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Hey Tim, what will you do about the HST? |
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Written by Bruce Forsyth
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December 09, 2009
Barrie Advance
Since
it now appears that the HST will pass into law, despite the wishes of
sizable portion of Ontarians (given the number of letters to the editor
and editorials I’ve seen stating that people don’t want this tax
increase), I will now throw the matter over to Tim Hudak, the Leader of
the Opposition at Queen’s Park. What will you do with the HST if you
are elected?
I did hear you discuss this topic on Newstalk
1010 a few weeks ago, where you explained that the legislation contains
a provision that would prevent a Progressive Conservative government
from repealing the tax for at least five years. While we all know that
governments have the ability to change laws when needed, maybe that is
a legitimate fact and there truly is nothing that you can do.
Given
all this, what would you do with the HST? Would you repeal it after
five years? Would you lower the provincial portion of the tax, perhaps
to 5 per cent, along with income tax cuts? Would you make the
provincial portion of the HST only applicable to goods and services
already subject to the PST?
These are questions that you and
your party will need to answer before the next election if you hope to
form the next government.
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