Canada has a "sales tax" on almost every good and services, if

[Justice matters.]

that fact can re-assure some consumers in the US, except that government services like Universal Healthcare get partially funded by these sales taxes, and that the lower-income taxpayers get "refunds" four times a year from the governments (both Federal and Provincial, where applicable), while tariffs paid by US consumers will affect the lower-income earners more than they will the well offs, and the revenues from these "unjust" across-the-board sales taxes will be used to pay for more tax cuts to the 1-percenters (no refunds to the poorest taxpayers every three months).

[Bev54]

1. We have a goods and services tax on everything except essentials

Such as “groceries” (Trump’s word) which is a federal tax. Each province has their own provincial sales tax which was originally created to cover our medical. I think it likely just goes in the pot now. I live in a province with no provincial sales tax, only federal gst. Our medical services are included in our provincial income tax.

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2. Do you get a "partial refund" every three months?

It's not a "exactly what you paid in taxes refund" but just an average based on your annual taxable income.

And those taxes help fund programs like UHC. Not seen in the US. They'll use them to pay for tax cuts to the 1%.

[Bev54]

4. Yes each quarter we get approx $125. per single person and then more for spouse and children, not sure of amount.

Incidentally it was the conservatives that brought in the GST to replace the manufacturers tax, once again put it all on the consumers.