# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Talk: Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us to discuss a jarring portrait of a deeply unequal Canada and how a wealth tax could rein in the destructive power wielded by today’s billionaires with authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks.

Despite the largest rich-poor gap in history, the ultra-wealthy are using their power to further enrich themselves in ways that impoverish the rest and destroy the planet. The good news is that almost 90 percent of Canadians support a wealth tax, and there are signs of a rising backlash – in the U.S. and elsewhere – against the devastating dominance of the billionaire class.

Linda McQuaig is the recipient of a National Newspaper Award for investigative reporting and a Toronto Star columnist. She is also the author of eight national bestsellers, including Shooting the Hippo, selected by the Literary Review of Canada as one of the twenty-five most influential books of the past twenty-five years.

Neil Brooks is a leading tax scholar and former director of the graduate program in taxation at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

When: Tuesday, June 23rd, 6:30 PM to 8 PM ADT

Where: Halifax, Atrium Building AT 101, Saint Mary’s University (the building with the library and the Starbucks!), OR livestreamed on Youtube: youtube.com/@ccpanovascotia 

Details: This hybrid event is presented by CCPA-NS, Equity Watch, and King’s Bookstore, and is free to attend. Copies of the book will be available for purchase both in person and online.  Social Justice and Communities Studies at SMU is a partner on this event.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/halifax/book-talk-cancelling-billionaires-before-they-cancel-us/200030280676019
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 106

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Halifax
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Saint Mary's University Halifax
- **lat**: 44.631105962482
- **long**: -63.5808634758
- **full address**: Saint Mary's University Halifax, 5865 Gorsebrook Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 1G2, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Book Talk: Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us being held?
  - **A:** Book Talk: Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us takes place on Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 23 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Saint Mary's University Halifax, 5865 Gorsebrook Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 1G2, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Book Talk: Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us?
  - **A:** Book Talk: Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us is organized by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Book Talk: Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Halifax, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 100+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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