The Politics of Taxation in Canada

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables and Appendices -- ONE. Introduction -- PART I. THE CONTEXT OF CANADA'S TAX SYSTEM -- TWO. The Tax System and the Politics of Ideas -- THREE. The Tax System as Economic Constitution -- FOUR. The Tax Policy Community: Institutions and Processes -- FIVE. The Public Tax Policy Process: Agenda-Setting, Interest Groups, and Public Opinion -- PART II. THE POLITICS OF TAXATION FROM CARTER TO MARTIN -- Introduction -- SIX. The Tax Reform Pendulum: The Politics of Taxation during the Trudeau Era -- SEVEN. The Mulroney Legacy: Tax Reform, Free Trade, and the Deficit Trap -- EIGHT. The Politics of Sales Tax Reform -- NINE. Chretien, Martin, and the Politics of Deficit Reduction -- PART III. THE POLITICS OF TAXATION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY-BALANCING NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL PRESSURES -- Introduction -- TEN. Living Standards and the Politics of Personal Taxation -- ELEVEN. Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Business Taxation -- TWELVE. Taxation, Federalism, and the Provinces -- THIRTEEN. Taxation, the Family, and Civil Society -- Conclusion: The Politics of Taxation and the New Economy -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index