Harper further blasted the Liberal government, saying: "This is causing considerable dislocation. There are a lot of people on fixed incomes. There are a lot of businesses on thin margins that are going to be affected by this."
Harper even accepted, and presented, 35,000 petitions from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in October 2005 urging the federal government to cut gas taxes.
The Conservative party repeatedly said -- in Opposition -- it would stop Ottawa from applying the GST on the federal and provincial levies -- the tax on tax.
In addition, it would implement a convoluted process to bring down gas taxes by not charging the GST if and when gas prices exceed a certain price point. In the 2004 election, the threshold was set at 85 cents a litre, but last year the Conservatives said it could be lower still.
That was then, and this is now.
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Batra_Adrienne/2006/04/21/pf-1543312.html
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On Gas Taxes, That Was Then And This Is Now
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This in itself shows the corruptness and fascistic overtones of the economic theory and system that overrides the elementary tenets of democracy, which is supposed to be the basis of equality before the law. The law against theft.
It also shows the loss of democratic, public control over privatized services that can easily become crimes without such control.
If one form of grab from the public is theft, why isn't the other? As a private enterpriser, I always did my best to give the best service to my customers at the lowest cost and treat my employees as friends and human beings. I remained poor, but at least can say that I've never became one of these crooks.
Ed Deak.
But, Canadians said little or nothing when the federal govenment divested itself of Petro Canada, and thereby wasted Canadians ability to exert some influence on the price of gasoline.
H.F. Wolff
"Sadly our provincial government only sees dollar signs in the form of transfer (read: welfare) payments as federal coffers soar."
She never sees, (read: welfare) payments, giving free money to Businesses who think that paying taxes is a form of putting money in a private bank account for latter use by them.
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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.
Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.
I've stated that myself. The tax is all that Canadians get from their own resources. The profits of oil companies hit new heights and the tax's remain the same.
However, the tax's are being continuously added to fuel like it is to tobacco. BC alone has several tax's added upon each other. Governments attempt to tell the consumer that these tax's are needed for whatever cause but seldom are the benefits seen. The consumer is also told the tax's are there to penalize them for using their vehicles. Seems like a catch 22. If we drive less we don't get those supposed benefits from those tax's. Perhaps we may have to smoke more, because smoking less will require the tax on tobacco to be applied elsewhere.
In both cases the profits still will be made no matter where or how much tax is applied.
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