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Canadians for Tax Fairness

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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two in three Canadians support a tax on oil and gas companies’ excess profits, including over 60 unions and civil society organizations. 350.org/ept/?r=CA&c=NA
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Tax the Excess Profits of Oil and Gas Companies
Over 60 unions and civil society organizations, backed by 66 % of Canadians, signed a joint letter calling on the Canadian Federal Government to deliver an Excess Profits Tax on the Oil and Gas Indust...
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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Prime Minister, as your government focuses on building a stronger Canadian economy, I urge you to look at Norway’s fiscal regime for oil and gas. Raising the tax share on resource profits ensures public wealth stays in Canada to benefit citizens, rather than flowing out to international shareholders
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Shiri Pasternak @shirip.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Since Canada began cutting corporate taxes in the 1980s, dividends, which are disproportionately paid out to the richest one percent of Canadians, have increased from five percent of GDP to over 12 percent of GDP today."
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good old neoliberal transfer of wealth to the rich. "We already have one year of data from the prime minister’s latest round of corporate handouts. Investment has not budged. What has increased is corporate profits, which have once again reached record highs." canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Trickle down hasn’t worked for the last 40 years. Why does Carney want to try it again?
Instead of ensuring our sovereignty, the Carney government is auctioning off more and more control over Canada’s economy to whichever foreign oligarch has the deepest pockets. If Canada wants to incre...
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mark Carney is selling his “productivity mega deduction” as a way to boost investment. But decades of corporate tax cuts have instead fuelled record profits, rising dividends, and historic wealth inequality, write Jared A. Walker and @silasxuereb.bsky.social of @c4tf.bsky.social.
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Trickle down hasn’t worked for the last 40 years. Why does Carney want to try it again?
Instead of ensuring our sovereignty, the Carney government is auctioning off more and more control over Canada’s economy to whichever foreign oligarch has the deepest pockets. If Canada wants to incre...
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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Canada has a simple choice to make: allow Big Oil’s excess war-driven profits to go directly into the pockets of US/foreign investors and Canada’s richest, or tax those unearned gains and invest back into Canadians and a transition to a future-ready green economy. #cdnpoli
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No matter the province, the gap between the top 0.01% and everyone else just keeps growing. @c4tf.bsky.social recent report highlights the disparity in wealth across Canada, province by province. www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
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Show me the money: A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada
A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It's July 8th, 2026. The U.S./Iran peace deal has broken down once again. Canada needs to get serious about a windfall tax on Big Oil to rein in war profiteering and bring down costs for Canadians. Here's why: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax
The charge could generate up to $46-billion over the next year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 18/06/2026
Two in three Canadians support a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry, a solution tailor-made for this exact crisis. By @policyalternatives.ca executive director, @peggynash.bsky.social and @c4tf.bsky.social executive director, Jared A. Walker. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax
The charge could generate up to $46-billion over the next year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Broadbent Institute board members @peggynash.bsky.social (@policyalternatives.ca) & Jared Walker (@c4tf.bsky.social) argue for a windfall tax on the oil and gas industry to fight Iran-war inflation — an idea supported by a majority of Canadians. 📰 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Block quote from a Globe and Mail opinion article titled "Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax" by Peggy Nash and Jared A. Walker, published June 18, 2026. the quote reads, "North American analysts estimate that gas prices won’t return to prewar levels until mid-2027 at the earliest. Oil companies are set to continue their high profits, while inflation ripples across the economy. A windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry could help remedy that disparity. And a recent poll shows a majority of Canadians support the idea."
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oil and gas companies are rolling in cash, and jacking up prices while Canadians are in a cost of living crisis. @c4tf.bsky.social and @policyalternatives.ca in the @theglobeandmail.com on the need for windfall taxes on oil and gas companies. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax
The charge could generate up to $46-billion over the next year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New report: Extreme wealth inequality is soaring all across Canada — good thing we've got a wealth tax for that! 🎩🥂 See how your province stacks up here: bit.ly/C4TFProvWealth
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Show me the money: A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada
A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is part of a new wave of global political leaders at the subnational level advocating for and implementing measures...
