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alltogethernow.nupge.ca
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A national campaign to:
1. Defend public employees
2. Promote public services
3. Fight for tax fairness
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We’re facing:• Tough collective bargaining
• Cuts to public services
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How did we get to this point?
September 2008 the financial sector crashes
causing an economic crisis around the world
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The public sector didn’t
cause this economic
crisis
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Public services support families
and communities
every day
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We don’t have a
spending problem
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Total government spending in Canada
1992
53% share of economy
2008
39% share of economy
Source: OECD in figures 2009
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Rank Country Year 2008
1 Japan 36%
2 United States 37%
3 Canada 39%
4 Germany 44%
5 United Kingdom 45%
6 Italy 48%
7 France 54%
G7 Countries: Total government expenditures as a percent of GDP
Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 84, December 2008
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We don’t have a deficit
problem
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We have a revenue problem
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1995 tax revenue 36% of GDP
2008 tax revenue 33% of GDP
Source: OECD in figures 2009
A revenue problem
$50 billion in lost revenue per year
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Where does Canada rank?
• 10th lowest in the OECD
• Below OECD average of 36%
• Way below EU average of 40%
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Less money to invest in public services that
families rely on
Less money to improve wages and working conditions of public
employees
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We have a revenue problem
BECAUSE
we have a tax fairness
problem
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TAX FAIRNESS FACT #1: The richest Canadians are not paying
their fair share
From 1990 to 2005:
• The total tax rate went up for lowest income Canadians and went down for the richest 1%
• The richest 1% of Canadians now pay a lower total tax rate than the poorest 10%
Source: Marc Lee, CCPA November 2007, Eroding Tax Fairness 1990 – 2005
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Figure 5: Tax rate of all taxes by income decile: 1990 and 2005
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
1990 2005
1. Total tax rate up for poorest, down for the top 1%
2. Richest 1% lower total tax rate than the poorest 10%
Source: Marc Lee, CCPA November 2007, Eroding Tax Fairness 1990 – 2005
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TAX FAIRNESS FACT #2: Canada leading the race to the bottom on
corporate tax cuts
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TAX FAIRNESS
1. Governments should make the richest 1% of Canadians pay their fair share
2. Governments should stop the irresponsible corporate tax cuts
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If not us, who?
If not now, when?
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