By Alex Hemingway
Changes to personal BC taxes over the past year and a half — including elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums—mean the vast majority of households are seeing their tax bills fall while the richest one per cent are paying more.
This is good news for tax fairness in BC.
Taxes are only part of the story, however. Investments in high-quality, universal public services that taxes pay for are equally important in building an equitable and decent society.