More Gouging of the Consumer by the BC Liberal Party.... ... An - TopicsExpress



          

More Gouging of the Consumer by the BC Liberal Party.... ... An MMBC fee schedule circulated by the Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance should send a chill through BC’s small business sector. Rates are pegged at two to five times those in neighbouring provinces. On cardboard, for example, businesses are charged at 8 cents per kilogram in Ontario, while MMBC is charging 29 cents here in BC. So it goes for plastic film—23 cents in Ontario, 29 cents in Manitoba, 54 cents in BC. And for glass packaging: it costs 3 cents per kilogram in Ontario, 6 cents in Manitoba, 25 cents in BC. Small businesses will potentially be responsible for thousands of dollars of fees that they must pass on to their customers. If you buy any food products packaged in BC, get ready to be walloped. The amount of food product packaging is driven largely by government’s health and safety standards, leaving precious little room to reduce waste. Those fees paid by business will just wind up on your household food bill. It is possible that consumers will try to avoid these costs by shopping out-of-province through an online service, or crossing the border to buy groceries and other goods where none of these fees apply. ...
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:32:05 +0000

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