Canada to imposing Taxes on Blank CDs?

Chanman writes "If you thought the US Government was bad, you should see what crap the Canadian government has come up with. Effective January 1, 1999, the government is imposing levies on audio recording media at the rate of *50 cents* per 15 minutes of each digital audio recording media sold or imported. With a CD at 75 minutes, that means a extra $2.50 (CDN) per CD, which is more than what blank CD media costs. The full text of this abomination is available in the " Canada Gazette" on the Government of Canada web site The relevant information is on page 121 onwards. A link to a viewer for you PDF impaired people is here "