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William Watson: Ottawa should get behind C.D. Howe's 'Big Bang'

Re-balancing tax rates so they do less economic harm will help bring the growth Canada desperately needs but without reducing revenues

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There was a time in this country when, as in Britain, governments issued “white papers”: detailed statements of a policy approach they wanted to propose. They described what they were planning to do, said why it made good sense and invited discussion.

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Maybe the most famous white paper was the Pierre Trudeau government’s 1969 proposal, introduced by then 35-year-old Jean Chrétien, to do........

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