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December 1, 2019

Huge crowd protests Kenney government outside of UCP general assembly | Calgary Herald
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As United Conservative Party members packed a hotel during a party convention on Sunday in Calgary, over 1,000 demonstrators suffered the cold outside to protest recent measures taken by Jason Kenn…

Federal tax cut hurts services, helps wealthy | Canadian Union of Public Employees
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One of the first priorities of the newly re-elected federal Liberal government is a $6 billion personal income tax cut. The Liberals and Conservatives campaigned on similar promises, but the Liberals claimed their cut was more progressive. No matter how you slice it, cutting taxes reduces the amount of money available to provide services, and this specific tax cut goes mostly to higher income earners. There’s nothing progressive about that.