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The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: OTTAWA - It's not just the temperatures that are freezing on this first day of 2014. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. But the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation says the EI "rate freeze" will actually mean that premiums will go up slightly for some. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty responds to a question as he speaks with the media following federal-provincial finance minister meetings, Monday December 16, 2013 in Chelsea, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The federal government says it's freezing Employment Insurance premiums, and generally keeping taxes low. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.