Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Tax Is Not a Four-letter Word 1
5. The Conversation Today
6. The Economic Consequences of Taxing (and Spending) 17
7. Taxes and Transfers in Canada: The Federal Dimension 39
8. Taxes and Public Services 55
9. Benefits from Public Services 69
10. Canadian Public Opinion on Taxes 83
11. How We Got Here
12. Taxation and the Neo-Liberal Counter-Revolution: The Canadian Case 101
13. A Brief Potted History of Ottawa’s Tax Cut Mania 119
14. Tax Cuts and Other Cheap Parlour Tricks 137
15. A Different Take on Taxes
16. Toward a Fair Canadian Tax System 151
17. Carbon Taxes: Can a Good Policy Become Good Politics? 171
18. How Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference: The Case of Financial Transaction Taxes 191
19. We Need to Simplify and Re-focus the Tax System 211
20. How to Get There
21. Canada’s Conservative Ideological Infrastructure: Brewing a Cup of Cappuccino Conservatism 227
22. Conclusion 267
23. Contributors 271
24. Index 277
25. Books in the Canadian Commentaries Series 295