Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part I: The Context of Canada's Tax System

2. The Tax System and the Politics of Ideas

3. The Tax System as Economic Constitution

4. The Tax Policy Community: Institutions and Processes

5. The Public Tax Policy Process: Agenda-Setting, Interest Groups, and Public Opinion

Part II: The Politics of Taxation from Carter to Martin

6. The Tax Reform Pendulum: The Politics of Taxation During the Trudeau Era

7. The Mulroney Legacy: Tax Reform, Free Trade, and the Deficit Trap

8. The Politics of Sales Tax Reform

9. Chrétien, Martin, and the Politics of Deficit Reduction

Part III: The Politics of Taxation in the Twenty-first Century: Balancing National, Regional, and Global Pressures

10. Living Standards and the Politics of Personal Taxation

11. Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Business Taxation

12. Taxation, Federalism, and the Provinces

13. Taxation, the Family, and Civil Society

Conclusion: The Politics of Taxation and the New Economy

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index

Promotional Information

This is a fascinating and timely book on a topic that has attracted too little serious attention. Geoffrey Hale has provided us with a tour de force on politics and taxation in Canada. It should help lead the way to both better politics and better tax policy in the future. -- Jim Davies, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario

About the Author

Geoffrey Hale is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge.

Reviews

This is a fascinating and timely book on a topic that has attracted too little serious attention. Geoffrey Hale has provided us with a tour de force on politics and taxation in Canada. It should help lead the way to both better politics and better tax policy in the future.--Jim Davies, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario