'Checking her receipt as she left a downtown Canadian Tire, Chris Colorado noticed a new charge.
Her $1.99 bottle of dish soap was accompanied by a 13-cent “eco fee.”
The levy for thousands of new products, from pharmaceuticals to fire extinguishers, quietly came into effect July 1, the same day as the harmonized sales tax.'
“It’s not a tax. The government does not see one penny of it. It all goes to the stewardship councils to make sure that all of these materials do not end up in our landfill sites,” the minister said.
Hmm, weren't the stewardship councils -- set up by the govt? :(
If you look at the fee schedule (http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/sites/default/files/docs/2010_2011_cmhsw_rules.pdf), dishwashing products is an Irritant and subject to a $0.20 per 100 L. This store has chosen to use the Corrosive price of $0.13 per 1 L.
“It’s not a tax. The government does not see one penny of it. It all goes to the stewardship councils to make sure that all of these materials do not end up in our landfill sites,” the minister said.
ReplyDeleteHmm, weren't the stewardship councils -- set up by the govt? :(
The Stewardship Councils were set up by industry.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the fee schedule (http://www.stewardshipontario.ca/sites/default/files/docs/2010_2011_cmhsw_rules.pdf), dishwashing products is an Irritant and subject to a $0.20 per 100 L. This store has chosen to use the Corrosive price of $0.13 per 1 L.