... You haven't seen anything yet - By Alan Slater

The Coming Catastrophe...
or... You Haven't Seen Anything Yet.

1. Harmonized Sales Tax.

The cost will increase for gasoline, heating fuels, electricity, and many other goods and services currently exempt from PST. We will be bribed with a one-time $1000. of our money. Would the Ontario government do this if it did not increase the tax revenue?

[ Everything that is manufactured, transported or heated will be included in this increase. What is not included in this list? ]

2. Smart Hydro meters.

Reports from early installations indicate electricity bills being doubled. You don't get cheap power at night; but you pay heavily to use power by day.

[ How are we supposed to do all of our living at night? Perhaps some can, but is that fair? ].

3. Cap-and- Trade energy plan.

Both Ontario and Canadian governments plan to impose this scheme on us. It is supposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industries. When it was applied in Europe, energy costs rose sharply, and the energy companies made great windfall profits. Electricity costs will go up, again, (see 1. and 2. above ), and the gases will only go down because of the recession, which will get worse because of the increased cost of almost everything.

[ The governments' line will be that it works if it is done properly. This from governments that have given us the gun registry and eHealth. See also any report by the Auditor General, and the work of the Ontario Ombudsman ].

THE COMBINED EFFECT OF ALL OF THESE RECKLESS TAX INCREASES, DURING A SERIOUS RECESSION, CAN ONLY HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN ONTARIO. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE RESIST, BY ATTACKING THEIR MPs AND MPPs, PERHAPS IT CAN BE PREVENTED.

Achieving Accountability for Oshawa Taxpayers' Rights