Perth-Wellington Conservative candidate John Nater will open his Wellington County office in Harriston on Aug. 25 between 5:30 and 7pm. The office is located at 25 Elora Street South.
“Small businesses have no better friend than the Conservatives,” Nater stated at his campaign kick-off in Listowel on Aug. 12.
“While other parties’ policies and ideology would stand in their way, our Conservative government is taking action to help them succeed,” he stated, citing a number of examples, including:
– reducing the overall tax rate on new business investment to the lowest in the G7;
– lowering the small business tax rate from 12 per cent to 11%, with a further commitment to reduce it to 9% by January 2019; and
– creating and extending the temporary Hiring Credit for Small Business to help defray hiring costs.
Nater said he agrees with Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the federal government must do everything it can to oppose the provincial Liberals’ Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP).
“We need a federal government prepared to stand up for small businesses and workers,” Nater concluded.
