CANADA – In a jaw-dropping display of globalist zeal, federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis has openly called for a global wealth tax and global income taxes to forcibly redistribute wealth from the “North to the South” – targeting Canadian families, workers, and Alberta’s energy producers to fund climate agendas and international transfers.
The comments came during a CPAC appearance on June 8, 2026, where Lewis endorsed economist Thomas Piketty’s freshly released “Global Justice Report.” Lewis stated the research demands these punitive global taxes to combat “climate breakdown” and the supposed concentration of wealth, framing it as a moral imperative for massive resource transfers to developing nations.
This isn’t fringe theory – it’s the leader of a major federal party pushing policies that would require surrendering Canadian sovereignty to international bureaucracies. A true global wealth tax (potentially up to 20% annually on high-net-worth individuals per Piketty’s framework) and sky-high global income rates (up to 90% on top earners) would hammer productive Canadians while doing nothing to fix ballooning federal debt or provincial challenges here at home.
The Avi-Nenshi Axis
Lewis hasn’t hidden his admiration for Naheed Nenshi, Alberta’s NDP provincial leader. He has publicly stated he wants Nenshi as Alberta’s next Premier and affirmed their deep alignment: “We are still new Democrats in spirit, in soul, and in fundamental values.” This connection raises alarms in oil-rich Alberta, where Lewis’s anti-pipeline, anti-energy stance directly clashes with provincial realities – and Nenshi has scrambled to distance himself somewhat post-leadership, but the ideological overlap remains.
Critics argue this duo represents a dangerous one-two punch: federal-level global redistribution paired with provincial implementation that could accelerate wealth flight from Alberta.
Lewis’s domestic track record already includes aggressive wealth tax proposals (1% on net wealth over $10M, scaling higher) aimed at Canada’s top earners to fund expansive social programs. Scaling that globally is the logical – and terrifying – next step for this vision.
Albertans know the drill: These schemes punish success, ignore fiscal responsibility, and export hard-earned dollars abroad while energy workers and taxpayers foot the bill. With inflation, housing costs, and economic uncertainty already squeezing families, Lewis’s call for Canadians to sacrifice more for “global justice” lands as tone-deaf elitism at best – economic sabotage at worst.
The video evidence is undeniable. This is the face of today’s federal NDP: radical redistribution dressed up as compassion.
