THUNDER BAY – POLITICS – The Conservatives say, “Small business owners can look forward to a new Conservative government repealing Justin Trudeau’s tax increases and cutting red tape. The Conservative announced their small business plan at Cracker Jack’s Bar and Grill today in Thorold Ontario.
“Justin Trudeau thinks small businesses are tax cheats,“ said Scheer. “In the last four years, it has become more expensive than ever to run a business. Trudeau’s Carbon Tax raised the price of gasoline and heating, making it harder to pay monthly bills. His payroll tax hikes hurt the bottom line, and his unprecedented tax hike on small businesses in 2017 – although Canada’s Conservatives and business leaders came together to try to stop it – ended up costing small businesses even more.”
Frank Pullia, the Conservative candidate in Thunder Bay-Superior North says, “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy as they create around 80% of the jobs in our country and deserve our support and respect. The Conservative Party will enable job creation by reducing red tape and bureaucracy and facilitate business retention and expansion. What I am hearing from the small business community is that they need help from the government and not an onerous tax regime that stifles progress and opportunities for family-owned businesses”
“With a declining and aging population, the Thunder Bay-Superior North region needs to grow or demographics alone will dictate our future. Under a Conservative government, our priority will be to help the small businesses grow and create jobs, and continue to be a fundamental part of the fabric of our communities”
“Not only are small businesses victim to the Trudeau government’s tax hikes, small businesses across the country are also struggling under a massive regulatory burden. Justin Trudeau has imposed more than 4,300 job-killing, growth-choking federal regulations on Canadian business since 2015,” added Scheer.
Scheer promises a new Conservative government will take several measures to support our small businesses:
- Repeal Trudeau’s tax increases on small business investments
- Exempt spouses from Trudeau’s tax increases on small business dividends
- Make it easier to navigate Canada’s tax system and the Canada Revenue Agency
- Reduce federal regulations by 25 per cent
- Implement a 2-for-1 rule for new regulations
- Assign a Minister reporting directly to the Prime Minister to lead red tape reduction efforts
- Mandate ministers and regulators to support innovation, economic growth, and global competitiveness
- Champion Canada’s small businesses to the world
“A new Conservative government will continue to celebrate small businesses as drivers of prosperity, and not view them merely as sources of revenue,” said Scheer. “It’s time to stop Justin Trudeau’s attacks on small business owners. It is time for Canada’s small businesses to get ahead.”
FACTS:
- Of the 95,000 businesses that are created in Canada each year, barely 50 per cent will survive to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Over the last four years, it has become more difficult than ever to start and grow a business.
- In 2017, Trudeau proposed a disastrous set of small business tax increases that were only partially abandoned because of effective pressure by Canada’s Conservatives and massive public outcry.
- Trudeau tried to hike taxes on small businesses’ investment income to 73 per cent, and then went after small business owners’ spouses, ending a long-standing tax exemption on dividend payments.
- The Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) reports there were 131,754 federal regulations on the books when Justin Trudeau took office in 2015. Public policy think-tank MEI reports that by 2018, the number of federal regulations rose to 136,121 – an increase of more than 4,300.
- In late 2018, the Financial Post reported that regulatory burden was “killing Canada’s competitiveness.”
ANDREW SCHEER’S PLAN FOR YOU TO GET AHEAD:
- Scrap the Trudeau Carbon Tax, lowering the cost of everyday essentials like gas, groceries, and home heating.
- Introduce the Universal Tax Cut, saving an average couple $850.
- Take the GST off home heating costs, saving your family $107 every year.
- Introduce the Green Public Transit Tax Credit, saving a family of four who take transit up to $1,000.
- Make maternity benefits tax-free, putting up to $4,000 back in the pockets of new parents.
- Introduce the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, allowing parents to claim up to $1,000 for sports activities.
- Introduce the Children’s Arts and Learning Tax Credit, letting parents claim up to $500 for arts and learning programs.
- Expand the Age Credit, benefiting the lowest income Canadians the most and giving a senior couple up to $300.
- Boost the RESP, helping parents get more for their kids’ education. For some, that could be $540 more.
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