| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - While the compensation for transition costs paid to the provinces ($4 billion to Ontario and $1.6 billion to B.C.) made harmonization more financially attractive, particularly given the large deficits the provinces were facing, and will also help pay for tax reductions and other benefits to make the HST more palatable to taxpayers, the lower overall rates (13 per cent in Ontario and 12 per cent in
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