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Québec’s 2026-2027 Budget: Continuity heading into the October elections
By Antoine Genest-Gregoire, Assistant Professor at the University of Sherbrooke’s Department of Taxation.
Tax filing was supposed to be getting easier. That’s still a work in progress.
It’s tax-filing season again, with all the headaches that brings for Canadians tearing apart their houses and their laptops to find the right paperwork before the deadline.
What history tells us about tax, trouble and the top one per cent
By Shirley Tillotson, Professor of history at Dalhousie University; expert advisor at the Canadian Tax Observatory | A version of this piece was originally published in the Halifax Examiner, February 25, 2026
The Canadian Tax Observatory applauds new tax measures to make life more affordable
The Canadian Tax Observatory welcomes today’s announcement from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne to substantially increase the GST credit, now called the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit.
The Canadian Tax Observatory welcomes powerhouse advisory committee of experts
Today, the Canadian Tax Observatory announced the nine prominent tax thinkers who will form its founding expert advisory committee.
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