Fixing Harper - Part 6 - Tax Fairness

In fairness, this problem of tax fairness didn't start with the former Harper regime.  It's been developing for some time.  Both Conservative and Liberal governments are responsible.

The new government has been making nice-sounding noises on many things and the mandate letter given to the new National Revenue Minister seems to be singing the same tune, but what are the chances that real changes will take place?

This article from iPolitics discusses the elusive nature of the problem.

The organization Canadians for Tax Fairness published a research report called: "What is Wrong at the CRA and How to Fix It".  It should be mandatory reading for all taxpayers.

So if the new Liberal really wants to start making a difference, here is yet another issue that should be high up on the list.

Ill-advised tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations.  Failure to crack down on off-shore tax havens.  Even Oxfam weighed in recently about the concentration of wealth in the hands of so few people.  The root reason seems clearly to be tax policies of federal governments.

One recent Canadian case involves Cameco, the uranium mining giant.  More on that story here...

Reigning in the CRA in it's partisan attacks on charities the former government didn't happen to approve of is another important step.  It appears that this is happening.  Already.

As a random commentator put it:  Friedman, Reagan and Thatcher are all dead.  It's time to bury them.

To which I'd add.... and Harper is gone too.