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Sara Kareer

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Millennium Inc., Brokerage*

10-350 Rutherford Rd South

Brampton, ONL6W 3M2

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Surprise, Surprise! Ontarians now shelling out for new "Eco Fee"

New eco fees catching consumers by surprise

Levies ranges from a few cents to several dollars

 

Checking her receipt as she left a downtown Canadian Tire, Chris Colorado noticed a new charge.

Her $1.99 bottle of dish soap was accompanied by a 13-cent “eco fee.”

The levy for thousands of new products, from pharmaceuticals to fire extinguishers, quietly came into effect July 1, the same day as the harmonized sales tax.

But unlike that tax, provincial agencies have done little to publicize the new fees, catching consumers like Colorado by surprise.


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Posted by Sara Kareer on July 8, 2010
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