“Taxaphobe” definition: Someone who irrationally fears and/or compulsively opposes taxes.

All governments in Canada will face challenging fiscal circumstances over the next few years because the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in appropriate but very significant deficits.   Governments will need additional revenues to fund a stronger, more inclusive recovery, as well as deal with urgent crises like inequality and climate change. However, recent provincial budgets already include significant real spending cuts and “restraint” – the opposite of what is required. Inadequate public spending will be economically and socially damaging and contrary to what a majority of Canadians want — which are substantial improvements to public services and programs like affordable housing, eldercare and education. ...

Canada lost one of its greatest progressive activists, thinkers, writers, political commentators and organizers earlier this month.  Murray Dobbin, the founding president of Canadians for Tax Fairness—our longest serving board member—and a giant of the Canadian left, died on 8 September after a long struggle with cancer. He was far ahead of his time in his concern for and activism about tax justice, equality, democracy, public services and controlling the power of corporations and the political and corporate elite.

There's vast popular support across party lines and over $14 billion available.

The Green Party has released its platform and it include

During the past two decades, the federal corporate income tax rate has been slashed in half. Now, corporations control almost half of all Canadian assets and two-thirds of Canadian economic activity, yet contribute less than 20% of federal tax revenue. What should we do?

Tax credits are incredible – for politicians and the public alike.

Submission to Finance Canada on Income Tax Mandatory Disclosure Rules Consultation, by D.T. Cochrane

The ultra-quick explanation is that deductions reduce the amount of income that the government uses to calculate how much tax you owe, while credits reduce the amount of taxes you have to pay.