The anti-Harper crowd is making way too much out of an off-the-cuff comment on taxes made by Canada's prime minister.

As we know, the proposed HST for Ontario will increase the sales tax by 8% on new houses selling for more than $500,000. This percentage will decline as prices get lower, becoming zero at $400,000.

As we know, Ontario’s planned harmonization of the Goods & Services Tax (GST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) extends the 8% PST to new consumption items (with some exemptions). Over a lifetime, the extra tax burden can add up. In the case of MERs on mutual funds alone, it could ...

The Ontario Government’s 2009 Budget will harmonize the Goods & Services Tax (GST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST). Ontario citizens will pay one sales tax of 13% on goods and services.