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