Is the tax burden in Canada too high, too low, or just about right?

Tomorrow is being hailed as "Tax Freedom Day" by the Fraser Institute think-tank.

What they've done here is they've tallied all the tax you pay - and have worked out that if you paid all your tax upfront on an average income, then tomorrow is the day that you'd have cleared all your tax bills and would start earning for yourself.

We’re almost half-way through the year, though… so does this mean that the tax burden is simply too high here in Canada? Is there a better way to balance the tax burden for workers?

Guest: Toby Sanger

From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - he’s the Executive Director of their ‘Canadians for Tax Fairness’ campaign

Guest: Finn Poschmann

Resident scholar at the Fraser Institute

Tomorrow is being hailed as "Tax Freedom Day" by the Fraser Institute think-tank.

What they've done here is they've tallied all the tax you pay - and have worked out that if you paid all your tax upfront on an average income, then tomorrow is the day that you'd have cleared all your tax bills and would start earning for yourself.

We’re almost half-way through the year, though… so does this mean that the tax burden is simply too high here in Canada? Is there a better way to balance the tax burden for workers?

Guest: Toby Sanger

From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - he’s the Executive Director of their ‘Canadians for Tax Fairness’ campaign

Guest: Finn Poschmann

Resident scholar at the Fraser Institute