- Steve Janke: Liberals support HST even as they attack it
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Update: Ignatieff promises Ontario $4 billion to offset HST
Michael Ignatieff is trying to play both sides of the divide on the issue of harmonized sales taxes. The Liberal leader has quietly offered his support to Ontario while launching public attacks on the federal Conservatives.
Several provinces levy a sales tax. There is also a federal sales tax called the GST. Some provinces have harmonized the taxes, and other are pursuing the idea. The upside is simplicity, especially for business owners. The downside is political unpopularity, as the new combined tax is often applied to items formerly exempted from the provincial tax.
Ontario under Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty is planning an HST, as is Gordon Campbell's government in British Columbia, and the federal Conservatives are helping with the transition. This has not stopped federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff from trying to score some political points by blaming the tax on the Tories:
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Two Faces In The Wind
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- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.
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