The Canadian government hasn't been dependent on taxation since 10 April, 1933, when an Order-in-Council officially suspended the redemption of Dominion notes for gold. Once a government de-couples itself from reality via fiat currency, it can pay all domestic bills via money printing. Taxation is no longer about raising funds or balancing budgets, but about social engineering. Which peoples and behaviours should be penalized and which subsidized? Taxation is about helping friends and harming enemies.
The Canadian government hasn't been dependent on taxation since 10 April, 1933, when an Order-in-Council officially suspended the redemption of Dominion notes for gold. Once a government de-couples itself from reality via fiat currency, it can pay all domestic bills via money printing. Taxation is no longer about raising funds or balancing budgets, but about social engineering. Which peoples and behaviours should be penalized and which subsidized? Taxation is about helping friends and harming enemies.