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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
BREAKING: As people in Canada struggle with gas prices and the cost of living, over 60 unions, civil society organizations, Indigenous and faith groups have signed an open letter to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social calling for an excess profits tax on oil & gas companies. Read the letter: 350.org/ept/
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Tax the Excess Profits of Oil and Gas Companies
Over 60 unions civil society organizations, backed by 66 % of Canadians, signed a joint letter calling on the Canadian Federal Government to deliver an Excess Profits Tax on the Oil and Gas Industry.
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
BREAKING: As people in Canada struggle with gas prices & the cost of living, 60+ unions, civil society orgs, Indigenous & faith groups have signed an open letter to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social calling for an excess profits tax on oil & gas companies. Read it here: 350.org/ept/ #cdnpoli #taxbigoil
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Tax the Excess Profits of Oil and Gas Companies
Over 60 unions civil society organizations, backed by 66 % of Canadians, signed a joint letter calling on the Canadian Federal Government to deliver an Excess Profits Tax on the Oil and Gas Industry.
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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨 Until the end of June, every dollar you donate to @c4tf.bsky.social is DOUBLED. If you're ready for a tax system that actually works for all of us—and stops favoring the ultra-rich—now is the time to act. ⏱️ Don’t miss out, tap in! 👇 www.taxfairness.ca/en/civicrm/c...
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
BREAKING: New polling released today shows that two in three Canadians support a tax on oil & gas companies’ excess profits. We’re not surprised. It’s outrageous that wealthy fossil fuel execs are making record profits while people across the country struggle with soaring energy prices & inflation.
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of Canadians support a tax on excess profits of oil and gas corporations, with revenues used to help Canadians lower energy bills.
Source: "Windfall Profits Tax Issue Report," National Survey, May 2026, Liaison StrategiesCanadians want the government to address the cost of living crisis. A direct household rebate leads the revenue-use options from an excess profits tax.Affordability is top of mind for most of us. An excess profits tax is a feasible, practical, and popular solution.
• A 75% tax on excess profits 120% above pre-crisis profit levels would still leave billions in the hands of oil and gas corporations.
• It would generate more than $40 billion (based on current prices) that could be given back to Canadians.
• Oil companies are set to make $10 million per hour based on conservative estimates. This is corporate profiteering.
• 74% of Liberal voters support the tax.Most Canadians agree:
AN EXCESS PROFITS TAX ON OIL AND GASIS A
NO-BRAINER.
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Excess Profits Tax on Oil and Gas Receives Majority Support from All Regions, Age Groups #WindfallTax @theenergymix.com @c4tf.bsky.social www.theenergymix.com/excess-profi...
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Excess Profits Tax on Oil and Gas Receives Majority Support from All Regions, Age Groups
Two-thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas, according to new polling data released June 2 by Climate Caucus.
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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New poll: Two in three Canadians support a tax on oil and gas companies’ excess profits www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
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New poll: Two in three Canadians support a tax on oil and gas companies’ excess profits
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
ICYMI: not only are some millionaires begging to be taxed more, this one just overpaid $1 million to the CRA 💸💸💸
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Ever wonder about the difference in tax bills between an average Canadian and the ultra-wealthy? Us too: bit.ly/C4TFKshaped Spoiler alert: tax time, like the rest of the year, isn’t fair.
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A tale of two tax seasons
KO'd by the economy Canada's economy has become what economists call "K-shaped” — those at the top grow wealth at record levels while those in the middle and below fall further behind.
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters. Instead of capturing windfall profits for the public good, Ottawa is bankrolling fossil fuel companies and starving services needed during the #climatecrisis. New from @silasxuereb.bsky.social: ricochet.media/politics/car... #cdnpoli @c4tf.bsky.social
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Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters
Carney’s fuel tax pause rewards polluters and will generate more windfall profits for oil companies amidst a rising affordability crisis.
