Is he seriously going to put a tax on the health and dental plans of millions of Canadians?” Ambrose said in question period. OTTAWA—The Liberal government isn’t ruling out imposing budget measures to tax employer-provided health benefits but opposition to the plan may be giving finance officials second thoughts. As part of that process, finance department officials launched a review of the tax system, which has apparently has put health benefits in the crosshairs. Dan Lauzon, a spokesperson for Morneau, declined to say this week whether taxing health benefits remained under active consideration. However, behind the scenes, industry sources suggested that the lobbying campaign has made the finance department think twice about the measure.

Source: thestar January 31, 2017 21:57 UTC