Ms. Trottier, this is some of the most impressive testimony I've ever heard. To have someone come to this committee and speak so clearly and strongly for the common good, against their own particular interests, is refreshing and very principled.
I noticed that in a May 2024 article in Policy Options, you wrote the following.
Since the modest measures announced in the budget, I've heard plenty of absurd arguments from people who have been enjoying the benefits of this unjustifiable tax break, and who are now attempting to rally the masses in support of continuing to pay a lower tax rate than working people.
One claim is that this change will harm working- and middle-class Canadians.
Can you please outline why you do not agree that a higher capital gains inclusion rate will harm working- and middle-class Canadians?