Fierce Outcry Builds Over Proposed Small Business Tax Changes in Canada

Summer vacations are over and tech entrepreneurs along with the small business community are up in arms over the government’s proposed tax changes.
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Fierce Outcry Builds Over Proposed Small Business Tax Changes in Canada
Minister of Finance Bill Morneau holds a press conference in Vancouver on Sept. 5, 2017. The trip to B.C. is part of a cross-Canada “listening tour” concerning proposed tax changes that will affect small business. The Canadian Press/Ben Nelms
Rahul Vaidyanath
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Summer vacations are over and tech entrepreneurs along with the small business community are up in arms over the government’s proposed tax changes that they say threaten Canada’s economic prosperity.
Tech entrepreneurs have been praising the government’s efforts to support innovation, but proposals to crack down on perceived tax loopholes and abuse of private corporations are creating a firestorm.
Rahul Vaidyanath
Rahul Vaidyanath
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Rahul Vaidyanath is a journalist with The Epoch Times in Ottawa. His areas of expertise include the economy, financial markets, China, and national defence and security. He has worked for the Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., and investment banks in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
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