Entitlements are likely the main reason why Canada has the highest quality of life in the world for 4 years running. Are you suggesting we destroy that record by cutting socially responsible entitlements?
Entitlements are really great ....if you have the money. Canada doesn't, and no amount of taxation will get us there, particularly given the trajectory that Trudeau has put this country on. Under the current Liberals and the clueless buffoon we have running the party, we were given a promise of a "modest" deficit of 20 billion dollars, but that promise was quickly broken when the deficit went to $40,000,000,000, which then magically went to $48,000,000,000, then to $343,000,000,000, and now were at about $400,000,000,000.
And how do the Liberals justify this gross overspending and it's impact on Canadians? Well, up until a year ago it was the debt to GDP ratio, a flawed narrative which they clung to and flogged for the first few years. But it became obvious that the Liberal spending is way too out of control to use that line any more. They didn't save for a rainy day (or a pandemic). So now you have our newly minted short skirt and cowboy boot wearing, cottage cheese thigh flashing "finance minister" lecturing to us like kindergarten students that "it's okay because interest rates have never been lower." You know what that means?? It means there's only one way for interest rates to go...and it's not down.
I think it may be wise for you to temper your expectations on social spending going forward. And if you're so keen on higher taxes which it appears you are....boy are you're in luck. I suspect we will all be paying much higher taxes down the road.