First Nations/Hampton Fight HST

Frustrated First Nations groups are planning a protest at the Ontario legislature today in their escalating fight over the H-S-T.

Inside Queen's Park yesterday, Kenora-Rainy River M-P-P Howard Hampton called for native people to be exempt from the HST

"When the McGuinty Liberals faced anti-HST backlash from the real estate industry, the Premier very quickly exempted homes that cost up to $400,000 from the HST," said Hampton. "When Tim Hortons protested against the HST on the coffee and muffin lunch, the McGuinty Liberals very quickly exempted restaurant meals up to $4 in value from the HST. If you care about the plight of First Nations, why will you not act just as quickly to exempt First Nations from the HST?"

First nation leaders say the new harmonized tax will rob them of a point-of-sale exemption on the provincial portion of the merged tax.