Steve_P

But up the thread referenced was referring to sales taxes and the environmental levy (embedded taxes) plus income taxes.
How does the UK compare when you add VAT and other embedded taxes as Aviator states?

BristolUK

Ah, gottit. Apologies.

Steve_P

There's what approximately 35 million Canadians and you're saying "most" go to Mexico and other resort places south, Kelowna or wasaga Baech.

That's a bit of an overstatement if ever there was one.

Not unusual for this forum, sadly.

Shard

VAT at 20% is higher, obviously. I've already stated that UK fuel duties are higher (hence double the price of petrol). It's really only the assertion that UK tax is 50% that I quibble on. I took it to mean personal income tax. It was 50% (at highest band) for a few weeks, but is no more. I don't think the argument that you get significantly overtaxed in Britain compared to BC is watertight. As BristolUK had noted, most people in Britain pay 20% Income tax or less.

dbd33

I suppose I should have explained that the daughter speaks foreign. Her partner speaks another kind of foreign. They're game to visit places where an nth kind of foreign is spoken. Me too, as it goes.

dbd33

It's not unfair though, surely. Canadians who can afford a cottage go there, those who can't go to a packaged holiday resort. It's very rare to meet a Canadian who's gone anywhere that it was necessary to order food in a foreign language.

Understand that I don't mean that as a knock against Canada or Canadians. The fact that nothing happens in Canada and that Canadians don't do very much is the essence of the appeal of the country, among those to whom it appeals.

scrubbedexpat091

Gives a good idea where Canadians travel, if anyone is interested.

http://www.flightnetwork.com/blog/wh...s-travel-most/

YoshiPal2010

Who crapped in your cornflakes?

tweed_wearer

They dropped it now to 45%. When they did so there was uproar about he "same old Tories" even though the 50p rate had not raised any revenue as it put us on the wrong side of the laffer curve.

tweed_wearer

But have you been to Syria?

mdizzle

As a young person, I've certainly realised Canada isn't where I want to be at this moment in time. It is a cracking country though and I'm moving to Montreal in January for a University exchange - hopefully I find that more to my tastes.

Calgary, despite having some brilliant hiking and scenery surrounding it, is a pretty piss poor place to live (for someone in their early 20s) compared to the West End of Glasgow where I lived before. In saying that, I'm sure it would be great if I was middle aged.

lottie95

Sorry, I was more or less referring to going abroad when you live in Canada. I've been to Vancouver and driven through the mountains in Calgary, both of which I found quite lovely, particularly the mountains. But with regards to camping, and so on, I REALLY don't like that sort of thing, particularly in places deep in the wilderness... Just my own personal preference! x

dbd33

I'm, more or less, in Damascus.

tweed_wearer

I've been. It was beautiful 4 years ago.

christmasoompa

Plus VAT isn't payable on everything, so although 20% is higher than sales tax in Canada, at least we don't have to pay it on things like children's clothing, basic food items, books etc.