Why tax matters

Canada’s personal income tax filing system is outdated, expensive, and costs Canadians billions every year. On the Functional Government Podcast, I talked with Alexandra MacEachern and Paul Craig — two people who’ve actually tried to fix it — about why Canadian taxes are so unnecessarily complicated.

We sat down for a frank conversation about what’s broken and why it stays broken. If you’re one of the millions of Canadians who wastes a weekend doing taxes — and pays a private company for the privilege — you’ll want to hear this. It’s the first of two episodes about income tax and modernization.

Read the full writeup and show notes on The Functional Government Podcast.

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