WHAT'S NEW?
The latest developments on taxpayers protection
Reprinted from a CANADIAN TAXPAYERS' FEDERATION publication
- not dated
TAXPAYER PROTECTION LEGISLATION
A 'Made-in Canada' Solution
Alberta
Balanced Budget Law (1993)
Law Giving Voters Veto Over PST Introduction (1995)
Debt Pay Down Law (1995--25-Year Basis)
Saskatchewan (Passed 1995)
Balanced Budget Law
New Brunswick (Passed 1995)
Balanced Budget Law
Yukon (Passed 1995)
Balanced Budget Law
Accountablility Law -- A Deficit Triggers an Election
Law Giving Voters Veto Over Tax Increases and New Taxes (Comprehensive)
Manitoba (Passed November, 1995)
Balanced Budget Law
Pay Cuts for Premier and Cabinet If They Allow a Deficit -- 20% 1st Year;
40% 2nd Year
Law Giving Voters Veto Over Tax Increases and New Taxes (Comprehensive)
Debt Pay Down Law -- 30 Year Basis
From The Globe & Mail - March 16, 1998
Ontario plans plebiscite bill
The Ontario government is set to unveil legislation to requre
a plebiscite before any major tax increase. The bill, to be introduced
today, will also require consultation with voters on other issues and limit
the activities of lobbyists.(Page A4)
Ontario (Pending)
Deficit Elimination Law - 5 Year with Interim Targets
Pay Cuts for Premier and Cabinet If They Miss Targets -- 25% 1st Year;
50% 2nd Year
Law Giving Voters Veto Over Tax Increases and New Taxes (Comprehensive)
* Passage Pending
The History of TAXCAP
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