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The anxious tone the Prime Minister recently injected into the debate on Canada’s economic competitiveness was picked up today and amplified by one of the country’s top business lobbyists—Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Jasmin Guénette and Vincent Geloso from the Montreal Economic Institute, Maxime Bernier’s old haunt, lament the Liberal promise to cancel future corporate tax cuts.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce dips a toe in the pool of concern.
On Monday, Perrin Beatty, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, wrote Michael Ignatieff to express his concern with the Liberal leader’s vow to freeze corporate tax rates at their current level.