Posted: Jan 01, 2021 11:11 AM CT | Last Updated: January 1
Taxpayers are being given a bit of a break this year. There are some changes to be aware of when filing income tax returns, but the most significant increases are because of inflation.(wutzkohphoto/Shutterstock)
Strengthen the office of the Municipal Auditor General.
Require all of the B.C. legislature to be subject to Freedom of Information law.
“B.C. drivers should have gotten ICBC rebates in the spring when drivers in other provinces got hundreds of dollars back and the government shouldn’t be trying to douse the ICBC dumpster fire by screwing drivers out of their own money during the lockdowns,” said Sims.
“Horgan knows the carbon tax is unaffordable since he paused the tax hike in April, so he should go all the way and scrap this tax altogether.”
The Taxpayers’ Federation is also urging the government to bolster accountability in the province.
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As we head into a year in which the Alberta government intends on following through its planned referendum on the federal equalization program, we’re likely to see the rhetoric over federal transfers heat up even beyond where it’s been through much of 2020.
In recent weeks, the premier has denounced changes to the fiscal stabilization program and the federal health and social transfers as insufficient. I’ve no doubt that we’ll be hearing much more about these complaints in 2021.
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