"less than 5 per cent of taxpayers in the bottom half of the income spectrum  even owned one of these private companies"

That's 2.5% of Canadians

"more than 70 per cent of those in the top 0.01 per cent owned one."

That's 0.007% of Canadians

See why it affects more low-income people? In this case 357 times more.

How long will it take us to learn that destroying wealth isn't a good way to create wealth?

Let's work on helping more people do the things that are working. Instead of sending the message that we'll help you out when you're poor, but as soon as you aren't we'll turn on you and take it away.