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In its 2010-11 budget tabled Tuesday, Quebec slapped its already tax-weary residents with increases in the provincial sales tax, fuel tax and tuition fees while also introducing new health-care fees.
Quebec will have the highest sales tax, which will jump to 9.5 per cent in 2012 following a previously announced jump of one percentage point set for January 2011. That doesn\’t include the federal GST of five per cent.
Read rest of article here: Quebecers unhappy with 2010 budget (via CTV News)
My prediction is the following: There will be a huge population exodus out of Quebec within the next few years…. Watch and see.
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