Provincial and federal budgets loom: taxation is a hot topic.
The price of living in a modern, civilized nation, it nevertheless rankles when part of our earnings are deducted leaving less to spend on our families, every purchase incurring sales tax making life more expensive and shrinking our purchasing power, every enterprise paying what feel like fines for success.
Some pundits perennially complain of being taxed into the poorhouse, even as they drive fancy convertibles or build expensive home studios.