Put tax on >200km food

Put tax on >200km food

Category:	Tax incentives
Responses:	1 (1 in support, 0 neutral, 0 in opposition)
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Put tax on imported food (outside 200km zone).

Ottawa Community Forum Report, Oct 07 2008

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