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Disclaimer: I'm not an accountant. If you do any serious business, you'll need one anyways. So, go get one. A good one. One that eats sleeps and shits tax stuff. You'll be glad you did.
When dealing with cross-border sales (canada into US) the CCRA considers it "zero rated", that is, not GST-able. My business involves sales of my services to corporations in the US, and thus I pay no GST. I still get the benefit of being able to reclaim GST on business expenses (business related expenses and purchases are effectively GST-free).
However, if you do business within Canada with other Canadians beyond a certain amount (I believe it's 35k/year) you need to collect and remit GST.
At least, this is how I understand it based on what my accountant tells me. YMMV.
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