I would be extremely wary of using a single dimension (redistribution of social security payments) to gage a country's overall political leanings, but I take your point.
But if we are talking about income redistribution, the fact that Canada has publicly-funded medical care will trump any argument about how "socialist" Canada is vis-a-vis the US: public medicare is a huge income redistribution system and it is NOT geared to income - all taxpayers (all citizens, and all landed immigrants, and most refugees, in fact) are entitled to no-cost basic health care when there are clearly taxpayers who desire to purchase their own healthcare beyond what is publicly funded.
(Also - with two kids and you on parental leave, I'd be very surprised that you don't qualify for the Canada Child Tax Benefit - if your net income is $100,000 after taxes you would still qualify for some CCTB. I don't presume to know your income - I just know that the income cut-off for the loss of benefits is quite high.)
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But if we are talking about income redistribution, the fact that Canada has publicly-funded medical care will trump any argument about how "socialist" Canada is vis-a-vis the US: public medicare is a huge income redistribution system and it is NOT geared to income - all taxpayers (all citizens, and all landed immigrants, and most refugees, in fact) are entitled to no-cost basic health care when there are clearly taxpayers who desire to purchase their own healthcare beyond what is publicly funded.
(Also - with two kids and you on parental leave, I'd be very surprised that you don't qualify for the Canada Child Tax Benefit - if your net income is $100,000 after taxes you would still qualify for some CCTB. I don't presume to know your income - I just know that the income cut-off for the loss of benefits is quite high.)