Ahem, yes, organic food is expensive (especially in Canada - holy shiznitz!!!!) and it is a challenge to find (for me right now in Barrie)... BUT, come tomorrow, I'll be saving 13% more than people who are buying most packaged foods :) sooooo that makes me a little happier.
Why, you may ask...well it's all thanks to 3 little dreaded letters: HST. For those outside of Canada that means "Harmonized Sales Tax" and it's wreaking havoc on our world right now...there's no harmony about it! Things that used to be taxed only 1 tax (of what was it? 5,6 or 7%? I lost track) are now being taxed a whopping 13% (I still feel bad for the peeps in the UK who have their 20% VAT to pay!!!). THIRTEEN PERCENT! They are combining the 2 taxes that we used to pay on most items (which totalled 13%).
The government, in all their infinite wisdom, has continued to exempt all basic grocery items from this new HST. But, what does "Basic Grocery" mean? Well, the CRA (Our IRS) doesn't even fully know :) hahahahaha! Here's an interesting article for you to read called "Let Them Eat Cake".
As an aside, I went to a beautiful little cafe for lunch yesterday called Bohemia. I had this AMAZING sandwich on whole wheat pita - what was the filling? Spicy Lentil Spread - and WAS IT EVER YUMMY! now I have to figure out how to make it - there was a tomato based spread, then this yummy lentil spread - it was SO GOOD! I am going to saunter down there tomorrow and grab another order so I can 'test it' and come up with the recipe!
Anyhoooo- if you're in Barrie - go to BOHEMIA on Dunlop Street (next to Fitzy's crab shack)for some beautiful food (and fairly traded coffee and tea!)
Good post, and good article - thanks, Jeannette! From, Susie!
ReplyDelete