History
Unlike the United Kingdom and the United States, Canada avoided charging an income tax prior to World War I. The lack of income tax was seen as a key component in Canada's efforts to attract immigrants as Canada offered a lower tax regime compared to almost every other country. Prior to the war Canadian federal governments relied on tariffs and customs income under the auspices of the National Policy for most of their revenue, while the provincial governments sustained themselves primarily through their management of natural resources (the Prairie provinces being paid subsidies by the federal government as Ottawa retained control of natural resources for the time being there). The federal Liberal Party considered the probable need to introduce an income tax should their negotiation of a free trade agreement with the United States in the early 20th century been successful, but the Conservatives defeated the Liberals in 1911 over their support of free trade.
The Conservatives opposed income tax as they wanted to attract immigrants primarily from the United Kingdom and the United States, as opposed to Eastern Europe, and they wanted to give their preferred choice of newcomers some incentive to come to Canada. Wartime expenses forced the Tories to re-consider their options and in 1917 the wartime government imposed a "temporary" income tax to cover expenses. Despite the new tax the Canadian government ran up considerable debts during the war and were unable to forego income tax revenue after the war ended. With the election of the Mackenzie King-led Liberal government, much of the National Policy was dismantled and income tax has remained in place ever since.
О чем думал? О "временности" некоторых изменений (в соседнем каунти тоже ввели временный налог, время прошло, но оффициально его не отменили вроде бы), о том, что страна оказывается может существовать не собирая подоходный налог с граждан (или по крайней мере собирая его в гораздо меньших размерах), ну и наконец о насущном - что вот придет либеральное правительство, и как говорится "И тут пришел поручик Ржевский и все опошлил! "
... Маша, no offence, это я просто спросил, а то сомнения закрались, вдруг ты скрытй либерал (при том что ты говоришь что у вас в Портланде гомосе..., тьфуты либералов уже почти столько же сколько у нас в СФ стало. Вот я и забеспокоился 
