First nation's don't pay GST/PST?
Is this a false rumor or first nations are exempt from paying GST/PST?
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Yeah, those ungrateful natives living in the lap of luxury and not appreciating it worth a damn....ZenOps wrote: ↑Apr 26th, 2008 9:42 amYup, they pay no sales tax as long as they have 'the card'.
Which is also good for big business, which explains why there are so many native casinos out there.
We as immigrated Canadians, all of us pay to the natives in return for using their land. It is an amazing advantage that I don't think some natives fully appreciate.
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I dunno...maybe it's just me but I'm pretty sure the fact that our Natives live in such poverty has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they don't pay sales taxes...yep, pretty sure.Takami wrote: ↑Apr 27th, 2008 12:04 pmI heard, and correct me if I am wrong, that because the Natives in Canada do not need to pay tax, most Native areas (in the North West Territories?) do not have many government run facilities. In the area which they live in, they do not have access to libraries or community centers as most Canadians are entitled to. Their public education system and facilities are also more run down and poorly maintained because of the lack of funding.
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what the heck are you talking about?ZenOps wrote: ↑Apr 27th, 2008 1:14 pmThing is... They were living in poverty before we even got here.
Hunter gatherer lifestyle with no agriculture (not even as stable or productive as the Incans and Mayans who grew corn) 35 year average lifespan.
The natives in the southern US got screwed - none of them are around to complain anymore. That we haven't had a few centuries or millennia to bring the northern native americans up to speed with the rest of the world is not really our fault, especially if the natives are not willing to move to at least an agrarian society (so they can feed themselves without having to rely on hunting)
It would be nice to see some natives make the jump right from pre-agrarian to maybe a metal based society - So they can start some serious industrialization, and build themselves 20,000 square foot homes - but that is still probably another century off.
I figure they could have at least built something like a forbidden palace by now... With modern tools and all those pine trees and all that open land. Especially considering how cold it is in Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_palace 720,000 square meters built back in the early 1400's.