Cancel the alcohol tax and politician pay hike
How can MPs take another pay raise off the backs of their struggling constituents and still sleep at night?
By Canadian Taxpayers Federation Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director—— Bio and Archives--March 30, 2026
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OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to immediately cancel the alcohol tax increase and member of Parliament pay raise that are both set to happen on April 1.
“Politicians shouldn’t be taking more money out of Canadians’ pockets and stuffing more money into their own,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “It looks like the government is planning another cruel April Fools’ joke on taxpayers: Higher pay for politicians and higher taxes for the rest of us.
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