"Nearly 60 per cent of respondents to a Nanos Research survey conducted late last month for The Globe and Mail said they would be willing to see their personal income taxes increased if the public system would pay for in-home caregivers, financial support for families caring for loved ones, and palliative support for life-threatening illnesses. Just 38 per cent of those surveyed said they would oppose tax hikes for those purposes."

The bottom 50% of taxpayers pay next to nothing for income taxes, so of course those people would say they support higher income taxes for improved heath services.  They know they won't be asked to shoulder the bill.

The 38% opposed are those who know they will be the ones paying the increase, as they are already paying all the bills.

The question should have been "Would you be willing to pay a $1000 health care improvement surcharge to finance the initiatives you were questioned about in this survey?"

The response would be very different.