This exactly. In a 52% tax bracket in Canada. Factor in sales tax. That's a 65% tax on new income. No point in getting a raise.

Particularly, because the employer is going to expect >$100k in value from the employee to make up for the raise and the employee barely receives half.

The middle class is being destroyed through taxes and inflation, while wealthy asset holders see their assets outpace inflation while taxed at much lower rates.