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Tax fairness and quality public services are issues that must be addressed by public policy makers and politicians. We've produced and gathered various tools and reports to explain these issues and lay out the choices available to our governments. Please use and share these resources. Visit regularly for updated materials.

Monster in the Closet - Companion to video about Tax fairness

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New from NUPGE -- Fall 2012

Privatization - Same Old Game, Brand New Threats.  Download PDF pamphlet  Right to Work Laws are All Wrong - download PDF pamphlet

Privatization - Same Old Game, Brand New Threats / Right to Work Laws are All Wrong

  

Download PDF versions of these new booklets:

"Right to Work" Laws - The 1% vs. Fairness and You / Le 1% contre l'équité et vous-même - New Forms of Privatization

 

  

 

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Our governments don’t have a spending problem. In 1992, total spending was 53% as a share of our economy. In 2008 it was 39%. Click on the Twitter icon to spread the facts
We have a tax fairness problem. The top 1% earners in Canada paid a lower total tax rate than the poorest 10%. How is that fair?  Click on the Twitter icon to spread the facts
By 2012, Canada will have the lowest corporate tax rates in the G7. Canada's rate will be 15% lower than the US, yet governments say they are running deficits and will need to cut public services. How is that fair? Click on the Twitter icon to spread the facts