How did you not know about it?It got filibustered in the Senate when all the Conservative senators voted against it as did a bunch of the "Independant" senators who were formerly Lieberal senators after Trulander declared that all Lieberal senators were "Independant" the budget bill got hung for 2 days in the Senate and it might have meant an extension to the Spring sitting of Parliament....that did not happen as the Lieberal/Independant Senator who is the Party WHIP cracked the whip and the senators that were opposed to the tax shut their collective cake holes and voted the Lieberal party line.
Oh yeah and as for that tax on booze it is Federal and tied to inflation and it has nothing to do with how much Provincial Governments jack up taxes on booze each year.So like I said a case of beer may just be a luxury item for the average Canadian in a few years.
As for another thing you probably did not know the Lieberals under the Shiney Pony were seriously considering taxing benefit plans.As in if you get say $2000 worth of dental coverage and you used it you would get taxed on it just as it were income and at the same tax rate as well.Happily that Lieberal idea got leaked to the media and it met with a lot of heat so they backed off.The Lieberals also wanted to jack up the Capital Gains tax to 75% but they backed off on that as it would have made a run on the TSX far worse than when the Conservatives said that Income Trusts would be taxed in 2011 and they said it in 2008.....the run on the market that day by panic selling idiots lost legitimate solid TSX listed companies a shitload in market capitalization in 1 day of trading and all because people did not read the WHOLE ...which they did not not take in to context of the timeline which was 3 years later when they would be taxed.If you had money on the sidelines 2 days later just waiting to invest and pick up bargains it was like hitting a garage sale and finding a box full of mint condition Star Wars figures from the original 12 from the first movie in the mint packages.
If you like out of control spending and higher taxes then vote for the Shiney Pony with the nice hair next election(Federally) he is good for nothing more than selfies and living a life of entitlement on the tax payers dime whilst he cant even come up with a good answer in question period in Parliament the 1 day a week he is there as he is reading from a script....if you like a tax and spend more Socialist government vote for him.
SR
I know it's confusing for you.
