[fanfan]

Canada ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this ping list.

[posterchild]

Will we see pencils and charcoal taxed?

[sr4402]

Yes, Quebec is with me. Why doesn't the U.S. follow their lead in suppressing their economy and making me King?

/sarcasm off

[proud_yank]

"There is no doubt that consumers will pay more for the measures," said Carol Montreuil, a spokesman for the Canadian Institute of Petroleum Products. "We are talking about $200-million, and in one way or another, this money will have to come out of the pockets of consumers. . . . You can't expect an industry to absorb an additional $200-million cost."

You can't "tax business/industry/etc". Those costs are always passed onto the consumer. The only time industry 'absorbs' the blow of insane taxation is when they close their doors since people can't buy their product as its cost prohibitive.

BTW, anyone see any irony in the fact that they pass this sort of nonsense then try to dip into Alberta's oil-lined pockets???