References & Research

Canada’s Income Tax Act (.pdf) or Canada’s Income Tax Act (HTML version) — all 3,225 pages (application provisions are found in Amending Acts).

Tax Competitiveness Report: A Call for Comprehensive Tax Reform. C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2007

Tax Reform in Canada: The Path to Greater Prosperity by Herbert Grubel, The Fraser Institute, 2003

The Elegance Of The Flat Tax , Frontier Centre for Public Policy, March 6, 2000

A Life Less Taxing: A Canadian Tax Evolution, 1998 publication, by Dennis Mills

The Single Tax, 1990, By Dennis Mills

Royal Commission on Taxation, Privy Council Office Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 , Vol. 4 , Vol. 5 , and Vol. 6

Articles, Blogs & Podcasts

Three Things We Can Do to End Poverty in Canada by Sen. Art Eggleton, Huffington Post, Jan 2015

Once-In-A-Generation Tax Reform Isn’t The Best Path To Fairness by Michael Wolfson, Huffington Post, Apr 2018

Canada Needs To Cut Corporate Tax Rate To Stay Competitive by Jack Mintz, Huffington Post, Feb 2018

Canadian Response to U.S. Tax Reform, Wolters Kluwer, Aug 2018

Canada Lags Internationally on Tax Reform, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, Oct 2018

2019 Federal Budget – Spend, Spend, Spend, With No Real
Competitiveness Measures
, Moody’s, Mar 2019

Tax System Review: It’s Time, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, Jul 2019

Canada’s Tax System: What’s so Wrong and Why it Matters, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, 2018

2017 Tax Competitiveness Report: The Calm Before The Storm by Philip Bazel, Jack Mintz and Austin Thompson, Feb 2018

Finding a Better Way: A Basic Income Pilot Project for Ontario by Hugh D Segal, Government of Ontario, Aug 2016

Canada needs to get serious about tax reform, The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2019

The Case for Flat Taxes, The Economist, April 2005

The Craze for Flat Taxes, The Economist, October 2011

It’s Time for a Comprehensive Review of Canada’s Tax System by Gabe Hayos, Huffington Post, 2015