Wealth tax is key to a green, just recovery—and long overdue

While COVID-19 has had dramatic consequences on the wallets of ordinary people like us, the wealthiest have become richer during this pandemic.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau forecasts a $343.2-billion deficit for the fiscal year 2020-2021.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARIE-CHRISTINE FISET

August 12, 2020

The cost of COVID-19 has been tremendous—in human lives, socially, culturally and, of course, economically. This pandemic has also thrown the realities of inequality right in our faces. Everybody is talking about recovery now, and many (fortunately) are talking abou...

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