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So, apparently a new poll - commissioned by the left wing radical advocacy group - “Generation Squeeze” - claims ~75% of Canadians support cutting OAS for seniors earning over $100K. Yeah, right. Let’s call this what it is: shoddy advocacy disguised as “evidence”. Remember Paul Kershaw / Generation Squeeze? They have a long track record of pushing redistributive policies such as a proposed home equity tax. That idea was rightly panned as economically illiterate and politically toxic. This latest “poll” fits the same pattern: start with the policy, then manufacture the support. Some inconvenient truths: • $100K of household income is not “rich.” In much of Canada, that’s a very ordinary retirement after decades of saving. Calling that “wealthy” is either naïve or intentionally misleading. • OAS is not welfare. It’s a broad-based program with limited clawbacks. Turn it into an aggressively means-tested benefit and you fundamentally change its nature - while jacking up effective tax rates on responsible savers. • The polling framing here is everything. If the poll asks people if benefits should go to those “who need them most”, you’ll always get 70%+. But that’s not the real question. The real question is: should we penalize seniors who saved and planned? Of course, you’ll get a much different answer. • The supposed $7B in “savings”? Classic static analysis. In the real world, people adjust - income splitting, deferral strategies, planning. The net savings will be lower and the complexity much higher. The biggest blind spot: behaviour. Tax policy that assumes no behavioural response is not serious policy. Zoom out and this is just more of the same from Generation Squeeze and organizations like that: “tax the rich”! Today the clawback is $100K. Tomorrow? We’ve already seen where this thinking leads: capital flight, reduced incentives, and a shrinking tax base. Canada can’t afford more of that. We need much more creative thinking and it should start with “big bang” tax reform to encourage success, grow the pie and retain our successful people. Good policy isn’t built on loaded polling questions and ideological agendas. It’s built on evidence, incentives, and common sense. We need more of that - and less of this radical activist stuff. ca.news.yahoo.com/canadians-incl…






Old Age Security is the single biggest line item in the federal budget, totalling $85.5 billion in 2025-26. It is expected to cost more than $100 billion annually by 2030 nationalpost.com/news/canada/ca…















