Alberta to fare better tax-wise next year
Posted Dec 28, 2010 4:17 pm.
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation predicts every single Canadian who is working, in any income and family scenario, will be paying more in taxes next year.
The CTF says, overall, Ontario will be hit the hardest, with an increase of about 4 per cent.
But since the numbers are tied to inflation it means Alberta will see the lowest tax hike at about one per cent.
They’re being hit harder to the west, with the working poor feeling it the most.
The CTF calculates that a single-income family making $35-thousand will see an eight per cent hike in their taxes.
In order to reduce the hit Canadians will be taking in the next few years, tax-wise, the CTF wants to see the federal government reform the E-I program.
The Federation’s Derek Fildebrandt tells 660News there are extra programs that shouldn’t be connected to E-I benefits.
“You know, anybody who has looked at these programs would know that they have very little, if anything, to do with actual employment insurance. That includes nearly a billion dollars for skills training, more than 400-million for job search and counseling services along with 250-million dollars for fishing benefits,” says Fildebrandt.
Fildebrandt says the ‘extra’ programs also include spending $143-million for worker adjustment planning and counseling, $94 million for aboriginal-specific training programs and $54 million for human resources planning.
He says it’s too costly and Ottawa is already hiking E-I premiums. As of January 1st, most of us will be paying about $76 dollars more for the year.
