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Henry George Foundation of Canada

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Henry George Foundation of Canada

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The Henry George Foundation of Canada (HGF Canada, online at earthsharing.ca) is a Canadian nonprofit advancing the Georgist economic philosophy and land-value-tax policy. It is the Canadian counterpart of the US-based Robert Schalkenbach Foundation and the UK-based Henry George Foundation. [Source: earthsharing.ca + compiled, 2026-05-03]

Dr. Francis K. Peddle (see frank-peddle) is the Foundation’s Secretary-Treasurer and a past President of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. He is also Professor of Philosophy at Dominican University College (Ottawa) — previously Vice-President, Academic Affairs — and co-editor of The Annotated Works of Henry George (a multi-volume Schalkenbach/HGF publishing program). [Source: commonwealth.ca/blog/victoria-meetup-dr-peddle + earthsharing.ca, 2026-05-03]

HGF Canada is a strategic partnership channel for UBI Works / Common Wealth Canada’s LVT academic program — Peddle has been identifying outreach targets (e.g. Kent Mundell, visiting-scholar academic outreach, CLT summit submissions). [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]

Role / Context

  • Canadian Georgist / LVT nonprofit under earthsharing.ca [Source: earthsharing.ca, 2026-05-03]
  • Publishes and promotes The Annotated Works of Henry George [Source: earthsharing.ca/resources, 2026-05-03]
  • Peddle authored the book review of Josh Ryan-Collins’ Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis for HGF [Source: earthsharing.ca/news, 2026-05-03]

Key People

  • Dr. Francis K. Peddle — Secretary-Treasurer (HGF Canada); past President (Robert Schalkenbach Foundation); Prof. of Philosophy, Dominican University College. [Source: commonwealth.ca/blog/victoria-meetup-dr-peddle, 2026-05-03]
  • Robert Schalkenbach Foundation — US Georgist counterpart; co-publisher of The Annotated Works of Henry George.
  • Henry George Foundation (UK) — UK-based Georgist foundation. Stefan (PhD researcher) has an active project with the UK foundation examining land rents as “hidden taxes” and demonstrating specific UK effective tax rates for different taxpayer groups. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19ed5e842d8b038c, 2026-06-17] See stefan.

Timeline

  • 2021-06-03 | Virtual book launch: Annotated Works of Henry George: Protection or Free Trade (Vol. IV), co-edited by Alexandra W. Lough, Francis K. Peddle, and William S. [Source: earthsharing.ca, 2026-05-03]
  • 2024 | Dr. Peddle spoke at the Victoria LVT Meet-Up organized by Common Wealth Canada / Floyd Marinescu. [Source: commonwealth.ca/blog/victoria-meetup-dr-peddle, 2026-03-04]
  • 2026-06-17 | Stefan (PhD researcher, connected to Henry George Foundation UK) met with Ken Yang to discuss LVT research convergences. Stefan runs a project with the UK Henry George Foundation examining land rents as “hidden taxes” — households effectively taxed twice; plans to show specific UK effective tax rates by group. Referenced in 2026-06-17-ken-stefan-land-value-taxation-research. [Source: Zoom summary, gmail_id 19ed5e842d8b038c, 2026-06-17]
  • 2026-04-29 | Frank Peddle (Sec-Treasurer) presented strategic partnership initiatives to UBI Works operations update — CLT summit outreach and academic conference submissions; identified Kent Mundell as outreach target. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-operations-update. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]

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