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Bloy says tax cuts not dead, just on hold Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
Gordon Campbell’s 15 per cent tax cut, announced just weeks ago, has been suspended, but that doesn’t mean it’s never going to happen, according to Liberal MLA Harry Bloy. “It’s not a reversal. It’s being put on hold so the new leader can review it and look at it,” Bloy said. “I would still expect the tax cut would still go through.” This Wednesday, the outgoing premier
announced that the provincial government’s executive council had decided to suspend the 15 per cent reduction in personal income tax rates for the first $72,000 of personal income – that same tax cut he had dangled in front of British Columbians on Oct. 27, just days before he announced he would step down as premier. The tax cut, which was subject to legislative approval, Harry Bloy was set to take effect Jan. 1, 2011. MLA “In order to ensure the executive
council has maximum flexibility to set government’s economic and fiscal agenda, cabinet has decided to suspend the planned tax reduction,” Campbell said in Wednesday announcement. “The cabinet has decided that during this period of transition, it is important that decisions are not made that would unnecessarily limit executive council’s ability to set priorities and implement their agenda for government.”
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When asked if the tax cut would mean less government revenue for services and social programs, Bloy said that it would actually stimulate the economy by leaving more spending money in the pockets of British Columbians. Government can still generate revenue, but through taxes on consumption rather than income. “In the long run, it puts more back into the economy,” he said. But New Democrat MLA Kathy Corrigan isn’t convinced.
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