Canadian Business Aviation Association Press Release | April 21, 2021
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The Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA), representing 50,000 highly skilled workers in a $12.1 billion industry, has expressed concern over the proposed “luxury tax” included in the federal government’s budget tabled on Apr.19. If passed, the tax will come into force in January 2022.
According to the CBAA’s president and CEO, Anthony Norejko, the government’s assumption that a small plane is an unessential high-end toy totally misrepresents how these aircraft are generally used.
“Given Canada’s vast size, complex geography and small population, small aircraft have been a niche tool to deliver personnel, food and supplies, equipment and other essential services to communities of all sizes, many of which have only the most basic airstrip for landing and take-off,” he explained.
By Mark Pilling2021-04-22T10:55:00+01:00
Hopefully, at some point during their career, people in the sales world are lucky enough to feel the buzz of selling a product that literally flies off the shelf.
Tony Lefebvre is incredulous that the product in question is boring old aviation fuel. “We have seen uptake of customer demand that is off the charts,” says the chief operating officer of Signature Flight Support, one of the world’s leading fixed-base operators (FBOs), with a network of 200 locations.
Source: Signature Flight Support
Signature Flight Support has seen customer demand that is ‘off the charts’
CBAA responds to proposed luxury tax on personal aircraft April 21, 2021
In the Federal government’s first budget delivered in two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Liberal government has proposed a new luxury tax on new cars and personal aircraft priced over $100,000, and for personal use boats priced over $250,000. The tax would come into effect January 1, 2022.
The Canadian Press notes the Liberals promised a luxury tax in its 2019 campaign platform. On Monday April 19, Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland followed through with that earlier proposal, which in the newly tabled budget would be calculated as the lesser of 20 per cent of the value above the threshold (again $100,000 for aircraft) or 10 per cent of the full value of the luxury item. The GST/HST would apply to the final sale price, inclusive of the proposed tax.
Lobby Watch: Moderna ramps up efforts regarding management of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 12, 2021 10:48am Parliament Hill pictured on Jan. 15 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada continues to surge, the push to vaccinate as many people as possible has intensified, but the cross-country rollout is still dealing with delays in the supply chain.
Last week Moderna was set to deliver 855,000 vaccine doses, which, as of Monday morning, had yet to arrive.
In an effort to reach out to the government to discuss the management of vaccine deliveries, the Massachusetts-based company has signed on with PAA Public Affairs Advisors, which has registered seven staffers to work on the file: Steve Van Groningen, Julie Groleau, Susan Cui, James Anderson, Felix Wong, Michael Von Herff and Noah Niznick.
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 12, 2021 10:48am Parliament Hill pictured on Jan. 15 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada continues to surge, the push to vaccinate as many people as possible has intensified, but the cross-country rollout is still dealing with delays in the supply chain.
Last week Moderna was set to deliver 855,000 vaccine doses, which, as of Monday morning, had yet to arrive.
In an effort to reach out to the government to discuss the management of vaccine deliveries, the Massachusetts-based company has signed on with PAA Public Affairs Advisors, which has registered seven staffers to work on the file: Steve Van Groningen, Julie Groleau, Susan Cui, James Anderson, Felix Wong, Michael Von Herff and Noah Niznick.