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-Proposal textBE IT RESOLVED THAT the GPC recognizes nature as the equal birthright of all people.- Therefore, the GPC will replace taxes on beneficial economic activity with taxes which compensate
- the public for occupation, use, and degradation of the public's natural resources (also known as
-rent capture), including land and ecosystems.Type of ProposalPublic policy that the party would-representObjective / BenefitConventional land law has created a vicious cycle of worsening-inequality as landowners collect rent which they don't create, which empowers them to buy even more-land, thus concentrating ever more land in ever fewer hands. This could be fixed by capturing rent-and redistributing it to society.- Furthermore, most existing taxes - like income, business, and sales taxes - inhibit beneficial
- economic activity.
- After replacing those taxes with taxes on land, natural resources, and pollution, more wealth will
- be produced using less land, fewer natural resources, and less pollution.
-It all starts with declaring that Earth is humanity's common wealth.If your proposal replaces an-existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?The first four paragraphs of G10-P002 Green-Tax Reform. To replace the fifth paragraph of G10-P002, see Financial Incentives for Ecological-Restoration: gid://decidim-app/Decidim::Proposals::Proposal/3960List any supporting evidence for-your proposal🔰Common Wealth Canada, an organization which advocates for these policies:- https://www.commonwealth.ca/ (External link)
- 🔰Projected benefits of this tax shift in the EU, including increased employment and reduced carbon
- emissions - https://ex-tax.com/taxshift/ (External link)
- 🔰"How Low Taxes Lead To High Home Prices In Vancouver, BC: And how taxing land value can cool
- speculation and unlock affordability" -
- https://www.sightline.org/2022/05/09/how-low-taxes-lead-to-high-home-prices-in-vancouver-bc/
- (External link)
- 🔰Other Green and environmentalist organizations' existing endorsements of similar ideas -
- https://commonground-usa.net/14320-2/ (External link)
- 🔰"Post-Corona balanced budget fiscal stimulus: The case for shifting taxes onto land" -
- https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/post-corona-balanced-budget-fiscal-stimulus-case-shift
- Henry George Foundation of Canada https://earthsharing.ca/page/about-us
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
-group or groups?N/AJurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?YesPlease indicate the-language the proposal is being submitted in.English
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- +Proposal text
- +
- +The GPC recognizes nature as the equal birthright of all people.
- +
- +
- Therefore, the GPC will replace taxes on beneficial economic activity with taxes which compensate
- the public for occupation, use, and degradation of the public's natural resources (also known as
- +rent capture), including land and ecosystems.
- +
- +Type of Proposal
- +
- +Public policy that the party would represent
- +
- +Objective / Benefit
- +
- +Conventional land law has created a vicious cycle of worsening inequality as landowners collect rent
- +which they don't create, which empowers them to buy even more land, thus concentrating ever more
- +land in ever fewer hands. This could be fixed by capturing rent and redistributing it to society.
- Furthermore, most existing taxes - like income, business, and sales taxes - inhibit beneficial
- economic activity.
- After replacing those taxes with taxes on land, natural resources, and pollution, more wealth will
- be produced using less land, fewer natural resources, and less pollution.
- +It all starts with declaring that Earth is humanity's common wealth.
- +
- +If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- +
- +The first four paragraphs of G10-P002 Green Tax Reform. To replace the fifth paragraph of G10-P002,
- +see Financial Incentives for Ecological Restoration:
- +gid://decidim-app/Decidim::Proposals::Proposal/3960
- +
- +List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- +
- +🔰Common Wealth Canada, an organization which advocates for these policies:
- https://www.commonwealth.ca/ (External link)
- +
- 🔰Projected benefits of this tax shift in the EU, including increased employment and reduced carbon
- emissions - https://ex-tax.com/taxshift/ (External link)
- +
- 🔰"How Low Taxes Lead To High Home Prices In Vancouver, BC: And how taxing land value can cool
- speculation and unlock affordability" -
- https://www.sightline.org/2022/05/09/how-low-taxes-lead-to-high-home-prices-in-vancouver-bc/
- (External link)
- +
- 🔰Other Green and environmentalist organizations' existing endorsements of similar ideas -
- https://commonground-usa.net/14320-2/ (External link)
- +
- 🔰"Post-Corona balanced budget fiscal stimulus: The case for shifting taxes onto land" -
- https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/post-corona-balanced-budget-fiscal-stimulus-case-shift
- Henry George Foundation of Canada https://earthsharing.ca/page/about-us
- +
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- +group or groups?
- +
- +N/A
- +
- +Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- +
- +Yes
- +
- +Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- +
- +English
