“Fed Up Yet” is the tagline for NoMealTax.ca, a website standing against implementing BC HST. The website is gaining momentum with a Facebook group and significant media coverage. McDonald’s and Tim Horton’s are supporting the initiative by displaying posters and leaving the HST petition on their counters for anyone to sign. As of today, NoMealTax.ca has collected over 60,000 signatures!

Most equipment restaurants need to operate on a daily basis will have HST exemptions, so it isn’t very shocking to see established fast food restaurant chains opposing restaurant HST. The larger, established restaurant chains have already paid the embedded PST on their operational equipment, while new restaurants will realize the HST exemptions immediately.

Read more about how HST can benefit restaurants and HST exemptions.

The nomealtax.ca HST petition can be signed at their website.