Mr. Speaker, that is not a good example since food is not taxed.
The GST holiday also burdens our small businesses. It is nothing for Walmart, Best Buy and so on to pay to adapt their systems to remove the GST. Our small businesses do not have the means to lose thousands of dollars adapting their systems or dealing with the logistical nightmare of figuring out which product is still taxable or not.
Some are warning us that it is more affordable to close for two months. Our small businesses should not have to pay the price when the Liberals and the NDP want to buy votes.
Will they at least compensate small businesses?