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To: whitepine who wrote (9784)	9/26/2005 1:50:19 AM
From: Taikun	Respond to of 11633

I don't see how any of this can be OT, this situation is not good for our trusts. <Is it just a simple revenue grab by the liberals? > IMHO, this is it. The CDN gov't has a $6bn surplus, and Canada is taxed like crazy. The avg Canadian has a 15% lower standard of living (by GDP) google.com and higher taxes. The gov't is in no way short revenue, they just enjoyed a $300m windfall on gas taxes this year, this is in a gasoline exporting nation that choses to charge world price to its citizens. Putin and Chavez would have something to say about that! After China Canadians are the #2 most heavily taxed in the world.