March 5, 2020
CTV News
Canada-wide
Teresa Wright
Fact check: Did a Liberal tax cut help reduce poverty rates?
The baloney reading
Listing the tax cut among other measures that contributed directly to reducing poverty doesn’t mean the tax cut reduced poverty. The experts say poverty is down markedly and Liberal policies have been a significant factor, but a tax cut for people making more than $45,000 a year doesn’t deserve the credit.
For these reasons, Justin Trudeau’s statement earns a rating of “a lot of baloney.”