PETITION AGAINST HST

To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Whereas, Dalton McGuinty said he wouldn’t raise taxes in the 2003 election, but in 2004, he brought in the health tax, the biggest tax hike in Ontario’s history; and

Whereas, Dalton McGuinty will increase taxes yet again with his new 13% combined sales tax, at a time when families and businesses can least afford it;

Whereas, Dalton McGuinty’s new 13% sales tax will increase the cost of goods and services that families and businesses buy every day, such as:

• coffee, newspapers and magazines;
• gas at the pumps;
• home heating oil and electricity;
• postage stamps;
• haircuts;
• dry cleaning;
• home renovations;
• veterinary care; and
• arena ice and soccer field rentals.

We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:

That the Dalton McGuinty government wake up to Ontario’s current economic reality and stop raising taxes, once and for all, on Ontario’s hard-working families and businesses.  

Please return to MPP Lisa MacLeod for presentation in the Ontario legislature:

Queen’s Park Office

Room 347, Main Legislative Building

Toronto, ON M7A 1A8