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Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
While this will help some households with gas prices, this is not the solution we need - Big Oil is profiting immensely from this crisis, now those profits will come at the expense of our public services as well as workers' paychecks. We should be redistributing those profits not our public services
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Our ED, Jared A. Walker, and economist, @silasxuereb.bsky.social, in @canadiandimension.bsky.social on the urgent need for an excess profits tax on oil & gas: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Gas price spikes are supercharging Big Oil profits
As conflict in the Middle East pushes oil prices higher, Canadians are once again paying more at the pump while fossil fuel companies capture massive windfall profits. Drawing on past price shocks, Ja...
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Dylan Dusseault @dylandusseault.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This conversation happened in no small part thanks to recent excellent reports published by @c4tf.bsky.social with @bcpolicy.bsky.social and @oxfamcanada.bsky.social (I'll link both below). Also highly recommend the second half of the episode featuring @jimbostanford.bsky.social.
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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social found that, in 2023, 86 billionaire families held as much wealth as Canada’s 6.2 million least wealthy families. The big question for @dylandusseault.bsky.social is how to fix it? #WealthInequality #WorkingPeople
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Canada's wealth inequality gap is widening..a tax reform could fix it | The Big Story
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Recently our senior economist Alex Hemingway with @c4tf.bsky.social Silas Xuereb authored the report The New Robber Barons: A Quarter Century of Wealth Concentration in Canada. Read an interview with Silas in Jacobin
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Robber Barons Are Doing Better Than Ever
A new report finds wealth inequality in Canada is reaching new heights, with a tiny elite enjoying lavish lifestyles while the many are left in the cold. The problem is not just moral obscenity but that democracy is perverted by vast wealth concentration.
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We wrote about our report on wealth concentration with @bcpolicy.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca. If we don’t create better economic equality in Canada, we’re on a fast track to oligarchy…
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Davide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 16/03/2026
NEW: Canada’s richest 1 per cent have nearly as much wealth as its poorest 80 per cent combined. www.readthemaple.com/canadas-rich...
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Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80%
Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Canada’s biggest corporations made a record $677B in profits last year. Yet the share they pay in taxes has never been lower, and investment is lagging. Jared Walker and @silasxuereb.bsky.social of @c4tf.bsky.social ask: If tax cuts worked, wouldn’t we have seen the results by now?
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Canada’s biggest corporations raked in $677 billion last year. Why are they still getting handouts?
To rein in corporate power and make life affordable, we can’t rely on the same neoliberal toolbox, write Jared A. Walker and Silex Xuereb. Strong, democratic nations are built by investing in people a...
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Mr. Javaid @mrjavaid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Canadian oil profits for the Big 4 are set to soar as the US/Israel strikes on Iran rattle global markets. 📈 While prices spike, Cdn producers could reap a "risk premium." We should tax these windfall profits to invest in future-proof, climate-resilient energy. We need a windfall tax on O&G now.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
As you fill up with gas that's now up 20c/litre in a week, remember who profits. Cdn oil companies made $150b after-tax profit after the last oil spike (2022). An excess profit tax redistributed to consumers would ease the pain. My take in @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Trump's war on Iran hasn't altered Canada's cost of making gas — at all. So why are we being hosed at the pumps?
Policy choices, not market forces of a war halfway around the world, explain the spike in prices, writes Jim Stanford, leading to unnecessary economy-wide inflation and higher interest rates.
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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
On a new 👁️‍🗨️ @redeyeradio.bsky.social 👁️‍🗨️ BC Policy Solutions Senior Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst @alexhemingway.bsky.social joins the show to explain how a new report from @c4tf.bsky.social debunks the BC NDP's 2026 Budget's push for austerity. www.listennotes.com/podcasts/red...
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Our intrepid executive director, Jared A. Walker, will be moderating this talk about municipal change making at @broadbent.bsky.social’s upcoming Progress summit. Check it out and then come talk about how we can #TaxTheRich at the C4TF booth! 💫
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Important work on #GenderJustice + #TaxJustice from our international partners, @globaltaxjustice.org ✊✊✊
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Automatic tax filing is long-overdue. Yet tax filing giants have been investing in major lobbying efforts to block it. It would put billions in unpaid benefits in the hands of low-income Canadians and greatly improve accessibility. We need our government to make this happen, once and for all.
