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The NDP crackdown on tax havens

By Ira Basen on April 27, 2011 4:53 PM

Categories: Budget, NDP, Taxes

An NDP government would collect billions over the next four years cracking down on offshore tax havens. Problem is, most of that has already been done.
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VIDEO: Costing out the NDP platform

By Reality Check Team on April 26, 2011 11:48 AM

Categories: Jack Layton, NDP, Taxes

The NDP promises to balance the budget in four years through corporate taxes and a cap-and-trade energy tax that may be overstated. Amanda Lang looks at the numbers.
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Attacking the NDP: killers of child care and raisers of taxes

By Meagan Fitzpatrick on April 25, 2011 5:17 PM

Categories: Child care, Conservatives, Elizabeth May, Jack Layton, Liberals, NDP, Taxes

Rising in the polls, the NDP are suddenly being targeted by the Liberals who accuse them of killing national child care and 'jacking up your taxes.' And the basis for this?
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Who wants to charge a $75 iPod tax? Uh, no one

By Laura Payton on April 15, 2011 4:15 PM

Categories: Coalition, Conservatives, Liberals, Taxes

UPDATED: In a new ad, the Conservatives say Canada's other parties want to charge you a $75 tax on iPods and smart phones. Not so, in fact the record on this is pretty clear.
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AUDIO: Does cutting the deficit mean cutting programs

By Reality Check Team on April 15, 2011 2:28 PM

Categories: Budget, Conservatives, Taxes

AUDIO: Can the Conservatives trim an extra $11 billion from spending without cutting programs? Curt Petrovich talks to some outside experts who doubt that can happen.
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NDP promise: Keeping corporate tax rate below the U.S.

By Ira Basen on April 12, 2011 6:45 AM

Categories: Jack Layton, Taxes

Tax evaders, tax avoiders. Is there any point talking about comparative corporate tax rates when the world is full of easy come tax shelters?
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