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HST as Federal Election Issue

Will Harper's minority government be able to make thechanges necessary in order to implement the HST in Ontario and BC? ConservativeMPs are doing everything possible to place responsibility for thefederal-provincial deal on the HST solely on the provinces, but it will take anamendment to a federal statute in order to implement the HST.

From www.strategicthoughts.com

HST as Federal Election Issue

Will Harper's minority government be able to make thechanges necessary in order to implement the HST in Ontario and BC? ConservativeMPs are doing everything possible to place responsibility for thefederal-provincial deal on the HST solely on the provinces, but it will take anamendment to a federal statute in order to implement the HST.

From www.strategicthoughts.com

HST as Federal Election Issue

Will Harper's minority government be able to make thechanges necessary in order to implement the HST in Ontario and BC? ConservativeMPs are doing everything possible to place responsibility for thefederal-provincial deal on the HST solely on the provinces, but it will take anamendment to a federal statute in order to implement the HST.

Elections BC has approved a new HST petition - Link to CBC story covering this event.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/04/bc-vander-zal...

TD Bank report examines effects of new tax

BY PAUL VIEIRA, THE FINANCIAL POST

Consumers in Ontario and B.C. will see prices move up 0.7 per cent on a permanent basis due to the transition toward a harmonized sales tax, says a report released Friday from economists at Toronto-Dominion Bank.