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Originally Posted by Calgary '89
Mostly rebated? If you take Trudeau and Freeland at their word. It's been proven that the rebate is a net positive for ONLY the poorest segment of the population which sounds great in theory except for the fact that it's a growing segment too. For you and me who have time to fart around and post on these forums, it's definitely a tax.
The GST was a replacement of the manufacturers tax so I was wrong to claim that it was implemented to pay down Trudeau debt, however the point remains on what had to happen after Trudeau 1.0 and it continued well after Mulroney.
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You can make up stuff in your head all you want, but I can guarantee you I make more in the carbon tax than pay, because we rarely drive and live in a small efficient home. CBC has a calculator you can use to check. You too could make good choices and be awesome like Fuzz, and get paid by the government to exist. And no, I'm not the poor est segment of the population, either. But at any rate, for most Canadians it's a minor win or loss. It's just not significant, and if you think it is, that burden is on you to prove.