40% to 50% tax? How Canada claws back seniors’ paychecks

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Many seniors have to work for survival and beyond that many want to work for mental health and sense of purpose but hundreds of thousands of seniors who work are financially punished because the Guaranteed Income Supplement is clawed back so aggressively that they can lose a large share of every dollar they earn. To talk about this and what can be done Evan is joined by Jason Dean, associate researcher at the MEI (Montreal Economic Institute) joins the show to share his findings on this topic.
3 Feb 12PM English Canada News Commentary

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