CRFA launches campaign to fight HST in B.C.

(Dec. 11/09) In British Columbia, the HST is still hard to swallow.  It will result in a new 7% tax on restaurant meals, which are currently exempt from provincial sales tax. That’s why CRFA, in partnership with BCRFA, has introduced a new campaign to urge the province’s consumers to say ‘No’ to meal taxes.

The No Meal Tax campaign – online at www.nomealtax.ca – serves up facts and figures on the impact of the 7% tax on dining prices and potential job losses, and connects to an online petition addressed directly to the provincial and federal governments.  Foodservice employees will also raise awareness through an associated in-restaurant campaign.

“A new 7 per cent meal tax will take a big bite out of customers’ wallets, employees’ wages and threatens our members’ livelihoods,” said Mark von Schellwitz, CRFA’s Vice President Western Canada.  “We’re calling on consumers and industry staff to let their MPs and MLAs know they are against this unfair tax.”

For more information on the campaign, visit www.nomealtax.ca.

To order your No Meal Tax Kit, call Mark von Schellwitz at 604-685-9655 ext. 1, or e-mail mark@crfa.ca.