Something I Learned Today
Mar. 17th, 2004 06:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
c9In Canada, companies who get fined for breaking the law (for example, by dumping toxic chemicals into a river), can deduct that fine from their tax bill. An MP tried to start a bill the other day to disallow this, and the Speaker of the House of Commons shut him down, saying it would have the same effect as raising taxes, which means only the government can do it.
Apparently the NDP have been trying to resolve this issue for years, with many different finance ministers. Makes you wonder who's paying for what in Ottawa.
(also at CBC)
Apparently the NDP have been trying to resolve this issue for years, with many different finance ministers. Makes you wonder who's paying for what in Ottawa.
(also at CBC)
Re: Solution to that problem
Date: 2004-03-17 06:10 pm (UTC)I doubt the biggest polluters would go south, as there's hardly any land in the Turks and Caicos -- there's no room for big polluting plants and factories! But I bet the banks and investment groups (a.k.a. the rich white man clubs) would love it. :)
Re: Solution to that problem
Date: 2004-03-18 02:37 am (UTC)