Well the Quebec Government finally did away with the provincial Tobacco levy that was imposed to pay for Montreal's Big Owe. Remember that Aislin Carton of Drapeau with a big belly, on the phone, saying "Allo Morgentaler"?

I will concede that was a rare case of a government keeping a promise to kill a tax when its purpose had been fulfilled.  The purpose was paying for Drapeau's corrupt Olympic boodoggle. Apparently Montreal was billed for several times as much concrete as was actually poured for the Stadium. The work site was so crowed that cement mixer trucks would pass through the main entrance, often not find a place to unload, exit the Olympic site, and enter again, being billed for another full load of concrete. 

Income Tax was introduced as a temporary measure to pay for WW I.