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Taxing Out Of Province Homebuyers – News Features
![CFA Cottage Taxes: Passing the cottage to the next generation](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/100_1172-920x675.jpg)
CFA Cottage Taxes: Passing the cottage to the next generation
May 15, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Opinion: Mary Byrne: ‘CFA taxes will damage the rural economy of Nova Scotia as suggested By 2001 government report’](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istockcottageimage.jpg)
Opinion: Mary Byrne: ‘CFA taxes will damage the rural economy of Nova Scotia as suggested By 2001 government report’
Apr 24, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Cottage Taxes: Tom Eisenhauer Estimates Cost of Taxing CFA’s At $250 Million](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/100_1163-1-920x675.jpg)
Cottage Taxes: Tom Eisenhauer Estimates Cost of Taxing CFA’s At $250 Million
Apr 23, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Opinion: Mary Byrne: ‘CFA taxes will damage the rural economy of Nova Scotia as suggested By 2001 government report’](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/istockcottageimage.jpg)
Blue Rocks Seasonal Dweller Ian Lightstone’s Official Letter To NS Government
Apr 18, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Finance Minister On Taxing Cottages Of Non-Residents — A Chat](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/allanmacmastercns.jpg)
Finance Minister On Taxing Cottages Of Non-Residents — A Chat
Apr 16, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![John Risley: Non-Resident Property Taxes Unlikely To Be Big Revenue Generators](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/johnrisley-847x675.jpg)
John Risley: Non-Resident Property Taxes Unlikely To Be Big Revenue Generators
Apr 16, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Part II: Finance Minister MacMaster Not Taxing Nova Scotian Cottage Owners](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/chesterbasin4.jpg)
Part II: Finance Minister MacMaster Not Taxing Nova Scotian Cottage Owners
Apr 16, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Tom Eisenhauer: In His Own Words – Letter On Cottage Tax To Government](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cottagelife2istock.jpg)
Tom Eisenhauer: In His Own Words – Letter On Cottage Tax To Government
Apr 16, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Tom Eisenhauer: In His Own Words – Letter On Cottage Tax To Government](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cottagelife2istock.jpg)
Non-Resident Taxes Aimed At Cooling Overheated Housing Market
Apr 9, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
![Opinion: Piers Baker: New Taxes Are ‘Un-Canadian’](https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/piersbakernewphoto-920x675.jpg)
Opinion: Piers Baker: New Taxes Are ‘Un-Canadian’
Apr 9, 2022 | Politics, Real Estate
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