BC restaurants against sales tax increase

Restaurant owners say the HST will significantly hurt their business.

The vast majority of restaurant owners — 91% — say a harmonized sales tax in British Columbia will have a negative impact on their business, according to a survey of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association’s 4,000 B.C. members.

Eighty-five per cent of respondents said the HST will have a “significantly negative” impact and 6% said it would have a “slightly negative” impact. Only 9% responded that it will have no impact or a positive impact on business.

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