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At the beginning of the twentieth century the United Kingdom and the United States had personal and corporate income tax laws. Canada, on the other hand, wanted to encourage immigration and therefore offered free land and a tax-free system as an incentive for people from other countries to make this their home.

The costs of participating in the first World War, however, were so large that Sir Thomas White, who was Minister of Finance at the time, introduced a temporary "war" income tax to help pay the costs....