Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17 billion, yet ordinary Canadians face cuts to essential services while the ultra-wealthy and multinational corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loopholes and taxing hidden offshore wealth could fully fund health care, housing, and education—proving the crisis is a political choice, not an economic necessity.

Keeping the digital services tax is a sorely needed step in the right direction, but it is just one step. As Canadians for Tax Fairness Executive Director Jared A. Walker writes, to build a more independent and resilient Canada, we need an equitable and just tax system that works for the vast majority of Canadians.