LIBERALS DENY TAXPAYERS A VOICE
NEWS
Today the McGuinty Liberals began the process of rushing through legislation to formally implement their $3 billion HST tax grab.
The McGuinty Government intends to push through this legislation with minimal debate and no opportunity for province-wide public consultation and review. Given the major impact the HST will have on the cost of living for seniors, small businesses and middle class families, this represents an abuse of the democratic process.
The Ontario PC Caucus is joining a grassroots campaign push for a full series of cross-province public hearings into the HST. A first step for concerned Ontario citizens is to visit www.daltonsalestax.com and sign the anti HST petition.
QUOTES
“Dalton McGuinty claims not to be ashamed of his HST plan, but he sure does act like it. If he means what he says – he will abandon his plan to rush his tax grab through the back door, and instead take the HST directly to the taxpayers today.”
- Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
“This is nothing less than a slippery and gutless attempt to deny a voice to the seniors, middle class families and small businesses who have the most to lose from this $3 billion tax grab.”
- Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
QUICK FACTS
- The DST is the merger of the PST and GST into one tax, which means the 8 per cent PST will be applied to a whole new range of goods and services previously not subject to PST.
- An average middle-class family of four – including two middle-income parents and two high-school-aged children – could expect to pay approximately $2,500 more a year in taxes due to the HST being applied to a broader range of goods.
- A typical senior couple could expect to pay approximately $2,863.87 more a year in taxes due to the HST being applied to a broader range of goods.
