Hi John,

The prime minister had to cap his most undemocratic tax hike and now you can jump on board to scrap it completely. 

The federal government started experimenting with an escalator tax in 2017. The idea’s simple: the tax goes up automatically every year with inflation. It’s also completely undemocratic because members of Parliament don’t even have to vote on it.

It started the experiment with alcohol taxes and hoped nobody would notice.

But if you let the government get away with automatically hiking taxes on anything, it’s a good bet it’ll start automatically hiking taxes on everything.

Thousands of CTF supporters have been leading the charge to scrap the escalator tax and they’re making progress.

The government planned to increase the alcohol tax this year by 4.7 per cent. 

But pressure from thousands of Canadian Taxpayers Federation supporters forced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to back down. Instead of a 4.7 per cent hike, Trudeau capped the alcohol tax hike at two per cent. 

Trudeau shouldn’t be hiking taxes at all. But the pressure from taxpayers reduced the tax burden by $50 million this year alone. And now you can build on that momentum.

Will you sign the PETITION to scrap Trudeau’s automatic tax hikes? Here’s petition the text:
Automatic and hidden escalator tax hikes are undemocratic, unaffordable and unaccountable.

Taxes already account for about half the cost that we pay for beer, wine and spirits.

We the undersigned call on the federal government to axe the escalator tax on beer, wine and spirits. 
Note: if the automatic link doesn’t work on your device, you can also sign the petition at this link: www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeaus-automatic-tax-hikes-

Thanks for fighting for taxpayers. Together we can make a difference. 

Sincerely,

Carson Binda, CTF B.C. Director

PS: When you sign our petitions, you’ll hear from us again on how you can fight against Trudeau’s automatic tax hike. Here’s a link to the petition you can share with your friends: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/stop-trudeaus-automatic-tax-hikes-