Jocelyn Bamford is the president and founder of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada.
TORONTO (February 18, 2020) - The Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada (CCMBC) is calling for the federal government to restore rail service immediately. These blockades are against the law and are causing untold hardship to families across the country.
The Trudeau government wants Canadians to believe its first carbon tax (remember, they have several like the proposed clean fuel standards), will be no big hardship to them.
Proponents of the levy insist citizens will get back more than they pay when they receive tax rebates. To this I say, nonsense. Polls suggest Canadians are already feeling the added burden of the tax when they gas up their vehicles and pay higher grocery costs. Many cannot afford to wait for rebates at tax time that may not materialize.
For me, the Mark Norman case is not just the most disturbing scandal for this government, but for any that I can recall.
To summarize it, it appears that after a long and decorated career, one of Canada’s most senior military officers was charged with a serious offence at the whim of a vengeance-seeking prime minister. Then, in the face of a man determined to stand for his honour and reputation, assisted by an extraordinarily effective (and female, as Marie Henein noted) legal team, that same prime minister backed down. This week, the prosecution announced it would stay the prosecution.
It has now been a month since the Trudeau Government reached into our pockets again for tax money, this time for the first hit of their carbon taxes. This tax is now going to climb every year, by 50% in 2020 alone. And don’t forget that Trudeau and co. have several other taxes coming.