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I guess the official line goes: We needed the HST increase to buy us the time to cut spending. From what I gather the government has cut university funding by 10% over three years. Figuring in inflation brings this to something in the vicinity of 18%, and health and other education have seen cuts as well. What I would fault them for is using the opportunities that the cuts have generated for something as stupid as cutting the HST, rather than income taxes.