Opinion: Piecemeal tax changes won't do. To get out of Canada's productivity rut, we need radical reform
A broader restructuring of the tax system would avoid some of the traps we are seeing with the capital-gains changes
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A broader restructuring of the tax system would avoid some of the traps we are seeing with the capital-gains changes
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A system that took full accountof how taxes are shifted would make it easier to explain and adopta tax system that maximized the efficiency of the economy andenabled every individual to maximize lifetime productivity andincome.