Christine Elliott, Ontario Progressive Conservative Deputy Leader and MPP for Whitby-Oshawa, recently signed a pledge to Stop the Trades Tax at Owasco Audi in Whitby. She was joined at the ceremony by PC MPP for Simcoe North, Garfield Dunlop, along with Owasco dealer principal Bob Verwey, his senior staff and technicians, plus a number of local tradespeople.
“I’ve certainly heard from a number of my constituents about this new tax that’s being levied on them with no value for it,” said Elliott. “People are concerned about it affecting their businesses and feel they are paying enough tax already.”
Garfield Dunlop, who is spearheading the campaign against the tax, provided an update on it and the Ontario College of Trades.
Dunlop describes the new bureaucracy as “unbelievable” and said people in the province are trying to create new jobs and don’t need any more road barriers.
Both Dunlop and Elliott said that if there is an election and the PC party is voted in, they will abolish the Ontario College of Trades and make amendments to the existing Apprenticeship and Tradesmen’s Qualification Act. They and the coalition against the tax also encourage other MPPs to sign the pledge to stop the Trades Tax.
