The middle-class if often affected, but it is not just the federal government's fault, nor is it just the provinces' fault. It is a combined effect, that starts from a good cause: setting up programs that are not universal in order to make low-income earners a priority. When they begin to earn more, it is as if we were knocking their feet out from under them. When both governments collect their share at the same time, there is not much left over.
Earlier, your colleague to the right asked me a question about how we could fix that. I will try to clarify my answer. If the two levels of government were to ensure that the implicit tax rates never exceeded the marginal rate paid by a high-income taxpayer, that problem would be solved. Personally, I conducted a more detailed study on the topic. Guidelines could be set, for example, to limit the maximum federal-provincial rate at 50%. For each additional dollar earned, governments should commit to never taking more than 50¢. However, implementing a measure like that is quite costly. Nevertheless, the issue will have to be dealt with sooner or later. It is not normal to—