Thursday, September 24, 2009

Good News! Bad News

Harper says tax policy helped repatriate the Timbit

Updated Wed. Sep. 23 2009 9:43 PM ET

The Canadian Press

OAKVILLE, Ont. -- The repatriation of the Timbit was held up by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Tim Hortons executives Wednesday as a shining example of low corporate tax rates luring business to Canada.

But at least one critic found the news hard to swallow when consumers will soon be paying more for coffee in two provinces that are merging sales taxes with Ottawa.

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