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Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🚨NEW REPORT: Our new report, along with our friends at BC Policy Solutions, estimates wealth concentration in Canada from 1999-2023. We find that the share of wealth owned by the top 1% increased from 19.3% to 22.7% over this period. www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
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The new robber barons: A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada Billionaires. Wealth taxes. Stock market booms and busts. In one form or another, wealth is in the headlines day after day. But what actually is wea...
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Alex Hemingway @1alexhemingway.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The wealthiest 1% of families in Canada owned 22.7% of wealth in 2023, up from 19.3% in 1999, seeing a total increase of $3 trillion over that period. Find our new report modelling of extreme wealth inequality from @c4tf.bsky.social and @bcpolicy.bsky.social: bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/11/tax-the-rich/
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The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future ...
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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Wealth inequality is a growing issue in Canada and our tax system must be overhauled to tax high-end wealth and capital income more effectively in order to benefit the public good, shows a new report by Silas Xuereb & Alex Hemingway
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The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future of Canada.
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Our friends @c4tf.bsky.social have a new report examining the true levels of wealth inequality in Canada, and it's impact on our democracy. One shocking stat: billionaire wealth grew 37.2% between 2023 and 2025 while total household wealth only grew 9.3%. www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
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The new robber barons: A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada Billionaires. Wealth taxes. Stock market booms and busts. In one form or another, wealth is in the headlines day after day. But what actually is wea...
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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Wealth concentration in Canada is problem - @c4tf.bsky.social has a new report out on exactly how much of a problem and what we should do about it: www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
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The new robber barons: A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada Billionaires. Wealth taxes. Stock market booms and busts. In one form or another, wealth is in the headlines day after day. But what actually is wea...
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
After 25 years of extreme wealth concentration, the top 1% own 23% of the wealth—up $3 trillion. Our new report w/ @bcpolicy.bsky.social sounds the alarm: to protect our democracy & sovereignty, we need to stop our slide into US-style oligarchy. Read it now: www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...
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The new robber barons: A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada
A quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada Billionaires. Wealth taxes. Stock market booms and busts. In one form or another, wealth is in the headlines day after day. But what actually is wea...
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
C4TF’s Jared A. Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social in @canadiandimension.bsky.social on why a deficit shouldn’t be shouldered by workers and why the wealthy should foot the bill instead canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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A deficit paid by workers and a bailout for the wealthy
Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17 billion, yet ordinary Canadians face cuts to essential services while the ultra-wealthy and multinational corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loo...
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Wow! Someone's cranky! While we appreciate the free press from Terence, let's see if we can improve his mood point by point. financialpost.com/opinion/tere...
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Terence Corcoran: Help! I’m rich, so tax me more. Pretty please…
Here’s a message for socialist millionaires: send in the money voluntarily, or shut up. Read more from Terence Corcoran
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Excellent interview! @taxjustice.net @theguardian.com 💥💥
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Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
In our latest for The Breach, Jared and I do a deep dive on how continued tax haven abuse is not just despite our government policy - it's because of our government policy.
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Our ED, Jared Walker, and researcher, @silasxuereb.bsky.social, on the billions lost to tax havens. Check it out in @breachmedia.ca! 👀
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Canada has a tax haven problem — and it's costing all of us. Listen to Jared Walker of @c4tf.bsky.social on the Perspectives Journal podcast: perspectivesjournal.ca/canadas-tax-haven-dilemma/
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Isaac Phan Nay @isaacphannay.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"The richest, and the top one per cent in particular, have captured a significantly outsized proportion of economic growth,” — @silasxuereb.bsky.social with @c4tf.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/08... #BCLab #CanEcon
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How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee
Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?
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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Our policy analyst, @silasxuereb.bsky.social, spoke to @thetyee.ca about the ever-growing income gap in Canada thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
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How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee
Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"The ultrawealthy and large corporations that benefit the most from our economy are able to move their assets to low-tax jurisdictions to avoid paying billions in taxes, while the rest of us are left holding the bag." @c4tf.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Why do we keep letting Canada’s ultrarich use tax havens to stash wealth?
Carney needs to end a near-universally loathed loophole that allows the wealthiest and largest corporations to avoid paying billions
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