[Scott from the Left Coast]

No...no...it's not the sales tax (Washington lingo) it's the G.S.T. tax that's on every damn thing there. When we visit we always get a portion of it back as non-residents when we cross the border (poor sucker Canadians, taxing the hell out of themselves only). My wife named the G.S.T. the Great Stupid Tax -- and even said that to the Canadian clerk as she was giving us our rebate one time. Lady about busted her gut laughing so hard.

[Ramius]

Ohmygosh. They're not looting the museums are they??? Just think of all the ancient Canadian history that might be lost!!! Those artifacts go back *dozens* of years!!!

[Eva]

If you use a credit card, the tax is automaticly deleted and you don't have to file for it, you also don't have to bother with the conversion to Canadian funds.

[MD_Willington_1976]

My wife named the G.S.T. the Great Stupid Tax

We called it the Gouge (A large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted) and Screw Tax in BC...adding 7% Federal tax to 7% Provincial tax and then on top of that paying about 54% income tax..gives you an idea of the taxation that goes on North of the 49th..I was not in the highest tax bracket at 54%, my father in law is in a much higher tax bracket and he a Carpenter at a Pulp and Paper Mill.. Oh boy Social Democracy...What a Joke