Since 2015, the number of employees at the federal department for Women and Gender Equality increased by 382 per cent.
tax hikes
The tax increase will deter business investment in the economy and chase away capital.
Since 2015, the number of employees at the Canada Revenue Agency increased from around 40,000 to almost 60,000.
If the government wanted to pay for new programs, it could’ve reduced spending in other areas.
The Ontario government expects a net debt increase of more than $24 billion this year alone.
Investors may delay selling capital assets because they anticipate a change in government and a reversal back to the previous inclusion rate.
Salaries for municipal government staff in Toronto were an estimated 11.2 per cent higher than private-sector rates.
The federal government raised the top income tax rate from 29 per cent to 33 per cent.
The bottom 20 per cent of income-earning families pay 0.7 per cent of all federal and provincial personal income taxes.
The top 20 per cent of income-earning households paid 61.4 per cent of the country’s personal income taxes in 2022.