I am not surprised by the lower rates in B.C. but I am surprised that Ontario comes second. But then, of course, the other side of taxes is services. I am happy to pay taxes if they support a social safety net for everyone that doesn’t make enough to pay taxes. I am also happy to see support for social goods, like education, libraries, Medicare, pharmacare, dental care, road clearing and waste management, environmental protection and climate action.
Yes, and as I understand it some of the medical funding Trudeau sent the provinces for post-Covid health care in Ontario went to other things or to a reserve that wasn’t spent or possibly was spent on the $200 pre-election “bribe is with our own money” tax rebate. Meanwhile Fird p used the broken healthcare he created as an excuse to pay private health care companies over the top fees to decrease surgery waiting lists he caused. If healthcare is broken, it is the conservative governments that broke it. Opportunists all.
Considering cost of living is higher in bc lets lower income taxes in BC and increase the sales tax. lets have HST of 14% harder for people to cheat on sales tax then income.
But I may on the whole be saving, having moved to BC, just from the lower dental costs. After I got here and my jaw (inexpensively scaled) dropped at the lower bills, I found that Alberta has the highest in the country. Costs lots of people several hundred a year, over insurance.
It also has the highest car insurance costs and the highest electricity costs--not to mention how much it costs the taxpayers to pay for Dani gallivanting in Washington.
I am not surprised by the lower rates in B.C. but I am surprised that Ontario comes second. But then, of course, the other side of taxes is services. I am happy to pay taxes if they support a social safety net for everyone that doesn’t make enough to pay taxes. I am also happy to see support for social goods, like education, libraries, Medicare, pharmacare, dental care, road clearing and waste management, environmental protection and climate action.
Ontario spends the least on healthcare, education etc.
Yes, and as I understand it some of the medical funding Trudeau sent the provinces for post-Covid health care in Ontario went to other things or to a reserve that wasn’t spent or possibly was spent on the $200 pre-election “bribe is with our own money” tax rebate. Meanwhile Fird p used the broken healthcare he created as an excuse to pay private health care companies over the top fees to decrease surgery waiting lists he caused. If healthcare is broken, it is the conservative governments that broke it. Opportunists all.
That’s no surprise with a premier like Danielle Smith a disgrace
Considering cost of living is higher in bc lets lower income taxes in BC and increase the sales tax. lets have HST of 14% harder for people to cheat on sales tax then income.
An interesting study would be consumer prices inflated to fill gap of no retail tax.
In Alberta.
But Alberta has no PST.
True, but a key point here is Alberta income taxes are much less progressive than BC
Agree.
But I may on the whole be saving, having moved to BC, just from the lower dental costs. After I got here and my jaw (inexpensively scaled) dropped at the lower bills, I found that Alberta has the highest in the country. Costs lots of people several hundred a year, over insurance.
It also has the highest car insurance costs and the highest electricity costs--not to mention how much it costs the taxpayers to pay for Dani gallivanting in Washington.