Terence Corcoran: Is Carney’s Canada joining the UN war on inequality?
Financial Post ·
So far, there's been no response to an invitation from UN economist Joseph Stiglitz to help lead international panel
I believe it is accurate to say that Canada has not reached a point where income and wealth inequality are top concerns among Canadian voters and political leaders. Aside from the NDP’s Avi Lewis , leftist journalists and academics, calls to tax-the-rich out of existence are few and far between. There has been little Canadian uptake of the California-based proposal to impose an annual five per cent tax on the wealth of billionaires. Read More