Eliminate the Beer Sales Tax (B.S.T.)

The Freedom Party of Ontario just released a pre-election ad on youtube about eliminating the Beer Sales Tax.

Transcript "On Canada Day, 2010, the Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty quietly introduced the B.S.T.: a tax only on beers brewed in Ontario. There's no B.S.T. on imported beer. A Freedom government will eliminate the B.S.T.. That will knock as much as five dollars and seventy-six cents off the price of a case of the many fine beers brewed right here in Ontario. Freedom Party. No B.S. ...T."

Good for them. The taxes on alcohol are ridiculous. Regardless if the Freedom Party has a chance to win or not, this is a good policy. This is the type of thing that Hudak should be adding to the PC Party platform if he wants to continue on the narrative of McGuinty being "Premier Dad".



Here is the full policy page from the Freedom Party's website.

A Freedom government will eliminate the beer, wine and wine cooler taxes. That will knock as much as $5.76 off of the price of 24 beer (for example, a box of 24 having a price of $29.95 would drop to $24.19). It will take as much as 16.1% off of the price of a bottle of wine (e.g., the price of a $15.00 bottle of wine would drop to as low as $12.92). It will remove as much as 16.1% from the price of wine coolers (for example, a U.S. sangria currently selling for $11.55 would drop to $9.95).