Blacklock’s- GST Holiday Costs 80% More
A GST holiday will cost 80 percent more than claimed by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, the Budget Office said yesterday. Analysts said Freeland failed to account for mandatory compensation owed provinces that harmonized their own sales tax collections with the GST.
Two in three Canadians think the federal government giving a $250 cheque to
working families is a poor (23%) or very poor idea (43%) while less than one
in five think this is a very good (six per cent) or good idea (nine per cent).
About one in two Canadians think the temporary elimination of GST and HST
on items like grocery store meals and internet bills is a very poor (32%) or
poor idea (19%), while about one in four think this is a very good (12%) or
good idea (16%).





