[OT]: How to help a Canadian Spaceport?

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> Ehm, last I checked Canada was pretty far north, and not very close to
> an optimal launch point for anything going into space.  No point making
> space ports here.

There have been two serious proposals for commercial space ports in 
Australia - neither proceeded very far :( One was on Christmas Island 
(which you probably know as .cx) and the other was in Far North Queensland 
(FNQ to its friends).  Yeah not really relevant but I just wanted to 
lament the fact that Australia still hasn't built a commercial spaceport 
despite a prime position.

> And the government would spend twice that much just to administrate the
> GST difference (never mind what it would cost the poor stores to deal
> with the crap).  We could stop letting tourists get GST/PST refunds when
> they leave.  That might actually make money and save money since you
> wouldn't have to administrate that silly system anymore. :)

I'm inclined to agree. The amount of money saved by tourists is not 
generally great (since there is a refund cap afaik) but the system must 
cost quite a bit to administer.

Rob

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