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Canadian parliamentarians are taking a crack at squeezing out more government revenue from tax havens, and we wish them all the luck and stamina. Tucked away from the Conservative-to-Liberal floor-crossings and the nail-biting confidence-vote drama that have dominated this Parliament, MPs on the House of Commons finance committee were contemplating all the places where corporations put their profits.

We seem to have lost the plot when it comes to the link between the taxes we pay and the services we get. But not these three UBC students! In a contest to tackle a challenging public transit funding problem, they found themselves advocating for a bespoke (very small) tax hike.