No, but increasing income taxes, corporate taxes, carbon taxes etc. in a contracting economy is a bad idea. It's what we did federally in the 1980's when Mulroney was adding various high income surtaxes, the GST etc. The more he taxed, the less economic activity there was and the higher the deficit went. You have to decide whether you want to stimulate the economy, or if you're a deficit slayer, because trying to do both at the same time is a fools errand. If you want to juice the economy, you ramp up government spending over a 2 or 3 year period and cut taxes, with the idea you get back to a balanced budget over the medium term once the economy has rebounded. The Conservatives did that federally and it worked very well. Taxes are regressive. The NDP are just taking a lot more of some people's money and running up the credit card at the same time.