Make the rich pay, one of these days

Taxing the rich sounds good in a campaign ad, but making it work requires careful design, clever marketing, and enduring commitment. These are not qualities associated with political leaders of any persuasion.

A version of a wealth tax, which already exists in a handful of European countries, has made its way into Canadian political discourse—advocated by New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh and vaguely approved by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, mostly recently in the Throne Speech.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

October 19, 2020

CHELSEA, QUE.—A wealth tax is one of those simple and beguiling ideas that resurfaces in times of economic turmoil, only to be forgotten as the economy rights itself. Meanwhile, the rich keep getting richer and everyone else is just relieved to be back at work. But in the midst of a pandemic, the...

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