Alcohol tax rising Wednesday, as MP’s receive raises
Landon Hickok- 0
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is once again taking aim at the federal tax increase on alcohol on April 1st, while on the same day increasing the salaries for Members of Parliament.
The excise duty increase on beer, spirits and wine is set to increase by two percent this Wednesday and generate $41,000,000 in the next fiscal year, signaling another automatic annual increase since 2017 without a vote in parliament.
Meanwhile, the CTF estimates that various federal politicians’ salaries will increase between 88 hundred and 17 thousand dollars on the same day. The CTF calls the move a “cruel April Fool’s joke on Canadians” and is calling for the alcohol tax increase and the pay hike to be scrapped.
The base salary for a backbench Member of Parliament is currently around $209,000, with Ministers taking in an extra $100,000, and the Prime Minister receiving a salary of $420,000. A Leger poll released in February showed that 80% of Canadians were opposed to MP’s receiving another raise.
