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BC Conservatives promise $1,000 tax cut, Doerkson says in Surrey
BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson says the party would raise B.C.’s basic personal tax exemption from $13,216 to $32,000 if elected on Oct. 24, which he says would save workers $1,000 a year.
The Conservative Party of BC is promising a $1,000 tax cut if it forms government after the Oct. 24 election.
Campaigning in Surrey for the second consecutive day, party leader Lorne Doerkson said on Thursday, Oct. 8, that B.C.’s basic personal tax exemption would increase from $13,216 to $32,000. He called it the “most generous in Canada.”
Doerkson said the change would put $1,000 a year “back in the pockets of working British Columbians, and $2,000 for the average couple.” He said people working full-time for minimum wage would pay no provincial tax.
Doerkson criticized David Eby, saying he believes politicians and bureaucrats know better than people how to spend their money, while the Conservatives believe the opposite. He told people struggling to pay for groceries that help was on the way. He added that people had earned their money and deserved to spend it on what they need, and said he was fully committed to the tax relief he described as badly needed in B.C.