By Vito Pilieci, Ottawa CitizenNovember 7, 2009 5:02 AM Photograph by: Tim Fraser, National Post OTTAWA — Ontario's plan to adopt the controversial Harmonized Sales Tax could hit a roadblock on Parliament Hill. And since the...
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This past week, Jack Mintz issued a report (PDF) praising Ontario’s last provincial budget. I like East Side Mario’s because it features both all-you-can-eat bread and all-you-can-eat salad. So, it is not surprising that a...
Now that the first snarky response to Andrew Steele's latest HST sales pitch is out of the way, let's deal with the more substantive problem with Steele's most recent posts. Steele tries to rely on a report by the University of...
That's what the federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is calling the Harmonized Sales Tax, at least for now--while Dalton McGuinty is gung-ho to introduce it here in Ontario. But by the Spring, who knows? Ignatieff isn't a...
That's what the federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is calling the Harmonized Sales Tax, at least for now--while fellow Liberal Dalton McGuinty is gung-ho to introduce it here in Ontario. But by the Spring, who knows?...
Legal services currently are exempt from Ontario's 8% provincial sales tax. With the Province's imminent imposition of a 15% HST that is now targeted to apply to legal fees, Slaws Edward Prutschi considers the negative...
The HST is coming and its ramifications for those who practice law and those who purchase legal services is going to be extreme. While other industries (notably mutual funds, auto, and real estate) are all engaged in...