December 2, 2005
The 2006 Election campaign was underway and one of the first promises made by the Conservatives was to trim the hated GST by 2 per cent.
Prime Minister Paul Martin was flooded with questions on the campaign about a Conservative plan to slash the goods and services tax to five per cent from seven per cent — and he repeatedly defended the levy. The Liberals won power in 1993 promising to eliminate the GST and had suddenly been transformed into champions of the unpopular consumption tax.
Source |
