Yeah taxing the hell out of us makes us poor. The problem is reduced taxes on corporations, reducing royalty rates (plus removing the bank capital tax) and then taxing the public with heavy fees... to then giving those taxes further  to foreign governments and foreign corporations as subsidy. 

When Harper removed 1% of GST, all the multinational companies raised their rates 1% on the public to take the money. The consumer protection in Canada is non-existent from various con/lib majority governments that are NOT working for the benefit of the people in Canada.