Seriously though...
K. I have now been in 8 countries on my journey. Not one of them adds taxes onto something AFTER it’s listed price. So if on a menu something is 10 whatever, on the bill it is 10 whatever. The taxes are included. If a dress is 5 whatever, then that is exactly what you pay. Why can Canada not do the same. Why must we insist on adding taxes after the listed price. So when you count out your change in your hand and you have $5, and the salad is listed on the menu as $5, you can’t buy it because it is not really $5.
Stairs to nowhere in Old Town of Bar
Nope – tack on whatever your province is doing – either GST/PST or the good ol’ Harper HST. So your salad is now $5.75 or something but of course then there is the tip thing as well in this case. But if it was a piece of clothing or jewellry, same damn thing. Oh, and also, all of these countries have a small unit of money like the penny. And you know what? NONE of them use it. They all round up or round down. No biggy. You see the odd small coin floating around and if someone has one when paying for something that is fine, but they don’t get all worried about not having that exact amount and just hand you back either more or less than the amount depending what the next unit for rounding up or down is.
Beauty amongst silent history
So if someone can tell me why Canada insists on this after listed price tax and keeping the damn penny in circulation I would love to hear the brilliance. And in the meantime, good on that young girl who made herself heard during the throne speech infront of Harper. The young up and coming generation in Canada, the ones who have to inherit our country, are trying to be heard Harper – why don’t you listen?