1. Add ‘$1,000 pay cut’ to that ‘tax on everything’
Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESSStephen Harper and Joe Oliver: The budget they’re holding included no mention of voluntary CPP plan.
Stephen Harper is calling the Liberal plan for a mandatory increase in the Canada Pension Plan “a $1,000 pay cut.” It’s a pretty typical Harper tactics (remember “a tax on everything” when the Libs wanted a carbon tax?), but there’s also the fact that the mandatory Ontario being introduced in Ontario will cost cost most people $750-$1,000 a year, so a new federal Liberal plan on top of that is another $1,000 (give …read more
Source: National Post
