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CPP and EI Payroll Tax Increases Put Needs of the State Before Those of the People

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CPP and EI Payroll Tax Increases Put Needs of the State Before Those of the People
Information regarding the Canadian Pension Plan is displayed on the Service Canada website in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
John Robson
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Happy New Tax Increase. The planned hike in Canada Pension Plan and employment insurance premiums has not merely gone ahead, it has gone up, because the toil of citizens is insufficient to satisfy the needs of the state. Something is upside down here.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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