Constitutional amendment ends century-old tax exemption for CP Rail in Sask.
The Canadian Senate has passed a motion to amend the Constitution, ending a century-old tax exemption for Canadian Pacific Railway in Saskatchewan.
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The Canadian Senate has passed a motion to amend the Constitution, ending a century-old tax exemption for Canadian Pacific Railway in Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan’s Conservative Members of Parliament are calling on the federal government to remove an exemption for Canadian Pacific Railway from various Saskatchewan provincial taxes.
Andrew Scheer says the amendment would give people in Saskatchewan a fairer deal when it comes to existing railway exemptions.
The province wants Section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act repealed — the part which exempts CP from paying the taxes — retroactive to 1966.
REGINA — The basis of a lawsuit between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the Saskatchewan government is moving to the floor of Parliament after provincial legislature members passed a motion to amend the Constitution.