Ottawa’s inflation battle should include a freeze on beer tax hikes

A planned April 1 increase would be the largest one-time tax increase on Canadian beer consumers and would impose an additional $50-million tax burden on the still-struggling sector.

Following a decade of stagnant or declining sales, beer volumes in Canada today remain nearly six per cent below pre-pandemic levels, writes CJ Hélie.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY CJ HELIE

September 21, 2022

We all hoped for a rebound for Canada’s hospitality and tourism sector following our two-year anni horribiles. The year 2022 was to be another mini-Roaring ’20s, if you will, without the excesses. The unfortunate reality is that after barely hanging on and having to take on new debt to...

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