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May 6, 2026
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What’s so wrong with share buybacks? The tax on them has got to go
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What’s so wrong with share buybacks? The tax on them has got to go
J. ARI PANDES
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PUBLISHED MAY 6, 2026
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J. Ari Pandes is an associate professor of finance and an associate dean at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business.
The Carney government moved quickly to scrap the previous government’s proposed capital-gains tax increase. One policy it has yet to revisit is the 2-per-cent tax on share buybacks that …
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