ExemptionSchmemption
HeadsTheyWin,TailsWeLoseVille
Last night the newly minted Premier of this province who, it turns out (surprise!) now owes the big bossman of (formerly)BC’s Rail a debt of fully indemnified gratitude, told a crowd of 1600 rabidly twittering faithful that those hundreds of thousands of British Columbians that want to get rid of her duplicitous HST are nothing but “cronies” of the Leader of the Opposition.
Well…..
Count me in.
But what about those fine folks that are doing their best to run (formerly)BC’s Ferries into the ground?
Are they, as Paul Willcocks has discovered by making like Izzy Stone and reading the public record, cronies too?
“On July 1, 2010, the harmonized sales tax (HST) became effective, combining the existing 7% provincial sales tax with the 5% federal goods and services tax (GST) into a single tax of 12%. We expect this tax to add approximately $5 to $6 million annually to the cost of our operations. The HST will also increase the price to our customers for our food and certain retail offerings…..”
Ha!
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