If you’re a large-scale pot grower in Alberta, get ready to pay more tax.
Alberta’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Kaycee Madu, told hundreds of people who gathered in Edmonton this week for the 2019 Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) convention that cannabis producers shouldn’t count as agricultural operations under provincial regulations and therefore, should be taxed accordingly.
“Our government has taken action to support you,” Madu said during a speech on Wednesday at the Edmonton Convention Centre. “This is a new industry and it requires a change in tax rules.”
Alberta’s NDP and the president of the RMA say they support the tax on cannabis producers, but they also said the new measure comes in the wake of the United Conservative government’s first budget, which rolled out cuts for municipalities.
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