Frederick Burroughs wrote:
wrote:

I mean, consider this: the author asserts that Canadians pay (on
average) 48% of their income in taxes, "partly for health care".

Does anyone know what sources are being used to provide these
statistics?


Canada, being a modern country with a national, single-payer health
care system, is able to generate impressive and comprehensive health
care statistics; See:
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/splash.html

There's nothing on that website that supports the claim that
Canadians pay 48% of their income in taxes. Primarily because
it's not true.