12 - Sunday, June 26, 1994 - North Shore News

INQUIRING REPORTER

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ONE OF Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s election promises
was to kill the 7% goods and services tax (GST) by 1996,
Rat at what cost? The Commons finance committee has
studied the tax and some of the recommendations con-
tained in its report include merging the GST with provin-
cial sales taxes to create a national sales tax or including
the GST in the sticker prices of gaods and services and
having the tax separated on sales receipts, The report also
noted that the GST could be lowered to 6% if it were

applied to all basic food purchases, and to 5.3% If pre-
seription drugs were included. In other words, lower the
rate but tax more goods. Although the Liberals are nat
likely to adopt this suggestion, what is cleur is that the
replacement for the GST is going to be more of the same.
While some of the recommendations might simplify the
accounting procedures for small businesses, the average
consumer will probably wind up paying just as much, if
not more, tax in the end.

Would you pay GST on food if it meant the tax would be reduced 1%?

Mohsen Kazemi

North Vancouver

Well, | don't think it's a
good idea. The GST has
never been good from the
beginning, Now they want
to change it and give ita
different name, but it's the
same procedure.

Jack Downs

Nocth Vancouver

No, | don't think there
should be GST on food.

Vai Middleton

North Vancouver

Noe, To don’t think se.
Because of the poor peuple,
we shouldn't pay ux on
food,

David Walker

North Vancouver

No. because in the long run
we'd all end up paying alot
more and then there’d be a
foc more money going to
waste. Food should not be
taxed,

Katherine Cholad

Regina, Suskutchewan

1 would be, as long as it
wast’ t hurting those who
are disadvantaged, But how
do you du it without hurting
seniors, single mothers and
people on fixed incomes?
Food is a necessity, It is not,

a luxury item.

SURVEY TEAM

THE NORTH Shore News survey team telephoned 452
North and West Vancouver residents to find out whether
you would be willing to pay GST on food if it meant the
tax would be reduced by 1%. The following is a com-
plete breakdown of survey results:

NO NO DON’T
OPINION KNOW
Horseshoe Bay
Dundarave/Ambleside
British Properties
Norgate/Pemberton Heights
~~ Capilano/Delbrook Highlands 80%
75%
67%
74%
74%

74.3%

11%
13%
14%
11%
21%

sesotaceee eos 12.2%

Lower Lonsdale
Central and Upper Lonsdale
5% 10%

5%
10.2%

Lynn Valley
___Blueridge/Deep Cove once
3.3%

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