Do you think that it is fair - sales tax every time?

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Here in Canada, when one buys a new vehicle, one pays a sales tax of 8% plus a goods and services tax of 5% for a total of 13% of the price of the vehicle. If one decides to sell this vehicle at any time thereafter, the buyer must pay sales tax on the amount of the transaction. Each time this vehicle is sold to the next owner, sales tax is paid to the government. Does this happen in your location? Do you think that each sale (which is really recycling/re-using) should be taxed? For example, for a $20,000 car, the sales tax would be $1,600. If this car were sold three years later for $14,000, the sales tax would be $1,132. Later, say three years later, this car is sold again for $10,000, with another $800 in tax. This is only three sales, and already the tax is totalling $3532 or almost 18% of the original value of the item. How does this support re-use/recycling?