Additional tax hikes are brewing for Canadian beer industry
MEDICINE HAT, AB – Tax increases continue to pour in for Canadian beer brewers, with the industry facing another increase this year.
An advocacy group called Beer Canada says that since 2012, provincial taxes on beer have increased 28 percent in Alberta.
Now, the group says the federal government plans to introduce an automatic excise tax on April 1st, which will be adjusted yearly based on inflation rates.