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This document provides information needed to discuss questions regarding tax matters such as the following: Are there too many different kinds of taxes? Should Ontario introduce a wealth tax? Are Ontario's low-income families getting enough tax relief? Should the government have a process in place to reevaluate the tax deductions and subsidies available to taxpayers? Would there be any benefit to taxpayers if Ontario merged its retail sales tax with the federal GST? Should education continue to be financed mainly from property taxes? Have property taxes risen too much? Will higher taxes mean some companies will move? Does the tax system discriminate against women and the poor?.