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Golf Trolleys Caught in Electric Vehicle Tariff | Toronto News
A Pickering business owner is blindsided by a $182,000 tax bill on 330 imported electric golf trolleys—reclassified under a now-repealed federal tariff targeting Chinese EVs. Despite the tariff’s intent to shield Canada’s auto industry, customs classified the trolleys as “motor vehicles for transport of goods,” triggering a 100% surtax. The owner, Joseph McLuckie, argues golf trolleys aren’t vehicles—and his lawyer agrees—but CBSA insists even non-electric wheelbarrows qualify. With an appeal underway and a remission request filed (one of over 180 submitted, only five granted), McLuckie’s…
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