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Taxpayers Federation urges Calgary Liberal MP to stand against carbon tax
By Kris Sims
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Calgary MP George Chahal to stick up for his constituents and oppose the federal carbon tax ahead of the next Liberal caucus meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 23.
“Why is it that only Liberal MPs from Atlantic Canada are sticking up for their constituents and pushing back against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax?” said Kris Sims, CTF Alberta Director. “Calgarians are getting hammered by the carbon tax and they need Chahal to stick up for them.”
With news of a potential government caucus revolt brewing in Ottawa over the carbon tax, the CTF held a news conference in front of the office of Calgary’s lone Liberal MP in those caucus meetings.
A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer found the carbon tax will cost the average Alberta household $213 this year more than the rebates. By 2030, that cost jumps up to $697.
The federal government also charges its GST on top of the carbon tax. The PBO report shows this carbon tax-on-tax will cost taxpayers $400 million this year. That money isn’t rebated back to Canadians.
“Alberta families will have to pay more than $400 extra in the carbon tax to heat their homes this winter and it’s up to our Calgary MP, Mr. Chahal, to stop being a chicken and speak up for his constituents,” Sims said. “Chahal has so far chickened out on standing up for his constituents, but he can redeem himself by plucking up the courage and opposing Trudeau’s carbon tax.”
A person in a bright yellow chicken suit danced during the CTF’s news conference.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on all party leaders to commit to ending the escalator tax that increases federal taxes on alcohol every year on April 1 without a vote in Parliament.
“In one week, the federal government will hike alcohol taxes again this year,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “Instead of making life even harder for brewers, distillers, pubs and restaurants by layering tax hikes on top of tariffs, the federal government should cut taxes to make Canadian businesses more competitive.”
Federal alcohol taxes will increase two per cent on April 1. This alcohol tax hike will cost taxpayers about $40 million in 2025-26, according to Beer Canada estimates.
The alcohol escalator tax has automatically increased excise taxes on beer, wine and spirits every year, without a vote in Parliament, since 2017. The alcohol escalator tax has cost taxpayers more than $900 million since being imposed, according to Beer Canada estimates.
Taxes from multiple levels of government account for about half of the price of alcohol.
Meanwhile, tariffs are hitting the industry hard. Brewers have described the tariffs as “Armageddon for craft brewing.”
“Automatic tax hikes are undemocratic, uncompetitive and unaffordable and they need to stop,” said Carson Binda, CTF B.C. Director. “All federal party leaders should commit to making life more affordable for Canadian consumers and businesses by ending the undemocratic alcohol escalator tax.”
News release from The Deep View
| Apple, already moving slowly out of the gate on generative AI, has been dealing with a number of roadblocks and mounting delays in its effort to bring a truly AI-enabled Siri to market. The problem, or, one of the problems, is that Apple used these same AI features to heavily promote its latest iPhone, which, as it says on its website, was “built for Apple Intelligence.” |
| Now, the tech giant has been accused of false advertising in a proposed class action lawsuit that argues that Apple’s “pervasive” marketing campaign was “built on a lie.” |
| The details: Apple has — if reluctantly — acknowledged delays on a more advanced Siri, pulling one of the ads that demonstrated the product and adding a disclaimer to its iPhone 16 product page that the feature is “in development and will be available with a future software update.” |
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| Apple did not respond to a request for comment. |
| The lawsuit was first reported by Axios, and can be read here. |
| This all comes amid an executive shuffling that just took place over at Apple HQ, which put Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell in charge of the Siri overhaul, according to Bloomberg. |
| Still, shares of Apple rallied to close the day up around 2%, though the stock is still down 12% for the year. |
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