I moved from BC to Manitoba in late 2006. The only prominent difference that I noticed with the PST is that it is charged on restaurant meals here. At first I was like "we don't have to pay PST on meals in BC!?!?!" -- But then I thought about it, did some math, and realized that considering how much I ate out, and all the other things that I pay less for here (cell phone contract, electricity, car insurance, mortgage, use MUCH less gasoline) it wasn't a big deal.
Granted, people don't have to be able to afford a $600,000 starter home here
I want to know if an HST in Manitoba will really make a visible difference to me?
I guess it does in BC where we enjoyed PST-free meals for years.