Courtesy of the BC Government Caucus:
Adrian Dix’s recent visit to Toronto for a Globe and Mail editorial board chit-chat and online comments by Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall are leading to more questions about how high taxes will be raised under and NDP government, asserts B.C.’s finance minister Michael de Jong.
In an editorial this week, the Globe and Mail states, “Mr. Dix has yet to say how he would generate greater revenues without raising taxes, nor did he fill in the details about his industrial strategy and vision for economic development, including the conditions under which he would support future pipeline developments. That is a concern.” (Globe and Mail, Oct. 16, 2012, Online)
“We’re no longer a point of debating if an NDP government will raise the taxes of British Columbians, it’s now a question of how much will they raise them by,” said de Jong, MLA for Abbotsford West. “Given Mr. Dix’s refusal, once again, to spell out his spending plans he’s running out of excuses. Taxpayers should also share the Globe and Mail’s concerns.”
Adrian Dix has already repeatedly stated an NDP government would raise taxes on financial institutes which included credit unions, potentially increasing costs and fees for British Columbians who are members of institutes including Prospera, Island Savings, Central 1, and VanCity.
More questions were raised when Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall stated via Twitter that, “Canada is #3 in the world in giving up revenue via tax cuts.”
“Cutting taxes is not the government giving up revenue as Mungall likes to think, it’s called making life more affordable for B.C. families. We believe that individuals and families are best at managing and deciding what they should do with their money – not governments. It’s clear B.C.’s New Democrats have never left their tried-and-true roots of taxing working British Columbians in order to curry favour with their big union friends.
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