A Conversation That Matters with Seth Klein - We're living in a false economy

Episode 25 Seth Klein

We’re living in a false economy

This week’s Conversation that Matters features Seth Klein of the Centre for Policy Alternatives,  he says we all need to recognize that we’ve undermined our fiscal capacity to pay for the things that we need to pay for.

Klein says, “instead of boasting about having the lowest taxes in Canada, what if we simply said let’s be average, let’s tax at the average of Canadian provinces.” He says that would put an additional $2.4 Billion in the Provincial Treasury.

Klein was responding to Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu’s “Conversation” about Mental Health, Addiction and Homelessness. Klein says if we addressed the issue upfront with appropriate funding for those in need we’d save money and we save valuable resources.