Business Tax Reform Key to Boosting Investment, Raising Living Standards, Study Says

Business Tax Reform Key to Boosting Investment, Raising Living Standards, Study Says
Bay Street, Toronto's financial district, is shown in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Kevin Frayer
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Ottawa could boost business investment, and raise living standards, by making some reforms to the business tax structure, according to a recent study by the non-profit think tank Fraser Institute.

Boosting Canada’s Competitiveness by Reforming Business Taxation looks at three changes the institute says Ottawa could make to the business taxation system and make the country more attractive to investors. By improving investment, productivity will increase and so will the standard of living for Canadians, says the report.