Comments on: What can you buy at a gay adult shop in Canada for $67?

By: Canuck

Canuck — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:44:49 +0000

Is that Canadian or US dollars? If the latter, what’s the date, so we can get the exchange rate?

By: Rick Pikul

Rick Pikul — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:57:47 +0000

@Kit: You’re a few years behind. The total sales tax in Ontario used to be 15%, (8%PST+7%GST), but the reformatories dropped the GST to 5% several years ago.

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:52:48 +0000

Honestly, the only part of this I care about is the misuse of taxpayer money — everything else, well, that’s between him and his wife.

By: jeanarouth

jeanarouth — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:58:43 +0000

@ Kit “Realistic” replicas of what I assume are porn stars’ anatomy can be purchased for $59.95 😉

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:39:44 +0000

@isilzhaveni good try but Quebec – the scoundrels – applies the federal sales tax (5%) first then the provincial sales tax (8.4%) on top of that total (taxing the tax), giving them an effective tax rate of 13.925% so his actual purchase was more like ~$59.80 depending on whether that $67 is accurate or they left off the cents.

By: Christopher Booth

Christopher Booth — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:35:23 +0000

He really is a hypocrite. Apparently he asked for 69 and said "I'll owe you two."

By: Kit

Kit — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:16:23 +0000

Remember tax is 15% in Toronto, so you’re looking for something that costs about $59 or $60. 😀

By: ChrisG

ChrisG — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:34:10 +0000

Canada must have had a bigger influence on him than he realises. One of our national political parties was called the Progressive-Conservative Party, until it merged with the Reform/Alliance and became just Conservative. At the provincial level, there are a whole bunch of PC parties still around.

Still don’t know what he bought for $67. Must have made up his own gift-pack!

By: isilzhaveni

isilzhaveni — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:46:15 +0000

Two movies…39.95 + 24.95 = 64.90 + tax = 67.00?

By: ambulocetacean

ambulocetacean — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:15:37 +0000

a very conservative, progressive individual

I’m having trouble understanding a lot of the stuff that FTB bloggers are quoting today. It’s almost as if sanctimonious religious fuckwads speak an entirely different language.