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The Canada Revenue Agency has spent more than $116 million on carbon tax paperwork, records show. Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier in a report to Parliament said 330 employees are now assigned to collecting the fuel charge and processing rebates: “What are the annual costs?”
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On Jan. 1, workers and employers will start paying more in payroll taxes through Employment Insurance premiums and Canada Pension Plan premiums. The Trudeau government has recently tried to claim these aren’t taxes but just fees we all collectively pay for services we get down the road.
To most people, that means a tax, but even if you accept their definition, employers will still be paying those payroll taxes without getting any services.
In the new year, someone earning $66,600, the maximum for CPP cutoff, will pay an added $255 in premiums. Employers will pay the same $255 in additional CPP premiums for each employee.
When it comes to EI, that same worker will pay an extra $50 per year in EI premiums, whether they ever collect EI or not, while their employer will pay an extra $70.
The CTF estimates that payroll taxes will cost a middle-class worker $4,756 in 2023 while still costing their employer an additional $5,157. That doesn’t include income taxes.
The federal government is increasing the basic personal exemption on income tax but for anyone earning over $40,000 per year, the payroll tax hikes will mean they pay more in overall taxes.
The CTF and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business are both critical of these significant tax hikes at a time when Canadians are also dealing with inflation.
“The maximum additional amount that an employee will pay in EI and CPP contributions is $304.71. It may not seem like a lot, but $300 can cost one family a trip to the grocery store or pay for their transportation or utility bills,” said Dan Kelly, president at CFIB.
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Oh, look! Another overpaid bureaucrat with no real experience and is accountable to no one!:
A high-level bureaucrat with a background in competition law will be in charge of implementing the Liberal government’s internet-regulation legislation.**
Trade Minister Mary Ng avoided any questioning by senators over sweetheart contracting in her first committee appearance since being censured in an ethics report. Members of the foreign affairs committee made no mention of Ng’s breach of an Act of Parliament though she invited senators to ask anything they liked: “Wonderful.”
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Contracting at Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department is haphazard, says an internal audit. Investigators said millions were spent with little oversight: “By its nature procurement is inherently exposed to certain fraud-related risks.”
That might explain this:
Federal subsidies continue to support the work of the Community Media Advocacy Centre, the Montréal consultancy cited for anti-Semitism. A taxpayer-funded academic journal published Centre research even after its senior consultant Laith Marouf fantasized on Twitter about shooting Jews: “Are you telling us then all of this took place in your ministry without you being aware of it?”
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The Canadian Transportation Agency yesterday would not release raw data on complaints filed against the worst airlines. The regulator instead rated carriers based on complaints per flight with one discounter topping the grievance list: “They’re never going to get on top of this.”
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The runaway freight train that caused Canada’s deadliest postwar rail disaster passed four safety inspections on its final trip, records show. Details of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic wreck are cited in Québec Superior Court documents: “Defects were immediately corrected on site.”
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Cabinet does not know how many guns are smuggled into Canada, says a federal briefing note. The Department of Public Safety said it was at a loss to estimate the scope of gun running despite budgeting $312 million over five years to combat smuggling: “The total number of firearms successfully smuggled into Canada is unknown.”
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