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[–] Candid_Andy@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I think that increasing the basic personal exemption would have helped a lot more lower income Canadians

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but functionally no one voted NDP this year, and that was their pitch, IIRC.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My bad, it was to lower the rate on the lowest bracket. https://www.conservative.ca/poilievre-to-cut-income-tax-by-15-for-the-average-canadian/

I don't know what Carney has planned, but a middle class tax cut could be this.

Edit: It is, but going from 15% to 14% instead of Poilievre's proposed 12.5% https://globalnews.ca/news/11180306/liberals-budget-middle-class-tax-cut/

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

Make it an official tax bracket too, instead just a refund everyone qualifies for. I don't know why TF it's set up that way.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It may yet be part of things: a promised cut to middle class taxes should infer inclusion of the poorer.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

One would hope so, but I won't hold my breath.

why do they say it's for "middle class" if it's for poor people?