Wed Jan 4, 2023 – 9:53 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A Canadian taxpayer watchdog group blasted the Liberal federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for implementing no less than five tax hikes in 2023.
As noted by the Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, Canadians will have a “hangover in the new year” from Trudeau’s new tax hikes.
“Canadians can’t afford gas or groceries and the government is making things worse by hiking taxes,” Terrazzano said.
In 2023, workers who make more than $66,000 a year will see their Canada Pension Plan contributions go up by $255.
Workers who make more than $61,500 will have to pay an extra $50 in Employment Insurance tax.
Employers of the workers will also have to pay more as well into the respective programs.
Also increasing for 2023 will be Trudeau’s much-panned carbon tax. Starting in April, this tax will go up to 14 cents per litre of fuel.
It is estimated that the carbon tax increase will cost the average household between $402 and $847 in 2023, even after government rebates.
However, a second carbon tax is coming in July in the form of new
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