There is an agenda here and the underlying (and reinforced) message to a Forbes reader--whose likely demographic is American, right of center, high income and a high net worth individual--is under the Obama administration (since 2012), millionaires will pay higher taxes than even "tax heavy" Canada. It fits nicely with the class warfare meme the right believes Obama is waging and even the OP editorialized will continue to happen.
The article itself has some notable inaccuracies/omissions such as the 5% GST which is a sales tax, the other side of free health care that millionaires aren't accustomed to such as the difficulty in finding a primary, the extended waiting times for procedures, emergency room/clinics and the crumbling healthcare infrastructure.
Not to mention one's net net income after you factor cost of living between say Miami and Calgary. Just as an example, Seattle's cost of living is 8%-10% higher than Miami's in some calculators and from my experience, Calgary's cost of living is higher than Seattle's from gas, food, utilities, entertainment etc.
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