The survey, conducted on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute(opens in a new tab), also found 64 per cent of people think the government is doing an ineffective job allocating funds to address important problems, while 13 per cent said they don’t know or preferred not to answer.
More than half of Canadians (55 per cent) said the government spends too much money, while 27 per cent think it is an acceptable level, according to the poll. Only nine per cent of Canadians said government spending is too low, while another nine per cent said they don’t know or preferred not to answer.
The majority of those surveyed (67 per cent) think they pay too much money in income tax, while one per cent think they don’t pay enough. According to Ipsos, 65 per cent of men and 70 per cent of women believe the amount they pay in income tax is too high. Younger Canadians (aged 18 to 34) are more likely to think taxes are too high (72 per cent) compared to Canadians aged 55 and older (63 per cent).
