GST Tax Holiday Misjudged

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Liberal government's sales tax holiday takes the GST (and HST in some provinces) off a mish-mash of items from snack food to Christmas trees to booze.

A Fraser Institute report says this is the wrong way to go about it.

Flooding the economy with more money will simply fuel inflation and push prices higher.

The government says it’s trying to help with affordability.

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