If journalists don't have the experience to assess the relevance of what's being reported to the claims made by news sources, they have a responsibility to seek out sources who can speak to this. There is a real opportunity here to influence policy change, and framing matters.

The reporter who wrote this article only included input from the FI's director of fiscal studies. While it's true that income tax rates for higher-income earners in Canada are rising, data from the University of Toronto also shows that food insecurity is rising for the lowest-income earners.

According to Stat Can's latest data, 71.9% of people in poverty spend over 30% of their income on housing, compared to 20% of the overall population. Low-income Canadians have no choice but to rely on a lower % of income to meet other needs like food and clothing, compared to higher-income earners.

This analysis fails to consider the actual socio-economic realities of Canadians, and takes for granted the ability of low-income Canadians to meet their basic needs and access the same economic opportunities as higher-income Canadians.

The Hub accurately reports that the top 20% of earners in Canada pay a disproportionate amount of tax compared to the bottom 20%. Underlying the claim that this is unfair is the assumption that the best measure of income tax fairness is the % of income tax paid to the % of income earned.

ffs...

this is so scary

Given the housing and healthcare crises, etc. in this province, why the f*ck are we wasting time on this shit?

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