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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: Torontonians |
| Date | Tue, 17 May 2005 10:47:53 -0700 (PDT) |
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Bigger question -- do Canadian content rules apply to
iPods bought in Canada? Why take the risk that you
HAVE to have Glass Tiger and Rush on your iPod...
Mike Bennett
NP: Def Leppard -- ROCK OF AGES
--- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bob_hutton@standardlife.com>
> > Also, how much do iPods cost Canada? Do they work
> out pretty cheap?
>
> Nope. Factor in the exchange rate and they cost
> pretty much exactly
> the same, if not slightly more. The only benefit
> you would get is
> that if you bought an iPod in Canada, you could fill
> out a form when
> you got home and a couple months later, you'd get a
> check for the
> amount of your sales tax. Big whoop. (However, you
> *should* do this
> for your hotel bill, because the federal sales tax
> on that is around
> 15%, and for our annual trips to Toronto for the
> film festival, that
> usually ends up a little over a hundred bucks. You
> can download the
> proper form as a PDF from
>
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/gf/gst176/gst176-03e.pdf
> -- beware of
> the ones that charge a processing fee, because all
> they do is file
> this form on your behalf.)
>
> I can point you towards several excellent
> inexpensive restaurants,
> especially around Yonge and Bloor, but
> unfortunately, most of my
> favorite record stores in the city are no more and I
> haven't found
> much to replace them. But if you're looking for day
> trips and you
> have a car, two things: the zoo, out in Jaimie V.
> and Paul M.'s
> hometown of Scarborough, is truly excellent, one of
> my favorites in
> the world, and the McMichael Canadian Art Museum out
> in Kleinburg
> (www.mcmichael.com) is a must-visit if you're at all
> into art museums,
> if only for the permanent installation of many works
> by the Group of
> Seven, an early 20th century collective of landscape
> painters who did
> some truly amazing work. (Indeed, many of the GoS
> are permanently
> installed there themselves -- several of them are
> buried on the
> property!)
>
> Finally, if you see a hot dog cart, get one. Trust
> me on this.
>
> S
>
>
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