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That's your interpretation scroobal. Canada taxes on worldwide income. If the family resides in Canada the father is taxed on his worldwide income.
You can ask CRA this question before you give advice on taxation in Canada. There is nothing to argue on the basis of a tax rule being smart or stupid. Canada for example pays for free healthcare for TCM's wife and sons. Who funds it? Taxpayers. Do you think it is smart to let TCM pay zero taxes while his family enjoys the privileges of being Canadian residents?
Unlike the whole how to get son deferment and exit permit etc in Singapore which has no public information on any website etc, your word cannot be disputed objectively.
But with Canadian tax laws and rules they have clear guidelines and criteria. Everyone can go read it.
the u.s. have federal tax laws (enforced by irs) where foreign owner (not citizen nor pr) of property either for rental income or investment purposes is subject to tax. 2 ways they can pay tax are explained in the following irs link:
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/int...eceiving-rental-income-from-u-s-real-property
it's very complicated as usual with u.s. tax laws, perhaps similar in some ways to canada.
also in various counties and cities (not federal) foreign property owners who are not citizens or pr's are subject to pay parcel and local property taxes that are similar to residents including citizens and pr's.
this broadbrush notion by some here that non-residents (with properties) in north america need not pay taxes whether it's national, state/provincial or local is ludicrous and totally clueless with reality. if non-resident foreigners no need to pay taxes including property tax, citizens and pr's might as well ask non-resident foreigners to be proxies to buy tons of property in north america and escape or evade paying taxes. but this never exist because non-resident owners have to pay taxes too.
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