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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: Canada
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Date: Tue, 18-Oct-83 18:20:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 18 18:20:39 1983
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  "The tax on restaurant meals and lodgings is 10% which wipes out
   half your dollar exchange."

Specify your province!  In Ontario, restaurant meals are taxed at 7%
(used to be 10% over $6, 0 under).  In Alberta there is no sales tax
at all (and cheap gas too).  On the other hand, I hear liquor is taxed
extremely hard here (Ontario); I'm glad I don't use it.

I don't think observations about costs in one part of Canada are applicable
to another any more than they would be in the U.S. -- it's a LARGE country,
you know.  My limited experience suggests that major Canadian cities are
probably comparable in price to major U.S. ones, or a bit higher.

Last summer I travelled around British Columbia, and found prices there
for lodging much lower than I expected, as long as I avoided Vancouver
and Victoria, but then I went into Washington (state, of course) and found
them even lower there.

Mark Brader