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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2011 Ontario Non- Budget: Yawn Part Deux

If the 2011 Federal budget was a yawn from an income tax measure perspective, then the Ontario budget could be considered the Federal budget on Sominex.

The Ontario Minister of Finance, Dwight Duncan, today presented the Ontario Budget. For those who wish to read my firm’s (Cunningham LLP) summary, unfortunately, there is not one. My firm decided it was not worth the effort, since there is absolutely nothing in the budget.

As an aside, whether you are a Liberal supporter or not, has there ever been a premier that has left less of an impression over eight or so years than Dalton McGuinty?

I guess Ontario is just running on all cylinders and thus there was no need for any income tax measures to improve the provinces performance. Trying to be even handed, some may say McGuinty is in a catch-22 situation. The Federal Liberals are in the middle of an election and are publicly against any more tax cuts, so how could he, as a Liberal, make any tax cuts in Ontario? On the other hand, he can’t increase tax rates because he is facing an election in October of this year and is seeking a third term.

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4 comments:

  1. He left a fairly big impression on me...

    "I, Dalton McGuinty, leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario, promise, if my party is elected as the next government, that I will not raise taxes or implement any new taxes without the explicit consent of Ontario voters, and will not run deficits. I promise to abide by the Taxpayer Protection and Balanced Budget Act." (September 11, 2003)

    Never trust anyone who sees more government as a means to any end. This goes double for anyone propagating the lie of "job creation". The government cannot under ANY circumstances create a single job without taxing to death a more productive one.

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  2. Hey Skuj, I guess I am lucky I only have six months of comments on my blog that can be held against me :)

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