From: atbowler@thinkage.ca   
      
   On 5/4/2010 9:56 PM, M I Wakefield wrote:   
      
   > The GST replaced the Manufacturer's Sales Tax, which was levied at the   
   > factory gate, and despite the name, discouraged manufacturing and encouraged   
   > imports.   
      
   Furthermore, its net cost was higher than today's GST.   
   The GST actually represents a reduction in Federal sales   
   taxes from what they were.  It is just that now they   
   have moved from being hidden to exposed, and are more broadly   
   spread around.   
      
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