TORONTO - A group of doctors is calling on federal and provincial
governments to raise income taxes levied on high-income Canadians. They are launching a campaign to get support for the idea, using the slogan "Tax us. Canada's worth it." Doctors for Fair Taxation are proposing new surtaxes that would tax any income over $100,000. People who earn between $100,000 and $170,000 would
pay an extra one per cent on the income between those two figures and
income between $170,000 and $640,000 would be subject to an extra two
per cent levy. Income over $640,000 and less than $1.85 million would
be hit with an additional three per cent and income over $1.85 million
would be subject to an additional surtax of six per cent. The group estimates that the federal government would
earn an extra $3.5 billion a year and Ontario would raise an extra $1.7
billion. One of the organizers of the campaign, Dr. Michael
Rachlis, says more than 50 doctors have signed the petition so far. A
website hosting the petition will go live Thursday afternoon.
Though the campaign has been started by doctors, anyone earning over $100,000 who supports the proposal can sign the petition.
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