This page was exported from King Weekly Sentinel [ https://kingsentinel.com ] Export date:Thu Mar 28 15:17:47 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Calandra’s tariff tax-grab --------------------------------------------------- Canadians should get ready to pay more for everyday goods. MP Paul Calandra and the Conservative government are imposing a tax grab on families by hiking tariffs on everything from coffee makers to bicycles. A tariff is a tax, and many of the goods sold in Canadian stores come from countries that will soon get caught up in higher tariffs when they are brought into Canada, raising prices. Costs for baby cribs, vacuum cleaners, barbecues and more will go up by an average of 3%. All in all, it amounts to a $330 million a-year tax grab from families struggling to make ends meet. It will drain our businesses and drive consumers across the border. The measures also hit digital music players, too, despite solemn Conservative pledges to never introduce an “iPod tax.” Other tax hikes in the federal budget – on everything from hospital parking to life insurance – will cost Canadians hundreds of millions more. Incredibly, Mr. Calandra and the Conservatives deny up and down that they are raising taxes, as if your wallet somehow just gets lighter all on its own. Their dishonesty is disproven by all the revenue booked in their own budget numbers. Canadians understand that governing sometimes requires difficult choices. But Mr. Calandra might find that when his constituents can't count on their own MP to give them the straight goods on taxes, they start looking for someone who can. Wayne Easter, MP Liberal Party of Canada International Trade Critic --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2013-04-30 14:27:23 Post date GMT: 2013-04-30 18:27:23 Post modified date: 2013-05-14 15:52:27 Post modified date GMT: 2013-05-14 19:52:27 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com