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Old 04-20-2016, 06:44 AM   #820
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Originally Posted by stampsx2 View Post
Let's see the ndp's record so far:

Electricity tax (carbon tax) - starting jan 1, 2017
Home heating tax (carbon tax) - starting jan 1, 2017
Gas prices up 4 cents/litre (carbon tax) - starting jan 1, 2017
Gas prices up another 6 cents/litre (carbon tax) - starting jan 1,2018
Alchohol and ciggarette tax increasing
6.1% property tax - starting this year
Did i miss anything?

But they won't raise the pst and will give carbon rebates to their voter base, so essentially buying votes without looking bad. I'd say that's pretty sneaky.
Again, this is all in the context of a jurisdiction which, even after all of the listed tax increases, will still have the lowest tax burden in Canada (and one of the lowest in North America), at least as I understand it.

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
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