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Low and middle income Canadians hit hardest by high marginal effective tax rates
From the Fraser Institute
By Philip Bazel
A new study published by the Fraser Institute today finds that Canadian families and individuals with annual incomes between $30,000 and $60,000 face marginal effective tax rates near or above 50%.
Among the provinces, BC has the lowest tax rates of 38%.
Ontario has a rate of 50% – and high-income families at $300,000+ are taxed lower at 44%.
Families with modest income brackets consistently face disproportionately high marginal effect tax rates, raising questions of fairness and efficiency in the tax and transfer system.
Dig into the numbers and see how your province placed here.
Canadian families and individuals with annual incomes between $30,000 and $60,000 face marginal effective tax rates near or above 50 per cent, finds a new study published by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“Canadian families with modest incomes face high marginal effective tax rates, often higher rates than Canadians in top income tax brackets,” said Jake Fuss, director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute, which published Marginal Effective Tax Rates for Working Families in Canada by Philip Bazel, an associate at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.
The marginal effective tax rate (METR) measures the personal income taxes paid (federal and provincial) and the reductions in government benefits, resulting from earning an extra dollar. For example, the Canada Child Benefit, a monthly payment, is reduced as family income increases. In other words, the effective tax rate is the combination of taxes you pay and benefits you lose as you make more money.
Crucially, across the provinces, individuals and families with relatively modest incomes face the highest rates. This unfortunately creates a disincentive for earning additional income, as the financial benefits are significantly offset by increased taxes and/or reduced government benefits.
Canadian families with modest incomes, particularly those earning between $30,000 and $60,000, face the highest marginal effective tax rates. For example, families earning a household income of $60,000 are subject to an effective tax rate of 50 per cent or higher in every province. In Quebec, the METR is as high as 67 per cent at this income level.
Among provinces, BC has the lowest rate (38 per cent) averaging across the $30,000 to $60,000 bracket. Ontario’s rate for the $30,000 to $60,000 bracket is 6 percentage points higher (50 per cent) than high-income families at $300,000 or higher (44 per cent).
“Families with modest income brackets consistently face disproportionately high METRs, raising questions of fairness and efficiency in the tax and transfer system,” Bazel said.
“These findings highlight the need to prioritize METR reductions for low-income families.”
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From LifeSiteNews
A new exposé by investigative journalist Sam Cooper claims there is compelling evidence that Prime Minister Mark Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are strongly influenced by an “elite network” of foreign actors, including those with ties to communist China and the World Economic Forum.
A report from a federal watchdog confirmed that foreign meddling did occur in Canada’s April 2025 federal election on a “small scale.”
Canada’s Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force (SITE TF) said in a recent note that the “small-scale” interference that happened was hard to attribute to one particular state actor.
The task force does have the power to warn of any threats during an election. It did not do so this year despite warnings from opposition Conservatives that meddling at the hands of Communist China is a reality.
“Over the course of the election period, the SITE TF observed instances of foreign interference such as transnational repression, inauthentic and coordinated amplification of online content, and online threats such as scams and disinformation,” the report’s conclusion reads.
“These activities were observed at a small scale and often remain difficult to attribute to a foreign actor.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, election interference from China’s Communist Chinese Party (CCP) government has been a real issue in Canada in recent years.
In March, the SITE TF warned that the CCP government would most likely try to interfere in Canada’s federal election.
When it comes to the integrity of elections in Canada, there have been reported issues of meddling at the hands of foreign powers.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, a new exposé by investigative journalist Sam Cooper claims there is compelling evidence that Prime Minister Mark Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are strongly influenced by an “elite network” of foreign actors, including those with ties to communist China and the World Economic Forum.
In light of multiple accusations of foreign meddling in Canadian elections, the federal Foreign Interference Commission was convened last year to “examine and assess the interference by China, Russia, and other foreign states or non-state actors, including any potential impacts, to confirm the integrity of, and any impacts on, the 43rd and 44th general elections (2019 and 2021 elections) at the national and electoral district levels.”
The commission was formed after Trudeau’s special rapporteur, former Governor General David Johnston, failed in an investigation into CCP allegations after much delay. That inquiry was not done in public and was headed by Johnston, who is a “family friend” of Trudeau.
Johnston quit as “special rapporteur” after a public outcry following his conclusion that there should not be a public inquiry into the matter. Conservative MPs demanded Johnston be replaced over his ties to China and the Trudeau family.
Immigration
Conservatives blame Liberals for allowing man on UK child sex offender list to enter Canada
From LifeSiteNews
A Pakistani man was granted a visa in 2023 under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government after hiding that he was found guilty of sexually abusing his underage niece.
Canada’s Conservative Party blasted the federal Liberal government’s immigration department after it came to light that a Pakistani man on the U.K.’s sex-offender list was granted a visa to come to Canada
Gullfam Hussain, who was found guilty of sexually abusing his underage niece, arrived in Canada in 2023 on a visitor’s visa even though he had spent time in jail for his crimes but did not finish his sentence.
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner blasted Canada’s current Justice Minister Sean Fraser, who was immigration minister in 2023 under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for the gaffe.
“This is truly disgusting and is antithetical to what it means to be Canadian,” Rempel Garner noted during a question period in the House of Commons last week.
“The person who allowed this incestuous child sex abuser into Canada should be fired.”
Rempel Garner stressed that Hussain should have not been allowed into Canada in the first place.
“Why did the prime minister (Mark Carney) promote the then-immigration minister, who allowed an incestuous child sex abuser into Canada, to the minister of justice?” she asked.
According to court documents, only now are Canadian officials trying to deport Hussain for what they deemed “serious criminality and misrepresentation” because he lied on his visa application.
Records show that Hussain claimed protected person status last year, saying he was at risk of “honour crimes from his family members in Pakistan” should he be sent back to his home country. He was denied his request for protected status.
As for Fraser, he was not in the House of Commons to answer Rempel Garner’s questions. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree stated that the Canada Border Services Agency is working to ensure that criminals can’t enter Canada.
As for Hussain, Rempel Garner noted how he was put on the U.K.’s sex offender registry because he had engaged in “incestuous sex” with his young niece, who was between age 13 and 17. Hussain is 10 years older than the girl.
A court found him guilty of adult sexual activity with a minor and he was sentenced in 2017 to six years in jail. However, he was let go in 2020 and fled to Spain without serving the rest of his sentence.
Records show his niece later joined him, and they had a child in 2022 before he came to Canada in 2023.
“He did not disclose his criminal history on his Canadian visa application or upon his entry to Canada,” the court documents read.
When it comes to immigration under Trudeau and now Carney, Canada has allowed millions into the country, many from Muslim nations, including so-called LGBT “refugees,” which calls into question just how well people are being screened.
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