Payroll Taxes are the Most Regressive Form of Taxation

Workers’ paycheques aren’t going as far. Now, there will be even less in that paycheque.

Question Period – 27 September 2022

Economists agree that payroll taxes – like the increases the government is pushing on Canadians – are the most regressive form of taxation, because they lead to lower productivity, and jobs leaving Canada.

In the last decade, payroll contributions under this government have risen by 13% for Employment Insurance and over 60% for CPP payroll taxes.