Canadians like getting taxed.
Change my mind:
A amendment was passed by Liberal, NDP and Bloc MPs that recommended increasing taxes on alcohol purchasing by 2 per cent, as opposed to the slated 4.7 per cent increase that will come into effect on April 1.
A proposed motion by Conservative MP Jasraj Singh-Hallan would have entirely negated the increase of the federal excise tax on alcohol — sometimes called the “beer tax” — but was rebuffed by the other parties.
The amendment recommending a two per cent tax increase proposed by Blaikie was based on Bank of Canada target for inflation but Conservative MPs argued that the increase in taxes might hurt businesses struggling to return to pre-pandemic numbers.
“Increasing taxes is not helping anyone. Not our small businesses, not our producers and not Canadians,” Singh-Hallan said.
Conservative MP Pat Kelly said he objected to the very idea of an automatic increase to the excise tax on alcohol.
“I think that the automatic escalation of taxes on beer, wine, and spirits should be repealed outright,” he said. “It’s not right that there would be an automatic increase of any type that wouldn’t be put to a vote in the House of Commons.”
The price of beer, wine and spirits has gone up every year since 2016 because of a bill passed in 2017 that included an escalator provision that raises the tax rate each year without a need for the finance minister to put those changes forward in Parliament.
That's not democracy.
It's become too expensive for the average prole to afford Victory Gin.
The Liberals and the NDP are the worst things to happen to Canada since the Spanish Flu.
No, that is not hyperbolic:
JAW-DROPPING
— Dan Mazier (@MBDan7) February 15, 2024
The Liberals and NDP have SHUT DOWN debate (AGAIN) on our Conservative motion to cancel the government’s carbon tax hike.
Trudeau’s costly coalition is raising the carbon tax by 23% on April 1st.
The Liberals have no shame in muzzling debate on their tax hikes.
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