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From the Winnipeg Chamber Wire (on-line) weekly publication.

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Chamber Thrilled with Plan to Eliminate Dreaded Business Tax

Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dave Angus is urging Winnipeg City Councillors to adopt the recommendations of the Economic Opportunity Commission’s Report on phasing out the City’s business tax.

The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce has been advocating for the elimination of the business tax for decades and is pleased to see that the Commission’s Final Report, of which Chamber Chair Trevor Sprague was a member, puts forward a plan to accomplish this.

The Chamber has consistently argued that the business tax is nothing more than a tax levied for the privilege of doing business in Winnipeg and a hindrance on our competitiveness, as Winnipeg is one of the few major Canadian cities that still have a business tax.