She meant 7% GST, as you know. It's 8% for Ontario PST. But it all adds up to 15% total sales tax on most items.

And Janie, opinion was split back then in Canada with regards to the wave of draft-dodgers that came here over 30 years ago. Mostly they were welcomed, I think. But things were better economically back then.

Now, many might think an influx of new immigrants to be a threatening drain on our social safety net and health care system/health plan. But of course, many would likely be professionals and educated people. That would be good and might offset the long term brain-drain problem Canada has been experiencing (educated professionals emigrating south of the border for bigger bucks). I like Americans very much and have many friends there (though most are actually Republican supporters) so I'd welcome any that wished to move here.

But I wouldn't worry about a future military draft if I were you. After all George W. Bush made an election promise not to institute the draft and no politician has ever gone back on one of those, right?