NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
Apr 7th 2010, 3:59 am
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
absolutely not, 2% only adds up to about an extra $500 per year each, however when added to the highest income tax rates in canada, the highest corporate tax rates in canada, as well as a proposed 40% hike in water rates and a further proposed 12% rise in power rates, alongside some of the highest gas prices in canada, and some of the highest percentile city taxes in Halifax, as well as having one of the lowest rates of average salary in the country, things are not pretty.
All that said, every morning when I look out of my window, I would not be anywhere else on earth!!
All that said, every morning when I look out of my window, I would not be anywhere else on earth!!
Apr 7th 2010, 5:54 am
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
Correct however it yet another reason to make th emove. even prior to the HST increase Nova Scotians pay the second highest income tax rates, and what do we get for it?
Apr 7th 2010, 12:31 pm
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
Apr 7th 2010, 1:13 pm
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Apr 7th 2010, 4:21 pm
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
They have been saying that for 50 years.
What was it that you saw in the first place? You must have had a very precise formula in place if you decided to move to NS and a 2% increase in HST is putting you over. Must have been a real touch and go decision for the initial move?
Exactly, hmm let me see, electing a party with a socialist platform who say they won't raise taxes and yet they raise taxes,... a blind dog saw that coming.
Just curious if the posters where/are aware that at one time NB and NS were a single province until after the American Revolution. NB was created for the United Empire Loyalists. The original confederation meetings that formed Canada in 1867 were originally intended to unite PEI, NB and NS into one province.
The biggest problem the Maritimes have is the relatively small population and the fact that there are 3 separate provincial governments, judicial systems, health care systems, power corps, etc, etc.
There has been a long standing thought that the Maritimes should unite into one province. It certainly makes sense to me. There is a new political party that wants to see changes in NS and the Maritimes. Uniting the provinces is one of those changes. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
What was it that you saw in the first place? You must have had a very precise formula in place if you decided to move to NS and a 2% increase in HST is putting you over. Must have been a real touch and go decision for the initial move?
Just curious if the posters where/are aware that at one time NB and NS were a single province until after the American Revolution. NB was created for the United Empire Loyalists. The original confederation meetings that formed Canada in 1867 were originally intended to unite PEI, NB and NS into one province.
The biggest problem the Maritimes have is the relatively small population and the fact that there are 3 separate provincial governments, judicial systems, health care systems, power corps, etc, etc.
There has been a long standing thought that the Maritimes should unite into one province. It certainly makes sense to me. There is a new political party that wants to see changes in NS and the Maritimes. Uniting the provinces is one of those changes. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
Apr 7th 2010, 10:31 pm
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
They have been saying that for 50 years.
There has been a long standing thought that the Maritimes should unite into one province. It certainly makes sense to me. There is a new political party that wants to see changes in NS and the Maritimes. Uniting the provinces is one of those changes. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
There has been a long standing thought that the Maritimes should unite into one province. It certainly makes sense to me. There is a new political party that wants to see changes in NS and the Maritimes. Uniting the provinces is one of those changes. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
Apr 8th 2010, 12:17 am
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
will protect their horrendously expensive per capita empires to the death....amalgamtion of resourses and the streamlining of the accompanying bureaucracy to the benefit of the people will come a distant second to their own selfish considerations....
Canada tends to be like that....as the Province/Federal scenario bears out. Take Driving licences, teachers, nurses etc qualifications being managed/set by Provences rather than at Federal level for the entire country! This would allow uniformity and the movement of skilled workers throughout without having to meet the standards set within individual Provinces. We are all manipulated by the 'Empire Builders' at Province level....and it's not likely to change anytime soon..
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Apr 8th 2010, 12:25 am
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
Quite simple really, more jobs than our initial location of Fredericton NB. I dont think im being clear though, the HST increase has nothing to do with leaving, as Tuppence mentioned just another nail in the coffin.
They have been saying that for 50 years.
What was it that you saw in the first place? You must have had a very precise formula in place if you decided to move to NS and a 2% increase in HST is putting you over. Must have been a real touch and go decision for the initial move?
Exactly, hmm let me see, electing a party with a socialist platform who say they won't raise taxes and yet they raise taxes,... a blind dog saw that coming.
Just curious if the posters where/are aware that at one time NB and NS were a single province until after the American Revolution. NB was created for the United Empire Loyalists. The original confederation meetings that formed Canada in 1867 were originally intended to unite PEI, NB and NS into one province.
The biggest problem the Maritimes have is the relatively small population and the fact that there are 3 separate provincial governments, judicial systems, health care systems, power corps, etc, etc.
There has been a long standing thought that the Maritimes should unite into one province. It certainly makes sense to me. There is a new political party that wants to see changes in NS and the Maritimes. Uniting the provinces is one of those changes. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
What was it that you saw in the first place? You must have had a very precise formula in place if you decided to move to NS and a 2% increase in HST is putting you over. Must have been a real touch and go decision for the initial move?
Exactly, hmm let me see, electing a party with a socialist platform who say they won't raise taxes and yet they raise taxes,... a blind dog saw that coming.
Just curious if the posters where/are aware that at one time NB and NS were a single province until after the American Revolution. NB was created for the United Empire Loyalists. The original confederation meetings that formed Canada in 1867 were originally intended to unite PEI, NB and NS into one province.
The biggest problem the Maritimes have is the relatively small population and the fact that there are 3 separate provincial governments, judicial systems, health care systems, power corps, etc, etc.
There has been a long standing thought that the Maritimes should unite into one province. It certainly makes sense to me. There is a new political party that wants to see changes in NS and the Maritimes. Uniting the provinces is one of those changes. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
Apr 8th 2010, 12:27 am
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
. The party is the Atlantica Party and I hope that they can get their message out. http://www.atlanticaparty.ca/index.html
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Apr 8th 2010, 3:42 am
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Re: NS Harmonized sales tax increase to 15% from July!
I believe you are confusing the Atlantica Free Trade Zone (which includes North East US) and the Atlantica Party which is a NS based independent political party. I'm not aware of any movement to integrate the Atlantic provinces and us Newfoundlanders wouldn't have any truck with that mainland shennanigans. We'd take Giles Duceppe's advice (he was speaking here yesterday) and go for independence. Long live the Repulic of Newfoundland! ('By)
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