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Shrink government revenues? Grow TFSA room? Economists weigh in on what a Poilievre tax-reform panel could—or should—consider

Pierre Poilievre is likely to appoint a panel of 'practical people,' and avoid policies that don't work in the real world, unlike the way 'losing governments’ have approached tax reforms in the past, said the Fraser Institute’s Philip Cross.

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July 4, 2024

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Shrink government revenues? Grow TFSA room? Economists weigh in on what a Poilievre tax-reform panel could—or should—consider

Pierre Poilievre is likely to appoint a panel of 'practical people,' and avoid policies that don't work in the real world, unlike the way 'losing governments’ have approached tax reforms in the past, said the Fraser Institute’s Philip Cross.

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