Including all types of taxes, that bill has increased by 1,939% since 1961. Taxes have grown much more rapidly than any other single ...
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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2015 Edition
The Canadian Consumer Tax Index tracks the total tax bill of the average Canadian family from 1961 to 2014. Including all types of taxes, that bill has increased by 1,886% since 1961. Taxes have grown much more rapidly than any other single expenditure ...
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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2012
The Canadian tax system is complex and there is no single number that can give us a complete idea of who pays how much tax. That said, the Fraser Institute annually calculates the most comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax bill ...
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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2011
The Canadian tax system is complex and there is no single number that can give us a complete idea of who pays how much tax. That said, the Fraser Institute annually calculates the most comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax bill ...
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Taxes versus the Necessities of Life: The Canadian Consumer Tax Index, 2010
The Canadian tax system is complex and there is no single number that can give us a complete idea of who pays how much. That said, the Fraser Institute annually calculates the most comprehensive and easily understood indicator of the overall tax bill of ...