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2023-07-11 19:45:40 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

"The very first thing we did was raise taxes on the wealthiest 1% so we could lower them for the middle class". The personal tax rates did not change between 2008 and 2016, the lowest rates still have not changed, and the corporate tax rate decreased from 31% to 26.5%. https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/corporate-tax-rate

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• "The very first thing we did was raise taxes on the wealthiest 1% so we could lower them for the middle class". The personal tax rates did not change between 2008 and 2016, the lowest rates still have not changed, and the corporate tax rate decreased from 31% to 26.5%. https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/corporate-tax-rate