This book is about taxes in Canada: who pays what, and who gets what. Taxes connect us to one another, to the common good, and to the future. In many respects, then, this is a book about the Canada we want, about citizenship and the common good, and about the role of government. The contributors, leading practitioners and scholars on taxation and public policy in Canada, explore how taxes have become a political ??o-go zone??and how changes in taxation are changing Canada. They challenge the view that ??ny tax is a bad tax??and provide broad directions for fairer and smarter approaches.rnrnTax Is Not a Four-Letter Word provides new information on h