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Thought Leaders

Canada is spending billions to fix the wrong productivity problem

Canadian financial policy has crowded out the risk-taking that drives productivity asserts professor of finance and chartered professional accountant Manbo He
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Ontario: Halton Hills calls on province to update municipal funding framework

Property taxation is regressive. Municipalities in Canada are trying to manage 21st-century realities with 19th-century fiscal tools, say local politicians
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Alberta: Taxation bump curbs tourism momentum in short-sighted tradeoff, warns industry leader

The province appears to underplay the role a robust tourism economy could play in insulating its accounts from geopolitical vagaries like the price of oil
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Alberta farmers lukewarm about federal gas tax suspension

Suspension of the federal fuel excise tax by the now majority government of Mark Carney will pressure on the UCP Smith government in Alberta to follow suit.
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Ontario: Province announces lower business tax

The provincial government is proposing to cut Ontario’s small business corporate income tax rate from 3.2 per cent to 2.2 per cent as of July 1 this year
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CRA may apply 2025 permanent establishment OECD rules to Canada

Canadian tax lawyer and accountant David J Rotfleisch on remote work, corporate authority to bind, CRA treaty interpretation and interprovincial tax risk
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Taxpayers group urges Manitoba to permanently cut gas tax as fuel prices rise

The American-Israeli assault on Iran is causing prices to surge at the pumps. Taxpayer advocacy groups are now calling for gas tax cuts to lower the impact
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Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian‑Canadian cooperation as middle powers

Carney’s comments in Canberra about modernizing bilateral tax and investment treaties may indicate tax and business opportunities for Canadian accountants
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B.C. budget tax measures lay burden of austerity on the poorest in province

British Columbia's Finance Minister says "this is not an austerity budget." Let's look at the numbers and see for ourselves, say Marc Lee and Andrew Longhurst
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Alberta oil and gas companies lobby for tax break

Alberta is reviewing the models it uses to determine the market value of regulated properties that municipalities rely on for their own tax assessments
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The world's first carbon border-adjusted tax enters its definitive phase: What it means for Canada

Rambod Behboodi and Owen Clarke of BLG explain why Canadian companies should take immediate steps to establish necessary emissions tracking regimes
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Alberta: Data reveals millions in tax arrears and unpaid leases for nearly 600 Alberta oil and gas companies

As of the end of 2024, property tax debt has grown to nearly $254 million, despite policies to stop deadbeat companies from acquiring new oil and gas wells