FACT CHECK: Scheer is wrong on taxes – Liberals lowered taxes for middle class Canadians
October 2, 2019
When Andrew Scheer claims that the Liberals have raised taxes on 80% of middle class Canadians, he is willfully misleading people and that’s wrong. Full stop.
- Under our plan, the first thing we did was cut taxes for the middle class by raising them for the wealthiest 1%.
- We introduced the Canada Child Benefit, a more generous, tax-free benefit that puts more money in the pockets of families.
- Taken together, experts agree that we cut the average tax burden for a middle-class family in Quebec by 54%.
We know there’s more work to do, and that’s why a re-elected liberal government will keep standing up for the middle class.