Canadians really are sheep. We are taxed to death in this country and there’s scarcely a peep.
Canadian beer drinkers pay an average of five times as much tax as Americans when they buy a two-four of cans, a new report from Beer Canada shows.
Luke Harford, president of Beer Canada, said most brew drinkers would be aware that they are charged more north of the border, but not how much more because the taxes are hidden in the purchase price.
“Where a Canadian consumer is paying $20 in tax on a case of beer, their U.S. neighbour is paying $4,” Harford said. “A lot of that is driven by the provinces … the provincial level of taxes are 13 times greater than state level taxes.”