if it actually succeeded, it would remove the gst from a small number of items that few people pay and replace it with inflation on everything. instead of paying 13% on non-essential services that most poor people rarely purchase, we'll see a return to high inflation that affects everything. the reason is that corporations will increase prices to adjust to the tax on profits.
as a poor person, about the last thing in the world that i'm concerned about is a tax on luxury goods like cable tv or cell phones. these are items purchased by wealthy people, not by poor people. the policy reflects the fact that the ndp's voting base is actually the upper middle class.
surely jagmeet singh is aware that there are no taxes on grocery store food. i have no idea what he's talking about when he claims there's gst on grocery store food; that's absolutely false.
frankly, i think the idea of taxing luxury items like cell phones to pay for services is a good idea and i would vote in favour of it, not against it. this the kind of basic "progressive taxation" policy you expect the ndp to support, not oppose. this is in truth an extremely right-wing proposal. what side of the spectrum is the ndp coming down on?