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TORONTO - First Nations leaders are threatening to fight the merged sales tax through any means possible unless they're allowed to retain their point-of-sale exemption from the provincial portion of the 13 per cent harmonized sales tax.
"This is where we have to draw our line in the sand," said Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee from the Union of Ontario Indians, which represents 42 First Nations.
"Already action is being contemplated out in the communities ... and I think this could be an escalating issue right across the province and right across the country." :
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091203/national/hst_first_nations
"This is where we have to draw our line in the sand," said Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee from the Union of Ontario Indians, which represents 42 First Nations.
"Already action is being contemplated out in the communities ... and I think this could be an escalating issue right across the province and right across the country." :
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/091203/national/hst_first_nations
