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When you think about taxes, do you think about the $10,000 having a baby could cost if you lived in the U.S. and didn't have health insurance?

Do you think about an education system that allows even the children of poor families to become doctors, teachers, or engineers?

Government inspectors who make sure highway overpasses are repaired before they fall down, that meat packing plants don't poison their customers, that a city's water is safe to drink?

Public services add up to a great bargain for Canadians. But the services our taxes fund are often overlooked in debates over tax cuts. Read more about what our taxes buy us in this new primer.