Canada's income tax system: so screwed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_taxes_in_Canada#Personal_federal_marginal_tax_rates [1]

$0 - $40,726 (with $10,320 basic personal tax credit): 15%

$40,727 - $81,452: 22%

$81,453 - $126,264: 26%

Over $126,264: 29%

As can be seen above, Canada has only four tax rates.  The US, however, has six.

Why hasn't anybody proposed adding tax brackets?  On a relevant note, here's a potential threshold for a new tax bracket:

http://www.taxtips.ca/glossary.htm [2]

"The first $400,000 (for 2008, federally) of active business income of a Canadian controlled private corporation [3], or CCPC, is taxed at lower rates.  The tax reduction is called the small business deduction [4]."

Another threshold was suggested by Oskar Lafontaine of Germany's Left Party (Die Linke): above 600,000 euros.  In Canadian dollars, that would be about $1 million.

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