Dear Editor:
An open letter to Premier Doug Ford.
Another provincial budget, but I don’t see any mention of my favourite topic: home heating.
Our groceries do not attract tax. Medical procedures do not attract tax. Our town water does not attract tax. Our car insurance doesn’t attract tax. But our home heating does!
I’m not picking on just you, Mr. Premier. I picked on your Liberal ancestors as well.
If you can find a way to raise another $400 million (to replace what it would cost to give up the revenue from the tax on home heating), you would have a lot of happy campers – certainly two at our house, anyway.
It’s well known that taxpayers will seek out ways to cheat the government especially if they feel that they have been cheated by an unfair tax system. Your government has the opportunity to make the Ontario tax system a lot more fair by getting rid of the tax on home heating.
I know finding that other $400 million will be quite difficult, but a 25 cent tax on every online purchase would go a long way to collecting it.
John McVicar,
Harriston