- Matt Gurney: Ontario asks ... Do you want fries with that nanny state?
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Breaking (and bizarre) news out of Toronto: as part of the continuing campaign to make the upcoming Harmonized Sales Tax more palatable to Ontarians, the government has announced that fast food items under $4 will be exempt from the HST. A Big Mac or a Tim Hortons coffee will still get dinged for the existing 5% GST, but won't be charged the extra 8% provincial share of the HST.
What Premier Dalton McGuinty hopes to accomplish with this is unclear. The HST will still be a financial hardship for a lot of Ontario families, and the pennies saved on a cup of coffee will be insignificant next to the added costs on buying a home, powering it, and filling up the car with gas. Why the Liberals would bother making this announcement is therefore beyond me — why draw attention back to an enormous political liability with an announcement that isn't likely to win many votes? And even more to the point, how did this one ever slip past Ontario's fiercely protective leader, Premier Dad?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Working At MacDonalds Is Dulltoons Hope For His Future
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- Unhypentated Canadian
- 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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