Canada’s exploding wealth inequality requires tax changes

Our current tax code is not asking the wealthy to reinvest in our economy, and that failure is weakening services and programs working Canadians may use to get ahead.

Finance Minister François-Philppe Champagne. The current tax code is rocket fuel for expanding wealth inequality, write Ratna Omidvar and Sabina Vohra-Miller. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RATNA OMIDVAR, SABINA VOHRA-MILLER

September 29, 2025

Statistics Canada recently released a report on the growing income inequality in Canada. The report stated that income inequality—defined as the...

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