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Taxing Canadian expats not the silver bullet for generating post-COVID revenue

The flawed U.S. example and anecdotal evidence fail to justify such a change or even a study, given that there are more important taxation and related policy questions.

Liberal MP Chandra Arya recently argued in Policy Options that Canada should switch to a taxation model based on residency. In a rebuttal, Andrew Griffith says this is a questionable path to take. Photograph courtesy of the office of Chandra Arya
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