Federal budget continues to neglect our tax system

In addition to stopgap measures, Budget 2022 includes a long list of previously announced tax reforms, including yet another consultation on intergenerational share transfers.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Liberal government view our tax system as a social engineering tool to generate maximum revenue for highly progressive redistribution, and to fund massive spending programs, writes Geoffrey Turner.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GEOFFREY TURNER

May 18, 2022

TORONTO⁠—Budget 2022 has been criticized for its excessive spending and failure to forecast balance, with the government’s flawed

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