Fine, so knowing this, Uber collects GST and reduces the fare by the offsetting amount. In one pocket and out of the other. It's purely optics.
Either way, collecting GST on a sale is the norm in Canada, regardless of what happens on the back end.
> So from what I can see, Uber should be collecting, for itself.
My comment is not about remitting, it's about collection. Jesus.
It's not at all the same thing as you previously suggested.
The entire point of this conversation here is that $10 + 5 cents gst is a price increase if you weren't bothering to charge a tax at all.
By "collecting, for itself" I meant "for itself as the seller" rather than "collecting on behalf of its contractors"