Editor:
Effective Jan, 1, 2019, the BC NDP minority government introduced the Employer Health Tax. This tax is a tax on the total payroll cost of all employers in B.C. to cover for the elimination of Medical Services Plan premiums.
The finance minister says the elimination of medical services premiums will lower employer expenses. How so?
The City of New Westminster paid $768,839 to medical services, in 2017. Total payroll for 2017 was $54,736,772. The employer health tax is 1.95 per cent.
This new tax amounts to $1,067,367, an increase of $298,528 or 38.8 per cent which has to be paid for by the taxpayers.
The City of New Westminster has no choice except to increase all taxpayer property taxes to cover for this outrageous increase, once again proving that the NDP government did not do any research on the outcome of this tax, showing why Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and soon to be Alberta never ever to have an NDP government manage their tax dollars., again.
Unbelievable.
Joe Sawchuk, Duncan
