Jay Goldberg, interim Atlantic director at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, provided the following opinion article. As the spiked eggnog becomes a ...
While the P.E.I. government has done well in offering inflation relief payments to most taxpayers, more action is needed, writes Jay Goldberg.Jay Goldberg, interim Atlantic director at the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, provided the following opinion article.
Thanks to inflation, which damaged taxpayer purchasing power, most Islanders were forced to make do in 2022 with the equivalent of 11 months of the wages they earned in 2021.TAXPAYERS FEDERATION: Charlottetown councillors, staff pledging not to double-dip again is not good enoughA huge part of the inflation squeeze has been government. Governments have profited off of inflation as taxpayers felt the pinch.
To pay for even more sales tax relief, King could eliminate corporate welfare handouts, which cost the province over $42.6 million in 2022. Taxpayers also need to see action from the King government at the gas pumps. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Premier Andrew Furey cut the gas tax by seven cents per litre last June until at least March 31, 2023. The average Newfoundland and Labrador family will have saved up to $500 at the gas pumps.
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