OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2021 federal budget in the House of Commons on Monday. Here are some highlights from her speech, as well as quotes from opposition leaders.
CALGARY The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is saying a pause on a project to build the future home of the Calgary Flames is a red flag. “Calgarians, we love our Flames and we want to continue to support our Flames but with tickets not taxes,” said Franco Terrazzano, Alberta director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The cost to build the $550-million event centre is supposed to be split evenly between Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation and the city. Construction was supposed to begin this summer. The arena was scheduled to open in time for the 2024/2025 NHL season. Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, the project manager has confirmed the project is on hold because the cost has gone up.
VANCOUVER Lee Grant is taking on ICBC and the province after he says he was gouged in an unfair tax grab by the provincial government. “Why am I paying PST on something that was bought in another province, between citizens of that other province?” questioned Grant, the owner of LG Speed and Kustom. On Wednesday, Grant says, he was charged provincial sales tax on a vehicle that he has owned for nearly a decade, which he purchased in 2013 when he was a resident of Alberta. On Thursday, his situation sparking a larger conversation about the tax. “It defies common sense that anybody should have to pay PST on used anything,” said Kris Sims, B.C. director of the Canadian Tax Payers Federation.
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VICTORIA The owner of a Vic West hot rod shop is taking on ICBC and the province for what he claims is a cash grab. In 2013, Lee Grant, the owner of LG Speed and Kustom, was a resident of Alberta. That year, he bought a 1964 Thunderbird in a private sale from a man in that same province. “It was my personal vehicle,” said Grant. In 2017 he came to Victoria for a job and in 2018 he decided to move here permanently. “That’s when I transferred my drivers licence over and began the process of transferring the registration for my Thunderbird,” said Grant. “Being that it’s a 60-year-old car, there was a fair bit of stuff that I had to fix on it.”