To mark the 100th anniversary of Canada’s income tax , the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada ( MISC ) held its annual “Who Pays for Canada? Taxes & Fairness” conference on Feb. 22 and 23. A series of panels covered the philosophy of taxes, ways to fairly distribute tax revenue across society, and the evolution of Canadian tax policy.
Canada’s departure from distributive justice
Daniel Weinstock, a professor in the Faculty of Law and Department of Philosophy, opened the “Philosophies of Fairness” panel. The main topic was Rawls’ social science theory of distributive justice , which presents […]
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