Get your haircut Friday, and book your domstic flights too, before HST transition rules kick in

Ontarians have been blindsided by the Liberal government’s launch Saturday of the first phase of the controversial 13 per cent harmonized sales tax, opposition parties charge. As first disclosed Thursday by the Star, consumers have only one more day to avoid paying the levy on a slew of goods and services for use after the HST is fully implemented on July 1.