Tag Archives: HST
Promoting Consumption Taxation in Canada
Consumption taxation is making the news again in Canada. Manitoba’s PST hike to 8 percent that was announced in April’s provincial budget kicked in on July 1st. At the public hearings into the increases and in the media, the increase has received a lot of criticism despite the claim the increase will be temporary and […]
Fiscal Equity, Taxes and GTHA Transit
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has shot down Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s proposal that the 34 billion dollar Metrolinx Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) transit expansion plan could be funded by a special regional increase in the provincial portion of the HST. For this to happen, Ottawa would have to agree to Ontario’s request […]
Politics and Taxes
I wanted to weigh in on Stephen Gordon’s post on the Ontario HST reduction but found my entry in the comment box growing so here is a post instead. Why are the Conservatives and more to the point the NDP supporting what seems like a redistribution to higher incomes? Well, I think it comes down […]
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