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Originally Posted by The Goon
Respectfully, I disagree. I have been with friends and family at the airport as they have amassed their receipts and gotten their GST back, which they subsequently spend inside the airport on items like those cheesy bottles of maple syrup. It's also mentioned in tourism material.
I don't know that tourists use all of our infrastructure, but as Canadians we are a welcoming people and tourism helps different aspects of our economy, and also allows us to show off our fantastic country.
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Wow, you must think Canada is a poor place to want to visit if the only way we can get tourists to come here it to give them a tax break. Why should Citizens have to pay it but tourists, not?
One of the dumbest rules ever.