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$2.2 billion in compensation for Quebec’s sales tax harmonization

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The Bloc Québécois is asking the federal government to pay Quebec $2.2 billion in compensation for having harmonized the federal and provincial sales taxes in 1992. Ontario and British Columbia received similar compensation for introducing the HST.

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