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Doctors and other professionals push back against proposed tax reforms aimed at high earners

‘If implemented, these proposals will make Canada an undesirable place to practice,’ OMA President Dr. Shawn Whatley wrote in one newspaper


-- National Post

Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s proposal to restrict the use of private corporations as a tax-saving vehicle will hit many professionals hard, but especially doctors who are mounting a publicity campaign against it and gathering allies from other affected groups. Dr. Shawn Whatley, president of the Ontario Medical Association, said MPs can expect to start hearing from the 29,000 practicing doctors in his organization, about 70 per cent of whom have incorporated. -- More...

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