The top 20 percent of Canadians now pay 65 percent of income taxes. That bargain is breaking

# Editorial Summary This article argues that Canada's progressive tax system has reached an unsustainable extreme, with the top 20 percent paying 65 percent of income taxes while nearly half of filers pay none, and contends that high earner emigration (150,000+ in five quarters) signals a breaking point requiring comprehensive tax reform rather than marginal adjustments. The piece effectively anchors its argument in concrete data and international comparisons while avoiding endorsement of the Lütke proposal, but relies somewhat on economic assumptions about tax-rate sensitivity and emigration causes that warrant deeper supporting evidence or acknowledgment of counterarguments from progressive taxation defenders.