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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stephen O who wrote (15183)	10/25/2011 8:53:49 AM
From: kidl	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37183

Just to clarify. I shouldn't have said Obama / Harper. I should have said US / Canada and for that matter, most other countries. The FST is a good example. It added taxes to previously non-taxed or lower taxed items like utilities, gasoline, food etc. Increased tariffs and import taxes are another example as they increase to cost to the consumer. A small but typical yet to be implemented example: Canadian passports will increase from the current $100 to an estimated $225 next year. The increase is attributed to / justified by the inclusion of a microchip. The chip is estimated to increase the actual cost by less than $5.