NDP promises new high-income tax bracket for wealthiest Nova Scotians
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s New Democrats are touting a tax-the-rich plan they say will address growing income inequality in the province.
NDP Leader Gary Burrill said Tuesday he would raise taxes on Nova Scotia’s wealthiest if elected May 30, creating the highest income tax bracket in the country.
On a day when the provincial Liberals pledged to overhaul major hospitals and the Progressive Conservatives promised funding for long-term care facilities, Burrill focused on creating a “fairer tax system.”
“Income inequality in Nova Scotia has reached its greatest height,” Burrill, a United Church minister, told reporters in Halifax. “Our taxation system is a primary means by which these kinds of inequities can be meaningfully dealt with.”