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Canadians are taxed to death.

We pay taxes when we earn money, taxes when we spend, taxes when we save and taxes when we invest.

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We pay taxes on basic necessities, such as food, housing, clothing and heating our homes during the long Canadian winters.

We even pay taxes on our taxes. When Canadians fill up at the pump, we pay a sales tax that gets applied on top of the hidden gasoline taxes.

According to the Fraser Institute, Canadians pay 42% of all the money we earn in taxes.

This is all important context when discussing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax grab.

Trudeau, being Trudeau, doesn’t call it a tax. Much like how he calls terrorists “foreign travellers” and those who illegally cross into Canada “irregular immigrants,” Trudeau calls his carbon tax a “price on pollution.”