Rafferty Fighting HST

Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is on a crusade to kill the harmonized sales tax in Ontario.

Rafferty tabled a motion in the House of Commons last week calling on the federal government to cancel the $4.3 billion dollars it intends to give the province for harmonizing the PST and GST.

Rafferty is also planning to tour the province to solicit support to the motion.

"What I'm hoping we can generate some support," says Rafferty, "the same kind of anti-HST support there is out in B.C. right now to get Ontarians fire-up to really start thinking about what HST means to them and their families.

Rafferty says the planned HST will hurt seniors and those on fixed incomes the most.