Even better, the majority of these benefits would be reaped by the most vulnerable, with nearly 90 % of households
below the poverty line benefiting in net terms from the carbon «fee and dividend» plan.
Not exact matches
«So what we have seen in the past is that governments respond by thinking much of the answer is to redistribute money through the tax and
benefit system giving families an extra pound here or there so they move from just
below the
poverty line to just above it.
NDP: Cancel income splitting for families with kids under the age of 18 but keep it for seniors; eliminate the CEO stock option loophole that allows wealthy CEOs to avoid taxes on 50 % of income received from cashing in company stock (with proceeds invested into eliminating child
poverty); increase investment in the Working Income Tax
Benefit (WITB) by 15 % to further support working Canadians who live
below the
poverty line; introduce income averaging for artists.