Smart/wise ways on taxation is drop sales tax not income tax Sales tax need to be lower because the all population is buying commodities/producs and sevices as other group of people a lot of them don't pay income tax because as they are no longer at the job location with their employers?
https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/sales-tax-rates-by-province/
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/charge-collect-which-rate.html
https://www.revenuquebec.ca/en/businesses/consumption-taxes/gsthst-and-qst/basic-rules-for-applying-the-gsthst-and-qst/#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20consumption%20taxes,selling%20price%20excluding%20the%20GST.