Tax Cuts Ontario s position Premier Mike Harris is calling on the federal government to reduce personal income taxes by at least 20 per cent.
Tax cuts help boost the economy by leaving more money in the pockets of hard-working people.
A stronger economy means governments have more money to invest in the services that are important to people, like expanded health care. In December 1999, the provincial finance ministers made the following joint recommendations on how the federal surplus should be used to benefit all Canadians. In addition to the joint recommendations of all provinces, Harris and his team have made repeated calls for a cut to federal EI premiums. Based on a report prepared for the C.D. Howe Institute, this cut to premiums would help create approximately 125,000 jobs.