If they didn't tax everyone so damn much, it would work out.

They fix the toilet for $200, I need to earn $400 to have that $200, and the toilet repair person gets to keep $100 after their taxes.

$400->$100 in one go. Government keeps $300. Make that make sense.

Depressingly, they bought a house in 1995 before the prices exploded. You need a 94th percentile income in Toronto to barely qualify for the average house.