A carbon tax is no more a sales tax than income taxes are, writes University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe
Tag Archives: sales tax
Thinking out loud about an Alberta PST
Colby Cosh looks for a clear path for Jim Prentice, and comes up wanting
Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay go to Washington
Meet the Internet Association, the big dot-coms’ lobby group
Idea alert
Jack Mintz, an economist whose expertise the Harper government values very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very much, has co-authored a report calling for the elimination of various GST exemptions.
Down with taxes, up with inequality
Stephen Gordon troubleshoots a proposal—championed by the New Democrats and Conservatives in Ontario, but also the federal NDP—to cut the sales tax on home heating bills.
Not going there
Paul Dewar announced his jobs agenda yesterday.
Brian Topp goes there
The NDP leadership candidate talks taxes.
Move over, Wal-Mart
Rivals are learning the hard way why Amazon is the next retail king
Enter the taxman
Much as Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach insists he will never all a provincial sales tax, it may be inevitable