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Taxes for Peace, Not War.
Year Published: 1980Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX1063 Abstract: The proposed World Peace Tax Fund is designed to make provisions for the allocation of federal taxes for peacful purposes. The taxpayer could check an item on his or her tax return to indicate that he or she is a conscientious objector, and the tax authorities would divert the percentage of the tax which would otherwise be spent on "defense" to the World Peace Tax Fund. The Fund would be managed by a board of individuals whose commitment to peace is unquestioned; the board would allocate funds to organizations working on peace research and peach activities. Several letters have been sent to the new Ministers of Revenue Canada, National Defence and to the leaders of the opposition parties requesting that a Peace Tax Fund be established in Canada. The letter supports many existing government programs but rejects use of tax funds for programs such as promotion of the sale of Canadian-made arms to Third World Countries. In addition to writing similar letters, the committee suggests another way to express support for peace and oppostion to war - the full use of the Charitable Donation peace work not only enable the organization concerned to work more effectively but also reduce taxable income, and therefore tax. Donors could write letters to the minister of National Revenue when they file their returns, to tell him that they are donating to peace organizations to assist their work and to reduce their taxes so that less would be provided for war purposes. Subject Headings |