Finance committee  That's a great question, because it applies to a lot of our tax expenditures. You know, as structured, a lot of them are fairly blunt instruments. That one, for example, is not specifically targeted at struggling start-ups in the tech industry. It's widely available to those who

Finance committee  I would suggest that for any tax expenditure like this, we should look at the public goal first. If the public goal is to support struggling tech companies to get out of the gates in Canada, we should look at the whole toolbox we have and ask if tax expenditure is the best and mo

Finance committee  No, I'll leave it there.

Finance committee  Yes, one of the big problems we have with our system, not just with the working income supplements, but in general with our income benefits programs is that there's a concept of deserving and undeserving poor. If we could move away from that back to a place where there's a right

Finance committee  In this case, making sure that there is clear tracking and evaluation of implications for those who are on the income would be a really critical part of the puzzle.

Finance committee  It's important that while we're talking about women's participation in trades and more broadly in the economy, it ties back to the conversation we just had about income splitting. We're talking about a privileged boutique tax credit for a handful of wealthy when we should be talk

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. The numbers are quite small. My understanding is that 3% of businesses, about 750,000, are impacted, so it's relatively small. Because the threshold is quite high, it is quite out of reach for most small businesses. The broader issue is that the bul

Finance committee  Because it's focused on passive investment, not active investment, the measures have been restructured to address some of those issues around its being retroactive. I can't speak to how or where businesses are and how well they can respond, but the majority of small businesses wi

Finance committee  I wanted to add that when we're talking about competitiveness it's really important to recognize that our health care system provides a massive competitive advantage for businesses, and it's the same with our education and training systems, so it's not just about regulation and r

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Canadians for Tax Fairness, which many of you are already familiar with, advocates for fair and progressive tax policies aimed at building a strong, sustainable economy, reducing inequality, and ensuring that there is adequate funding for the quality public