If Canadian businesses want help to offset the negative effects of a high Canadian dollar, they should lobby Canada's governments to end corporate welfare in exchange for a dramatic reduction in corporate taxes. They would find the tax relief dramatic, given how much federal, provincial and municipal governments now spend on business subsidies.
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The B.C. Liberals last budget of their mandate is what one expects from a pre-election budget: Spending on high-profile areas like health care, some tax relief, and a balanced budget with debt reduction.
The budget also reveals the true legacy of the past four years -- a better-managed government, but with no revolutionary changes.