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Opinion: Canada is making mistakes Sweden fixed long ago

After high-profile tax horror stories in the 1970s Sweden switched to smart taxation: higher consumption tax and lower, flatter income tax

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In economic debates, Sweden is often in the eye of the beholder. Though now one of the most capital-friendly tax jurisdictions in the world, it is still often treated as the high-tax welfare state it once was. I have advised on Swedish tax law for decades. Some of my clients left the country when taxes became punitive but then returned after reform. I fear Canada will lose more and more economic contributors until it adopts similar reforms.

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