I won’t object to any tax cut, but this one strikes me as too little, too late, coming from a government which happily shut down restaurants during the pandemic, ultimately forcing many into bankruptcy.
Dining out in Manitoba would cost less under a re-elected Progressive Conservative government, the party says, announcing plans Friday to ditch the provincial sales tax on restaurant meals.
The Tories say the move would give the restaurant industry a much-needed boost after being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it would make dining more affordable.
Whats next bailouts for commercial real estate now that vacancies aren’t refilling do to the “work from home” new normal?
Obviously getting rid of a tax that shouldn’t have been there in the first place is a good thing, people might even start to leave bigger tips. Still to little too late with fingers pointing in the wrong direction as always.
Restaurants were not “hit hard by the pandemic” they were hit hard by the Progressive Liberal government.
After increasing costs 20% or more, how does a removing the PST help?
Quite a lot. The PST is based upon a percentage of the item taxed. It’s not a fixed tax. So if costs went up, the tax went up as well. Removing it will help in driving down the final cost paid by diners. You may wish to argue that government should never have created the hardship in the first place, and there will be no disagreement on that.
I refuse to dine in the shithole known as San Francisco … for more than the crime and filth … but also because my check will include an automatic 15% tariff to pay for worker “healthcare”. Yeah … I guess Obamakkare didn’t actually provide FREE healthcare as advertised. Fkcu u John Roberts … you gleefully passed Obamakkare as a TAX … and SF adds yet another TAX upon your TAX
Inflation is rampant? Quick, print more money to make up for it! (/financial incompetence)
Queen Stefanson promising IF elected she will grant parental rights, drop her Provincial carbon tax at the pump and now this latest arm twister with the PST for dining out.
Why not do it now, Queenie? Why didn’t you do it two years ago?
Yeah, we know why.
She ain’t perfect, but thank God, you don’t have Wab in power.
I’d be more impressed if they got rid of the Marxist income tax.