HALIFAX, N.S.-- Nova Scotia’s NDP are criticizing the PC plan to make big banks pay more, while opposing tax cuts for hard-working Nova Scotians.
Last week in the Legislature, NDP MLA Suzy Hansen responded to the provincial budget raising capital tax on large financial institutions from 4% to 6% by stating “I'm confused as to why we would think we would tax these financial institutions.”
Meanwhile, NDP Leader Claudia Chender has called $1,400 worth of tax cuts for the average family, including lowering the HST, indexing income tax brackets, and raising the basic personal amount “a joke”.
“Tax cuts are not a joke and the big banks can afford to contribute a little bit more,” said PC MLA Nolan Young. “The NDP’s choice to stand with big banks over hard-working Nova Scotians doing their best to make ends meet shows that they have fully abandoned their roots as a party for the workers.”
Chender recently liked a social media post calling to raise the HST and has refused to rule out raising taxes on Nova Scotians outright.
