The Australian government is aiming to impose an online shopping tax, the Goods and Service Tax (GST), on low-value overseas goods, but an international coalition opposing these measures has formed to fight against lowering the GST.
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After years of battling, Canada’s First Nations people are celebrating as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), a Canada-based Atlas Network partner, is victorious in its court battle for government transparency.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in October that the nation’s provinces must implement a carbon tax by 2018 or the federal government would do it instead. In the three months since then, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, an Atlas Network partner based in Saskatchewan, has led the policy debate by arguing that a...
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In order to produce and promote the most rigorous research and advance the ideas of liberty, think tanks need the most effective tools at their disposal. Atlas Leadership Academy’s Think Tank Leadership Training (TTLT) is a course on think tank management for individuals interested in learning the latest in strategic planning, f...
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Governments tend to spend money hand over fist, eager to satisfy all the voices clamoring for handouts at taxpayer expense. In the long run, though, future generations are doomed to pay the bill for today’s unchecked government largesse. That’s why Atlas Network partner the Canadian Taxpayers Federation started its Generation Sc...
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When new taxes, however small, are proposed, the public is often left unaware and about what the true costs of such taxes can be. When a notoriously wasteful Canadian government agency, TransLink, proposed a 0.5 percent sales tax on transportation to “reduce traffic” for the Lower Mainland, the No TransLink Tax campaign and Atla...
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