check is spelled the British way in Canada. cheque
HST= harmonized sales tax
GST= goods and services tax
we also spell a few other words differently...
color= colour.... and similar words like harbour, favourite....
GORDO= Gordon Campbell, the flag waving, red mitten idiot you seen at every opportunity during the olympics. He feels he can use our wallets to finance whatever he feels like by adding another tax here, there, and anywhere he feels. We pay crazy fuel taxes, far more then any other province.
We have hidden "taxes" like ICBC (Insurance Corp of BC), which is suppose to be a non profit govt organization that provides auto insurance. But instead they use the 5 billion dollar surplus to line government pockets, buy votes and such rather then giving cheaper insurance rates. My insurance in BC in 3 times higher then it was in ALberta, when i first moved to BC it was 5 times higher, but then you get "discount" rates for being a good driver!
with 1 million drivers in BC, thats a $500 overcharge on average per person.
I agree with the sin taxes as long as that money goes to health care to offset the costs. (booze and smokes)
sorry but i need to vent on our useless provincial government....
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