By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Last spring, Ioronhiateka Delisle\u2019s stepson needed a new pair of skates, so they went to Play It Again Sports in Kirkland, part of the area covered by Kahnawake\u2019s agreement with the province to exempt Kahnawa\u2019kehr\u00f3:non from Quebec Sales Tax (QST) at the point of sale. As they went to pay, the skates already molded to the 14-year-old\u2019s feet, staff presented a laminated sheet of paper with the store\u2019s tax exemption policy \u2013 one that happened to be at odds with Kahnawake\u2019s tax exemption rights. \u201cI said \u2018sorry, if you don\u2019t accept the card, I\u2019ll have to go somewhere else,\u2019\u201d said Delisle. \u201cThe employee that was helping us understood and said no problem. I\u2019m sure management wasn\u2019t impressed that the skates… <\/p>\n
By Marcus Bankuti, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Eastern Door Last spring, Ioronhiateka Delisle\u2019s stepson needed a new pair of skates, so they went to Play It Again Sports in Kirkland, part of the area covered by Kahnawake\u2019s agreement with the province to exempt Kahnawa\u2019kehr\u00f3:non from Quebec Sales Tax (QST) at the point of sale. As they went to pay, the skates already molded to the 14-year-old\u2019s feet, staff presented a laminated sheet of paper with the store\u2019s tax exemption policy \u2013 one that happened to be at odds with Kahnawake\u2019s tax exemption rights. \u201cI said \u2018sorry, if you don\u2019t accept the card, I\u2019ll have to go somewhere else,\u2019\u201d said Delisle. \u201cThe employee that was helping us understood and said no problem. I\u2019m sure management wasn\u2019t impressed that the skates... <\/p>\n