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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Most items at the grocery store are already tax free. How have you been involved in the business for as long as you say you have been without knowing this?
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There are a lot of items that are GST exempt, a lot, but there is a massive amount of food in the grocery stores that is GST taxable. As prices rise, so does the cost of the tax.
There is also import duties on products like dairy, cheeses and more. A lot of the supply management system we have in Canada for cheese, dairy, poultry and more can in someways be considered a tax.
Plenty of fuel surcharge, environmental levy, transportation related costs/taxes that are ever growing on our transportation bill. A pallet that used to cost $125 to ship from Vancouver is now approaching $500.
Costs have gotten out of control but the government does have an ability to reduce it's own burden and improve things across the board with some very basic things. The port system, the highway and transportation, tax on fuel, labour for transportation and agriculture, general taxes and fee's .