They can't stop giving that s*** talks, `cause it'll hurt Uncle Sam's feelings, the western EU nations has been dependent on the USA for military ever since WW2. Trump, though as crazy as he can be, is right that NATO is a US expense. Unfortunately EU is stuck between a rock and a hard place, they can't stop s*** talking Russia, because the US might start doubting the so-called "shared values" which has been the foundation of these alliances, trade deals, etc., at the same time the EU can't fully cut Russia because they need Russian goods.
Fuel, and heating is not as expensive because Canada is a net energy exporter, that's where the US get's some its energy too. Not to mention, the US itself is an energy producer.
But I can relate about the taxes, here in the Philippines anything I earn above $5,000 get taxed by 20% and only goes up from there. Plus, that only happened in 2017, before that year, anything I earn above $1,000 get taxed by 15%, and by $10,000 it gets taxed by 33%, though I never reached that $10,000 mark before. A lot of people, predominantly US folks, are saying that Canada has high taxes, but I look at the rates, and I'm like that's way lower than what we have here in the Philippines.