PM willing to improve small biz tax plan but won’t abandon in face of backlash
KELOWNA, B.C. — Justin Trudeau insisted Wednesday that his government won’t back down on a controversial plan to end tax provisions that it says give some wealthy small business owners an unfair advantage.
The prime minister delivered that message as he kicked off a Liberal caucus retreat, pre-empting backbenchers who’d come poised to press for changes to the tax plan after being inundated with complaints over the summer.
“I want to be clear,” Trudeau told the assembled MPs.
“People who make $50,000 a year should not pay higher taxes than people who make $250,000 a year.”