I'm excited to see how they're going to pull it off. I mean, if it's a measly "You should do it", I see many issues springing up in the future; they may not know who's avoiding taxes, but they'll see clear as day taxes are being avoided. Then they have fire power to campaign against the use of Bitcoin.
That's not the way our government works. They cannot outlaw bitcoin. We have the right to private property and there is a long standing coupon called "Canadian Tire Money" that is widely used. If you look at the development of Canada's banking and money you will see many private coupons. These were all legal.
"Canadian Tire Money" cannot be converted to Canadian $$$...
So it's not a currency... it's just a discount coupon.
I've used canadian tire money at 3 different places that accepted it on par. A bar and 2 cafes. The owners had work to do on their bricks and mortar business and gladly accepted the Canadian Tire bux. Also I have seen pawnshops that will buy them at a percentage of face value. The older denominations (half cent, third-of-a-cent, discontinued in the 70s) are highly collectible and worth quite a bit. Its one of my fav alt-currencies, although, I believe they discontinued it a few years back, didn't they?
I still have a 5 cent can tire note in my wallet, and when I'm traveling I like to troll new friends from foreign lands by showing it to them and telling them the guy pictured on the reverse is "The King of Canada; Angus McTavish" good for teh lulz!