10 — Wednesday, December 26, 1990 — North Shore News

THE CONTROVERSIAL goods and services tax will
come into effect Jan. 1. The seven per cent tax marks
the first time some goods and most services have been
taxed. The GST also replaces the hidden federal sales
tax (FST) which has been charged at different rates: a 19
per cent tax on alcohol and tobacco products, a 13.5 per

cent manufacturers’ sales tax, an 11 per cent telecom-
munications tax and a nine per cent building materials
tax. Removing the FST should, in theory, make some
items such as cars, furniture and appliances cheaper next
year. But critics who have dubbed the GST ‘‘the gouge
and screw tax ”’ are skeptical that savings will be passed

Anna Marie
D'Angelo

INQUIRING REPORTER

Hope Roots
Nosth Vancouver

No, I’m not because I
don’t believe the GST
will raise everything
seven per cent. The feds
haven’t done a good job
of explaining it.

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HELEN KITCHEN, president of the women’s auxiliary of the
West Vancouver Yacht Club (left), drops off a load of tinned
goods and a cheque for $813 to Ruth Stout of the West Van-
couver Santa Claus Fund. The women's auxiliary raised the
money by making decorated baskets full of Christmas goodies,
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Donna Jeffries

North Vancouver

No, I'm not because it is
a useless effort and the
government will get you
one way or another.

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Calvin Moore

North Vancouver

No, I’m not because I’m
not a reat shopper.

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Gwen Greenway

North Vancouver

No. I'm not a person
that stocks up on things
that I don’t need in the
present.

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Are you trying to beat the GST?

Mark Richards
North Vancouver

Not really, because there
is nothing major that I
need to buy like car in-
surance that is due be-
fore the new year.