Well should you be fortunate enough to be a top income earner in some provinces the tax rate on the top dollar is 53%.  If you decide to spend your remaining 47 cents, the government will take another six or seven cents by way of sales taxes.  On one hand you're lucky enough to be earning enough to fork over 59 cents of the top dollars you earn and spend.  On the other, if you're that capable the world is likely your oyster.  A some point you will start to look at where you might be able to ply your trade and keep a few more pennies of your income.  When interest rate rise, as surely they will, governments will end up paying a lot more of their takings on interest.  Governments need to be more juducious in what they need to do, not to get re elected, but to meet the most important functions citizens have a right to expect.  Gazebos in Northern Ontario, over compensated public work force, and spending tens of millions on 150yr. birthday are nice, not need, to haves.