-We now have over 32 million people.
100 years ago (1906), health care wasn't free. The Canada National Medicare System wasn't introduced until 1968 by Lester B. Pearson.
-We hand out foreign aid like candy.
-We go on useless missions like Afghanistan.
-We have hundreds of thousands of kilometers of roads to maintain.
-We have thousands of teachers to pay so they can educate students.
-We have 62,000 military officials to pay, plus we have to pay for all this military equipment.
-We have immigration programs that help immigrants when they come to Canada.
-We give the Aboriginals about $9 billion a year.
-We have all sorts of environmental programs to pay for.
And the list goes on and on. That is why we have so many taxes.
