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In the Tuesday, March 4, 2008 edition of the Montreal Gazette, an article by reporter John Morrissy discusses a recently released C.D. Howe Institute report, which states that federal tax-relief measures have had the unintended result of sharply hiking effective tax rates on additional income generated by low-income families with children. Director of Research at the C.D. Howe Institute, Finn Poschmann, believes that this situation is quite problematic as high tax rates result in low or even negative financial returns for taking on additional work, or for leaving social assistance to take on a job. The report states that likely routes to improvement include better federal and provincial policy co-operation, a better government understanding of the costs of taxation and political willingness to devote resources to the problem. Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Page: B7. Section: Business. Byline: JOHN MORRISSY. Dateline: OTTAWA. Source: Canwest News Service.