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The Canadian tax system can, and should, put more money into the pockets of the country’s most disadvantaged citizens. (Shutterstock)

Refundable tax credits would help alleviate poverty

Tax credit refunds are an effective means of ensuring that Canada’s poverty gap, now clearly identified, is addressed for low-income families. So what’s taking so long?
Smoke billows from the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor (2017). Impossible living conditions force people to migrate. It is time to collect a “destruction tax” on arms transactions ? Stringer / AFP

Should we tax arms manufacturers to finance refugee resettlement?

Wars play a central role in increasing numbers of refugees worldwide. Is it time to think about a “destruction tax”?
The digital economy will impact the ability of cities to generate revenue through traditional land-based taxes. A new solution is needed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch

A taxing problem: Canadian cities desperately need new sources of revenue

As more Canadians flock to urban centres, those cities have fewer options to raise taxes New tax policies are needed that reflect the shift to a digital economy.
For Shorten, Easter might act as an eraser to rub out people’s memories of a scratchy couple of days in the first week. Lukas Coch/AAP

Grattan on Friday: The campaign with built-in R&R for voters

Politically speaking, the Easter break is a blessing for a jaded electorate, at least a partial rest for voters’ in a campaign that’s started as an impossibly complex jumble of claims and numbers.

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