NDP conditions for Ontario budget: tax the rich

The Globe and Mail:

New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath laid out her conditions for supporting the minority Liberal government on Tuesday, including having the 1 per cent in Ontario pay higher income taxes. Ms. Horwath is calling on the government to use the additional revenues of $570-million a year from higher taxes to help struggling families with everything from home-heating costs to child-care spaces. “If we have to choose between a working mom who needs help with the kids or a CEO who needs help with a seven-figure paycheque, let’s help that mom.”

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