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New eco fees catching consumers by surpriseLevies ranges from a few cents to several dollarsJesse McLean Toronto Star Jul. 08, 2010 |
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  Checking her receipt as she left a downtown Canadian Tire, Chris Colorado noticed a new charge.Her $1.99 bottle of dish soap was accompanied by a 13-cent “eco fee.” The levy for thousands of new products, from pharmaceuticals to fire extinguishers, quietly came into effect July 1, the same day as the harmonized sales tax. But unlike that tax, provincial agencies have done little to publicize the new fees, catching consumers like Colorado by surprise. “I’ve never heard anything about this fee. No one’s talking about it,” she said. “The fact they just put it without us knowing, I don’t think it’s honest. I don’t like it.” Continued 
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