Avoiding the HST

Just before the HST came in was a good time to make major purchases that would otherwise be more expensive under the new tax system.

I received a wonderful little flyer entitled "Avoid The HST And Pre-Plan Today." What was being advertised? Naturally it was "Highland Park Cemetery". I was of course thrilled at any chance to thwart the government on tax collection and instantly contemplated suicide, thus avoiding the HST entirely.

I'm not sure what turned me off the idea. Perhaps it was the text at the bottom of the flyer.

"MORE THAN JUST A CEMETERY"

I'm not quite sure what that means but it doesn't fill me with confidence that my eternal place of rest would necessarily be all that restful or eternal. Maybe it doubles as a dog walking park or an amusement park or something worse. I don't particularly relish the thought of being the passive necrophiliac*

*Thankyou Doug Anthony All stars