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The big, old, overly opinionated mortgage broker is worried about the future of housing for average Canadians

Mar 31, 5 tweets

How Bad Is It That Canada's Economy Is Completely Dependent On Tax Policy?

Canada has gone down such a wrong road

Yesterday an announcement changing a Tax Policy was done to save the Residential Construction Industry

From a Tax Policy that killed the Construction Industry

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Which is fucking nuts!

We taxed the Housing Industry literally to DEATH: taxes, fees & levies were 30% of the price of a new home compared with 2% 30 years ago

Then the Government announces a TEMPORARY waiver of the taxes

1 Year for HST
3 Years for 50% off Development Fees

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And the Residential Construction Industry comes out of a Coma

But lets stop & realize just how incredibly BAD the whole thing really is

Tax Policy now rules Industry

In Manitoba Taxes were removed from Fast Food sold in Grocery Stores but remains on Restaurant Food

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What the hell sense does that make?

Does Manitoba hate Restaurants?

But this madness never stops

Endless tinkering with tax policy created an Industry of Tax Preparers

Accountants spend days learning new Business Tax Changes EVERY YEAR

Never any year without changes

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Look I understand we need taxes

Society needs services that Government's supply

But the size of Government & Taxation have grown MASSIVELY in the last 20 years

Same with Regulations

We need huge change to reduce Government & Taxes

We need it now before it's too late

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