The top one per cent of Canadians pay only 23.6 per cent of their income in taxes, enjoying the lowest tax burden of all of us. Strangely, the anti-tax voices that have come running to defend the wallets of the middle class in recent months have failed to mention this fact.
In this time of rising living costs, Canadians are feeling the affordability pinch. Some powerful voices are quickly stepping up to say taxes are to blame, decrying the government’s supposed overreach into our pockets. But the real conversation we should be having is how Canada’s tax burden is distributed, and whether everyone is paying their fair share.
