Tax – Spoke

Tobacco tax gets fiery response

BY TYLER BATTEN Smoking legal tobacco just got a whole lot pricier. Light-headed and disoriented, smokers stumbled out of convenience stores across the country Feb. 12 with a whole new problem. An excise tax increase of 24 per cent on all tobacco products in Canada came bundled in this year’s federal budget. “Taxing tobacco products at a sustainable level is an important element of the government’s health strategy to discourage … Continued

Region’s budget full of potholes

BY CODY STEEVES A new regional tax increase has been approved by council and, for the most part, the money will be well spent. However, the 2014 budget does miss the mark in several major categories. The tax increase is part of a seven-year plan to increase urban taxes annually by 1.75 per cent. Each year councillors review the increase, and can decide to raise or lower it. This year … Continued

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