Single tax form in Quebec a no-go for Trudeau — It would mean fewer bureaucrats

Here's a story to give Canadians a warm fuzzy feeling as they slave over the details of their 2018 tax return — or returns, if they live in Québec.

The Trudeau Liberals are committed to the existing requirement that residents of the Province of Québec complete two tax returns, one for the Feds and one for the Province of Québec.

Chronicle Herald, February 6, 2019: OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threw cold water on any idea his government would give in to the demand for a single tax form in Quebec.

Why? 

Solely, according to Trudeau, because two forms instead of one costs the public an extra $600 million a year and thus keeps on the public payroll hundreds, if not thousands, of Revue Agency workers who might otherwise be doing something of actual value in the private sector.

Chronicle Herald, February 6, 2019: OTTAWA —The federal Liberals argue that implementing the idea would put in peril the jobs of hundreds, if not thousands, of Quebec-based Canada Revenue Agency workers. "We recognize that it is jobs that Mr. Legault's and Mr. Scheer's statements put in jeopardy," Trudeau said. Ottawa announced Monday the construction of a new building for the tax centre in Shawinigan, Que., where 1,500 people are employed.

No wonder that Justin's Canada has become the butt of ridicule from China to Peru.