Gas prices are at least 20% below their high despite Ontario's carbon pricing kicking in. HST is not the same thing as GST. HST was introduced by Paul Martin and combines the collection of GST and PST, making the system more efficient. Do you want GST to be eliminated? Personally, I'd rather see the federal government put it back to 7% in two stages in oder to improve federal revenues and reduce deficits. I distinctly remember Flaherty and Harper assuring pensioners that they wouldn't tax investment trust funds and then proceeding to do so after being elected - that caused real hardship whereas not canceling the GST didn't. Even if GST had been canceled, the old federal sales tax, which was hidden before GST was introduced, would have come back.