NEWS:
Today Tim Hudak joined hundreds of Ontario PC Party members in Niagara Falls to protest Dalton McGuinty’s latest tax hike – the $3 billion HST tax grab.
In just over a month, Dalton McGuinty’s HST will officially kick in and Ontario seniors and families will start paying more for gas, electricity, home heating fuel and dozens of other everyday goods and services that you rely on most. Earlier this month in a cleansing moment of honesty, McGuinty himself was forced to admit that the tax burden on families will go up.
Since 2007 Dalton McGuinty has also presided over increases in auto insurance, electricity costs, university tuition and property taxes. When combined with the HST, the price increases on this basket of goods and services alone add up to $2,700.
QUOTES
– Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
– Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
QUICK FACTS
- “I think that for families at the outset there will be an increase in taxation.”
– Dalton McGuinty on the HST (Canadian Press, May 4th, 2010)
- Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC caucus have used every tool at their disposal to fight the HST. Hudak has toured extensively throughout Ontario to expose the HST while, at Queens Park Ontario PC MPPs staged a two-day sit-in in the Legislature introduced 200,000 amendments to the HST in order to delay passage of the bill.
Some of the items set to skyrocket in price after the HST kicks in include:
- Hydro
- Home heating fuel
- Natural gas
- Gasoline
- Vitamins
- Internet service
- Financial advisory services
- Mutual fund fees
- Condo fees
- Retirement & nursing home costs
- Air plane, train and bus tickets
- Funerals and estate planning costs
- Home renovation & repairs
- Lawn maintenance
- Snow removal
- Golf green and driving range fees
- Bicycles and bicycle safety equipment
- Gym memberships
- Trips to the veterinarian
- Haircuts
