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The Georgist Registry Global Report: Canada
THE HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION OF CANADA
John Fisher, President
P.O. Box 122
Rodney, Ontario, Canada N0L 2C0
Phone: 519-785-0203
THE OSCAR BOLENS FOUNDATION
Ben Sevack, President
P.O. Box 49193
275 Melbourne
Montreal, Quebec, Canada HIN 3T6
Phone: 514-731-1467
CANADIAN RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
Ben Sevack, President (see address above)
Francis K. Peddle, Director of Research (see address below)
Ottawa Office, Cheryl Murray, Administrator
P.O. Box 913, Station "B"
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P9
Phone: 613-232-1740 Fax or phone: 613-594-5881
Montreal Office
P.O. Box 49193
7275 Sherbrooke St. East
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA H1N 3T6
Phone: 514-352-4231 Fax: 514-643-4308
Vancouver Associates
Mary Rawson (BC Assessment Authority Board Member)
1406 Woodland Dr.
Vancouver V5L 3S6
604-251-2908
Olaf Klasen
#7 - 2436 York Ave.
Vancouver, B.C.
Phone and Fax: (604) 733-5937
ONTARIO SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE
Francis K Peddle, President
P.O. Box 913, Station "B"
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1P 6P9
Phone: 613-594-5881 Fax: 613-594-3952
John Fisher, Executive Director
P.O. Box 122
Rodney, Ontario, CANADA NoL 2C9
519-785-0203
RODNEY TWO TIER PROPERTY TAX COMMITTEE
John Fisher, Chairman (see address above)
CALGARY HENRY GEORGE SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE
Gaye and Gerry Shaw, Directors
3017 25th St., SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 1Y2
403-242-4291
THE CANADIAN RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON TAXATION (CRCT) has been involved in reorganizing the activities of the various Henry George groups in Canada. The primary objective of the reorganization has been to coordinate research and administrative activities in the Ottawa office and to deploy the limited finances of Georgist organizations in Canada most efficiently and effectively. Their thrust now is to reach out to many diverse groups -- governmental, academic, commercial environmental -- to name only a few. CRCT is supported primarily by the Oscar Boelens Foundation (OBF) in Montreal and the Henry George Foundation of Canada (HGFC) in Toronto and operates with a professional Director of Research, Dr. Francis K. Peddle, both a practicing attorney, a lecturer in philosophy and an economist. The Peterborough Two Tier Property Tax Committee, chaired by Mal McCarthy, was quite active until Mal passed away in 1994. Its trust funds were distributed to the CRCT and the OBF. CRCT recently published two books -- Cities and Greed: Taxes, Inflation and Land Speculation and HENRY GEORGE AND THE END OF TAX COMMISSIONS: An Evaluation of the Ontario Fair Tax Commission., written by Dr. Francis K. Peddle. Copies are available from CRCT.
John Fisher now operates the Two Tier Property Tax Committee which conducts ongoing tax impact studies on lowering the mill rate on buildings and increasing it on land values. His work is especially important with respect to the treatment of farmland under a property tax regime that incorporates land value taxation as its primary fiscal objective.
A World Wide Web Site on Internet was established March 15, 1996, thanks to Jean Smith for the required funds. It will be continually updated with research data, papers and general information on Georgist activities in Canada. The address is http://www.crctaxation.org. E-mail can be sent to raynon@fox.nstn.ca.
The 16th Annual CGO Conference will be in Ottawa, October 11-13, 1996. Programs and registration forms will be mailed in June, 1996.
Recent Tax Reform Initiatives. In January, 1996, the Greater Toronto Area Tax Force produced a 269 page report that contained a substantial section on reforming the property tax. Its serious flaws are discussed in the books noted above.
CRCT now publishes a bi-monthly newsletter which is available through membership which costs $20.00 a year.
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