The idea of "no tax on tips" has found a way to appeal across party lines in the U.S. The policy is winding its ways through the halls of American government — but economists warn, it's not an idea worth pursuing here in Canada.

"It would be just as silly of an idea in Canada as it would be in the United States," Alex Muresianu, a senior policy analyst at Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation said.

The No Tax on Tips Act passed the U.S. senate in a unanimous bipartisan vote last month. Similar provisions are being worked into the One Big Beautiful Bill currently before congress.

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