I did --- with three tax lawyers.  Probably the workings of section 84.1 and subsection 164(6) are out of your depth, but we concluded that the cumulative rate of tax on death indeed reaches 70 per cent.  

I repeat:  if Morneau knows that, he needs to be called out on it.  If he doesn't then he should withdraw the legislation and start over.

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