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How benefit claw backs affect people's ability to move up the income ladder (BIV Today No. 321)

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A new report from the conservative think-tank, the Fraser Institute, examines the marginal effective tax rate on low- and modest- income Canadians and finds that governments claw back benefits considerably as people move up the income ladder. Institute scholar Finn Poschmann discusses the report with Kirk LaPointe, BIV's editor-in-chief.