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Cut Corporate Income Taxes Massively to Increase Growth, Prosperity

Increasing income tax on businesses and investment will not increase prosperity and personal income.
Cut Corporate Income Taxes Massively to Increase Growth, Prosperity
The Canada Revenue Agency’s headquarters in Ottawa is seen in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Commentary
Business groups are justifiably opposed to the federal government’s June 25 increase of the inclusion rate for capital gains tax. But there is another corporate income tax increase looming. It will come in the form of a 2018 corporate tax reduction that is set to expire starting this year. Ottawa ironically intended it to make Canada more competitive amid the 2018 tax reform and cut in the United States.
Ian Madsen
Ian Madsen
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Ian Madsen is senior policy analyst at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.