Another ‘beer tax’ increase is coming on April 1, amid calls to cancel it
Another ‘beer tax’ increase is coming on April 1, amid calls to cancel it
On April 1, a tax increase on alcohol known as the "beer tax" will come into effect, meaning Canadians may soon pay more for their beverage of choice.
On April 1, a tax increase on alcohol known as the "beer tax" will come into effect, meaning Canadians may soon pay more for their beverage of choice.
Sorry - Beer is our "Beverage of Choice"? Pretty sure we drink more tea than beer and more coffee than tea... and more than either that sweet sweet water.
I don't even particularly associate Canadian culture with beer, we make some darn fine ones but Cider tends to dominate our alcohol culture (or maybe Fireball).
What a weird call for empathy.
I assume they meant alcoholic beverage of choice.
Also, while beer has been losing market share since around 2008, it remains the most popular alcoholic beverage nationwide, as well as being the most popular for every province except BC and Québec (who both prefer wine).
"Ciders, coolers, and other refreshment beverages" account for only around 10% of the market share, behind beer, wine, and spirits, so I'm not sure where you get the idea that cider is the most popular alcoholic drink.
Unpopular opinion - good. It's a known carcinogen. Add onto that the social issues it can cause and I think it makes some sense to tax it more that other things to bring in those external costs that were being "passed on" to society in the form of healthcare and social services.
Time to bust out the homebrew kit...
If you are looking to save money, take the fraction of a cent price increase in stride
Signed: guy who has spent thousands of dollars on home brewing equipment
brew create --cask molson
I hope their goal is to help me quit drinking. In which case it's great for me, but RIP small craft brewers
You know what is amazing: They can index taxes to inflation, but they can't be damned to index minimum wage to the cost of living increase.
You don't need to do anything to index percentages of sales prices to inflation, when inflation results in increases in sales prices.
Raising the tax rate is not indexing taxes to anything.
Where else are we supposed to generate tax income? Surely the dry husk of the working class has more to squeeze out of!
I'm mixed on this one.
As a detterrent to drinking, great. Fuck alcohol.
As a serious source of taxation, I hate any sort of tax that disproportionally burdens the poorer members of society.