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  • Macleans

    Taber Shootings

    The Canadian Encyclopedia is home to over 2,300 articles originally published in Maclean's magazine between 1994 and 2014, including this one. Readers should note that these are works of journalism — not encyclopedic entries — and therefore their tone and style differs from articles found elsewhere on our website. Similarly, we’ve archived them as they were first published, meaning that unlike encyclopedic entries, these articles aren’t updated to reflect current events. Our hope is that they might provide insight into the issues and events that mattered to Canadians during a 20-year period. The full Maclean’s archive is available here. This article in particular was published on 10 May, 1999. 

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  • Macleans

    Talks Continue on Tory-Alliance Merger

    The birth of his first child can change the way a man looks at things. Stephen Harper had always been a hardline ideological conservative, not given to bending.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 29, 2003

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  • Article

    Taschereau Legal Dynasty

    Spanning 3 centuries and 2 legal cultures, the Taschereau family perpetuated itself, along with several other groups, as a core constituent in Québec's law-making institutions.

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  • Article

    Tax Court of Canada

    Tax Court of Canada, established 1983, is an independent body under the federal minister of justice. Its objective is to provide an easily accessible tribunal for the disposition of disputes between taxpayers and the minister of national revenue.

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  • Article

    Taxation in Canada

    Taxes are mandatory payments by individuals and corporations to government. They are levied to finance government services, redistribute income, and influence the behaviour of consumers and investors. The Constitution Act, 1867 gave Parliament unlimited taxing powers and restricted those of the provinces to mainly direct taxation (taxes on income and property, rather than on activities such as trade). Personal income tax and corporate taxes were introduced in 1917 to help finance the First World War (see Income Tax in Canada). The Canadian tax structure changed profoundly during the Second World War. By 1946, direct taxes accounted for more than 56 per cent of federal revenue. The federal government introduced a series of tax reforms between 1987 and 1991; this included the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). In 2009, the federal, provincial and municipal governments collected $585.8 billion in total tax revenues

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  • Macleans

    Teacher-Student Couple Embrace Notoriety

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on May 19, 2003. Partner content is not updated. FIRST, the disgraced teacher caught our attention with a sensational new book. Heather Ingram - convicted three years ago of sexually exploiting a minor after her affair with a teen she taught in high school in Sechelt, B.C.

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  • Macleans

    Teen Describes Murders

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on December 25, 1995. Partner content is not updated. Following their brutal murders in suburban Montreal last April, Frank Toope, a 75-year-old retired Anglican minister, and his wife, Jocelyn, 70, were uniformly praised by friends and former parishioners as a warm, caring and generous couple.

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  • Macleans

    Teen Killing in Toronto

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on November 29, 1999. Partner content is not updated. At the foot of Dmitri Baranovski's bed are some weights, a soccer ball, tennis rackets and - what his stepfather picked up at a garage sale to help him adjust to Canadian life - a football and two hockey sticks.

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  • Article

    Temperance Movement in Canada

    The temperance movement was an international social and political campaign of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was based on the belief that drinking was responsible for many of society’s ills. It called for moderation or total abstinence from alcohol. This led to the legal prohibition of alcohol in many parts of Canada. The Canada Temperance Act (Scott Act) of 1878 gave local governments the “local option” to ban the sale of alcohol. In 1915 and 1916, all provinces but Quebec prohibited the sale of alcohol as a patriotic measure during the First World War. Most provincial laws were repealed in the 1920s in favour of allowing governments to control alcohol sales. Temperance societies were later criticized for distorting economic activity, and for encouraging drinking and organized crime.

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    Tenant League

    Tenant League, popular name for the Tenant Union of Prince Edward Island, a militant agrarian movement fd 19 May 1864 in Charlottetown, PEI.

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    Territorial Government in Canada

    Under Canada’s federal system, the powers of government are shared between the federal government, provincial governments and territorial governments. The territories — Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon — are governed by their respective governments. They receive their legislative authority (the ability to create laws) from the federal government. Ottawa has given territorial governments authority over public education, health and social services; as well as the administration of justice and municipal government. More and more of these powers have been handed down from the federal government in a process called devolution. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is the federal ministry responsible for the territories.

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  • Article

    Terrorism and Canada

    Terrorism is the use of violence or threats of violence by persons or groups against civilians or property. Terrorists use violence to try and achieve political ends. Terrorist activities include assassinations, bombings, hijackings and kidnappings. Some states use terror against their own or enemy populations. But this is not classified as terrorism under Canadian or international law. Terrorist is a politically charged term that carries highly negative connotations. Few violent extremists would accept the label. Instead, most describe themselves as fighters for freedom and justice.

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  • Macleans

    Terrorism Summit

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 25, 1996. Partner content is not updated.Terrorism is not a new curse. There was a time when the most fearsome terrorist of the day was "Carlos" Sanchez, better remembered by his flashier nom de guerre, The Jackal.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 25, 1996

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  • Macleans

    Terrorist Attack in Tel Aviv

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 18, 1996. Partner content is not updated.In this holiest of lands, there is nothing particularly sacred about the intersection of King George and Dizengoff boulevards in downtown Tel Aviv. No prophets are buried on the spot. There are no slabs of ancient rock to be worshipped or fought over.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 18, 1996

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  • Editorial

    The Assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. It is the greatest murder mystery in Canadian political history. Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Father of Confederation and outspoken opponent of the Fenians, was assassinated on an Ottawa street in the early hours of Tuesday, 7 April 1868.

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