The Politics of Taxation in Canada / / Geoffrey Hale.

The balancing of government budgets after years of chronic deficits has reopened public debates over tax levels, the size of government and proposals for tax reform. The Politics of Taxation in Canada explains the factors that have shaped the evolution of Canada's tax system since the 1960s and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2001
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Tables and Appendices
  • ONE. Introduction
  • PART I. THE CONTEXT OF CANADA'S TAX SYSTEM
  • TWO. The Tax System and the Politics of Ideas
  • THREE. The Tax System as Economic Constitution
  • FOUR. The Tax Policy Community: Institutions and Processes
  • FIVE. The Public Tax Policy Process: Agenda-Setting, Interest Groups, and Public Opinion
  • PART II. THE POLITICS OF TAXATION FROM CARTER TO MARTIN
  • Introduction
  • SIX. The Tax Reform Pendulum: The Politics of Taxation during the Trudeau Era
  • SEVEN. The Mulroney Legacy: Tax Reform, Free Trade, and the Deficit Trap
  • EIGHT. The Politics of Sales Tax Reform
  • NINE. Chretien, Martin, and the Politics of Deficit Reduction
  • PART III. THE POLITICS OF TAXATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY-BALANCING NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL PRESSURES
  • Introduction
  • TEN. Living Standards and the Politics of Personal Taxation
  • ELEVEN. Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Business Taxation
  • TWELVE. Taxation, Federalism, and the Provinces
  • THIRTEEN. Taxation, the Family, and Civil Society
  • Conclusion: The Politics of Taxation and the New Economy
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index