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The Maple Reckoning

The Maple Reckoning

Almahawe, Ibrahem

Paperback

Series: Taxation

Business GeneralCanadian History

ISBN10: 1919165738
ISBN13: 9781919165738
Publisher: Bashir Publishing
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Canada did not set out to build one of the most complex tax systems in the English-speaking world. It arrived there through war, compromise, political survival, and a long argument over fairness.

The Maple Reckoning is a sweeping and accessible history of Canadian taxation and the story of how a country built its identity through the question of who should pay.

From Confederation to the modern Canada Revenue Agency, this book traces Canada's journey from customs duties and temporary wartime taxes to a vast fiscal system that funds healthcare, pensions, public services, and the institutions of the modern state.

Ibrahem Almahawe explores the defining moments that shaped Canada's tax history: the War Income Tax of 1917, the federal-provincial struggles of the Second World War, the Carter Commission and its failed promise of reform, the political catastrophe of the GST, Quebec's separate tax system, corporate taxation, offshore avoidance, and the modern debate over tax fairness.

More than a book about tax policy, The Maple Reckoning is a story about power, identity, compromise, and the price of the Peaceable Kingdom.

Clear, engaging, and deeply researched, this book reveals how taxation became one of the most important forces shaping modern Canada and why the argument over who pays is far from over.

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