Canada’s dangerously distorted tax conversation | Toronto Star

The alternate and needed conversation on taxes to ensure a balanced discussion by Alex Himmelfarb, former Clerk of the Privy Council and Director of the Glendon School of International and Public Affairs.

As someone who has benefitted from healthcare over the past few years (more than I ever wanted), looking at both services provided and cost of taxes provides a balanced perspective and conversation.

While this does not necessary resolve issues related to levels of taxation, it does reinforce a more sound political discussion about what level of services, and what kind of services, we as citizens wish to pay for, as government services are not free.

His book, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word, is coming out later this month.

Canada’s dangerously distorted tax conversation | Toronto Star.