Harper revisits scene of successful campaign stunt to showcase GST cut

“This will be a tax cut that you will see every time you shop, tax relief that you experience, a tax break that no politician will be able to take away without you noticing.”

- Stephen Harper is ringing in what could be an election year with a replay of a campaign stunt that helped propel him into the prime minister's office two years ago.

Harper is to visit the same electronics store on Monday in Mississauga, Ont., where he first unveiled the Conservative party's pledge to reduce the goods and services tax to five per cent from seven per cent over five years.

Monday's visit is meant to underscore the fact that Harper has delivered on his popular 2006 election campaign promise. He lopped the first percentage point off the hated tax last year and the second percentage point cut goes into effect Jan. 1. Read more