Speaking of everything the NDP touching turning to crap: Joe Ceci's unconstitutional beer tax took a big hit in the courts as Steam Whistle won an injunction against it.
http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/col...onist-beer-tax
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Finance Minister Joe Ceci defended his plan to charge a higher mark-up on beer from outside of the New West Partnership in late November. “Our intent is to grow the brewery business in Alberta and to create jobs and to diversify the economy,” he told the CBC. Unfortunately for Ceci, intent doesn’t enter into it. But even if it did, it’s a bad argument.
In Steam Whistle’s pleadings on Monday, the court heard that four full-time and 15 part-time Alberta employees will lose their jobs on account of Ceci’s plan to create jobs and diversify the economy. Further, Muskoka Brewery ceased operations in Alberta at the end of 2015 on account of this tax, leaving even more Albertans without work. So far, Ceci’s plan has only cost jobs and hurt the economy.
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