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; _+ a* J1 r5 G) @ h$ K. eTrump is a danger to our federal and provincial governments because two of his policies with the greatest chance of being implemented quickly are corporate tax reduction and a no carbon tax.2 _& K3 ?( k' z& A7 U% E1 j+ L
- g1 [1 y, O* N+ P6 B" OThat carbon-tax gap is bad enough, but Trump has also promised to lower corporate tax rates Stateside.8 I% }2 [9 U8 i& U6 g0 B
7 \1 @ p& z4 m6 j/ ]% Q" ]3 wBelieve it or not, Canada actually had an edge over the U.S. on corporate taxes when Stephen Harper was our PM and Obama was the prez. Indeed, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of corporate tax in the industrialized world.
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) t7 y6 d! U& \If Trump even just rolls back those rates to Canadian levels, that will make the U.S. more attractive still.
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+ F5 U% y8 t! N7 YTrump could also reinvigorate the coal industry in the States and stop the forced closure of coal-fired power plants, further lowering U.S. power costs.0 _& N& F$ O$ @5 K0 N$ k
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Canada’s Liberals and New Democrats live in an isolated fantasyland. In their minds, if they simply will something – such as a prosperous, zero-carbon economy – it will be so.% {* X. I9 s9 |4 z: z$ k4 o
0 X! A& C. U6 c2 d5 d这么个弄法儿,把工作都虹吸到美国去了。 |
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