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class also got a well de- served tax break when they saw their tax rate drop from 26% to 23%. Overall, these are good steps and one can expect to see more as the Liberals now have a grow- ing piggy bank to spend from to improve conditions before the next election.

Rich. The government left itself vulnerable in a couple of areas that could lead to a perception of this being a rich mans budget. Martin eliminated the 5% surtax for people making between $65,000 and $85,000 and will phase out this one time “temporary” tax for the rest over the next 5 years. He raised the amount of foreign RRSP content to 25% for stock market players to

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take advantage of the booming US markets. He is increasing the top threshold of taxation to $75,000. The biggest one however is low- ering corporate income tax. For small business (defined as doing between $200,000 and $300,000 of business) they will see their rate drop from 28% to 21% on Janu- ary 1, 2001. Other busi- nesses will see this phased in over 5 years. What this does is make Canada’s tax system more competitive among other international players. I think these mea- sures are good overall. They are affordable and will put some money back into people’s pockets. Not as much as the right hoped. Too much according to the left. And that means he is sitting in the middle which is the place to be if and when an election comes up...

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