The Ontario government is cancelling a scheduled increase in the provincial beer tax that was set to kick in next month — a move that will see the province forgo $11 million in potential revenue. The Progressive Conservatives said Friday that the three-cent-per-litre increase was planned by the previous Liberal regime and will be scrapped. From the largest possible, the cap-and-trade tax, all the way through to the beer tax." The government said beer taxes have increased by three cents per litre each year since 2015. "How many new teachers or nurses could have been hired with this beer tax revenue?"

Source: CBC News October 12, 2018 09:45 UTC