Actually, Queen K, you are correct. "Looking the other way" was done by the Conservatives as well.
While having top tax rates around 70% was too high, the tax cutters and avoiders have gone much too far in the other direction. We also have to recognize that this isn't a political party problem, it is a systemic problem.
We have to get back to the 1966 Carter commission report that Diefenbaker commissioned. "A buck is a buck".
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/royal-commission-on-taxation/Everyone should contribute to the country that has made us all wealthy (by world standards) in accordance with our ability to do so.
By the way (and not in response to QK), not everyone dislikes paying their fair share. I don't mind paying my fair share of taxes, but what makes me grouse is others who don't and wiggle out of as much as possible and cry about contributing to Canada.
That's really the issue. Those, especially those who are high on the hog, who duck taxes every legitimate plus sleazy way they can. They were the kids who when there were enough cookies for one each would try to take two or three, That is, until gramma got them with the wooden spoon. We need a wooden spoon!
It starts with lobbying, which is what gives these thieves the ability to get the rules twisted their way. The only way to get rid of thatis real electoral reform, leave FPTP (PR is a sham) and add 15% of the seats for common citizens by lottery. Then drop the party contribution to individuals only and $100/year. Fund Elections Canada to provide equal communications platforms for every candidate, then the parties can do what they want with $100 contributions. That locks out the lobbyist corruption.
This article provides some perspective on the damage this nonsense is doing to our western liberal democracies:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-07/paradise-papers-why-tax-avoidance-matters/9123850"In Australia, public schools — which once provided a means of social advancement — have increasingly become a repository for the disadvantaged.
"If the current trends continue, if we allow our corporate tax revenues to drain to nothing … we'll be increasingly unable to provide these things," Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told the ABC's Four Corners program.
"An indirect but far more corrosive effect is on the public's view of our institutions."
If the middle class and the working class are bearing a disproportionate share of the tax burden, trust in democracy is undermined."When it's documented as well as it has been that companies like Apple and Google and Microsoft — these incredibly profitable companies — are just able to use the tax system like a piñata, that just reinforces the belief that no-one cares about the plight of middle-income families," Mr Gardner said."
This isn't a "left" or "right" or "liberal" or "conservative" issue. This is an issue for all of us.
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