BC Restaurant Owner Supports HST
10 June 2010
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Bill Lang, owner of the Princess Mary restaurant in British Columbia, says harmonized sales tax could be a good thing down the road.
The restaurant has a reputation for it’s fresh coffee, fish and chips and delicious strawberry pie. The owners of the Princess Mary restaurant are serving up something else the Campbell Government is hungry for: support for the unpopular HST.
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The problem I have with Mr. Lang’s argument is simple. I don’t drink alcohol, and neither do many other people. So I will not be seeing any of his so called savings. All I would see is the 7% increase in my bill. While this may help people Like Gordon Campbell, who we all know likes to liquor himself up, it will in no way help those of us who go out to eat and not getted hammered. I find it quite funny that this fellow is supporting the HST. I guess he doesn’t realize that by speaking out in favour of the HST he may very well be harming his business since many people will likely boycott his restaurant for this. I know I would not eat at his restaurant knowing he supports the HST. In my opinion it seems that Bill Lang is not very keen on how to draw in customers. He is going to scare off his clientelle that he already has by being in support of the HST.
I’ve got a fairly new small business, and now need to register for federal and provincial sales tax collection. The idea of having to learn how to administer two completely different tax systems was daunting. I used to volunteer in a special clothing store and got a little taste of how confusing it can be.
I welcome the idea of one system for both taxes, especially now that I have learned that BC has full say over what the provincial portion is applied to, and what rate that portion should be.
I just wish the communication about the whole thing had been much, much better.
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The the owner of ( Princess Mary restaurant ) guess what you lost a customer. How do you like your HST now.
If a business can’t support the people of BC, then why should the people of BC support the business? If the HST is so great, then let’s see Mr. Lang cut all his prices by 10%. I bet that won’t happen which is why I will steer clear of the Princess Mary restaurant.
Mr. Lang, You can bet that you just lost another customer.
Again we also are none drinker’s. Besides any one who sup-
ports something that affects those who can least afford it
I have to question their compassion. We have one of the
highest child poverty rates in the country. The hst is
just going to hurt them even more. Anyone who beleives that
buisnesses are going to give us a break on goods down the
road, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
I’m a single mother and a small business owner. Since the HST has been in effect as of July 1st, I have slowly felt the effect of HST on my business and family expense.
In the respect of being a business owner, I am ANGRY at the whole HST movement. I was never asked for my opinion on the HST and how it would affect my business. I’m someone who crunches numbers all day long and have calculated a forecast of how my business would be affected by the HST. The way our government has behaved like friggin COMMUNISTS enforcing the HST on the citizens of BC and Ontario. What happened to asking the citizens for our opinion and our votes. Isn’t that we have an election every four friggin years to choose the body of government to make our country and province a better place to live.
As a single mother, I have not seen the benefits of the HST. Like many parents (whether single or married), we have children that are under 12 years old and are forced to purchase adult clothes and shoes for them. Purchasing adult size clothes and shoes are affected with HST. Where is the friggin savings?!
I deeply regret ever voting for the Liberals. I will never vote for the Liberals again!!!
I’m personally greatful to Mr. Van der Zalm’s passion for speaking on behalf of all those against the HST. I am a HUGE supporter of Bill Van der Zalm’s anti-HST movement.
From,
a venting single mother and business owner
His theory is a theory only. When the GST came in the costs were supposed to drop for the retailer and passed on to the customer and then the tax added. It never happened. The tax was added on to existing prices. This is supposed to happen with the HST, but prices have stayed the same and then the tax is added. I’m fortunate as I travel to the U.S. several times a year and I will spend my money there. If Gordon’s government would quit wasting money they wouldn’t need to raise taxes. But then again remember him in Hawaii.
To all businesses that are charging HST you have just lost a customer.
I own a small business…not sure how much time Mr Lang takes to calculate and write a cheque for pst and gst each month. I take about half an hour. Writing one cheque for HST is not a saving even worth mentioning.
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