Stephen Thomson May 25, 2010
Petitioners who have been collecting signatures across B.C. in an effort to repeal the harmonized sales tax say they have almost reached their goal.
The petitioners’ objective is to gather names from at least 10 percent of the registered voters in each of the province’s 85 electoral districts, a threshold set under the Recall and Initiative Act, by the July 5 deadline.
According to numbers released today (May 25), that goal has already been met in all but two ridings: Vancouver-Langara and Richmond East.
The anti-HST campaigners, led by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm, say they expect to collect the remaining signatures next weekend, and meet their own goal of gathering signatures from 15 percent of registered voters in each riding in the coming weeks.
So far, they say they have names from 15 percent of voters in 57 of the 85 ridings.
The latest results from the citizen-initiative petition also show the 10-percent mark has been met in the ridings of Premier Gordon Campbell (Vancouver-Point Grey), and Finance Minister Colin Hansen (Vancouver-Quilchena).
Elections B.C. still needs to verify the signatures.
Slated to go into full effect on July 1, the 12-percent HST combines the B.C. provincial sales tax and federal GST.
[Straight.com]
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This is not what we need right now, get rid of this HST
I was considering moving back to B.C. But definately won’t be doing that if the HST comes in . It is only a money grab for the gov. Doesn’t get my vote ever. There are going to be a lot of people moving to Alberta.I don’t blame them.
No, no, no to HST!!!
this enough we pay enough taxes give your head a shake and give us a break this is too much already……
We already have to much taxes to pay,. What are the working poor going to do ??????? The kids that have to pay for this !!
Austerity before taxation. The HST will expand the PST to services provided by independent small business and will kill them in a time when many are already hurting. Merging what already exists will save money but expanding the PST to areas BC doesn’t already collect taxes is a massive tax grab of historical proportion.
NO HST!!!!!!
Lets get this further than just getting rid of the HST but getting rid of Campbell
Gordon and the BC Liberals – the only relevent option left in the HST issue is ‘when will you finally begin to listen to the citizens of BC. They have spoken very loud and clear!
You should now do the only Democratic option left to you – CANCEL THE HST. An overwhelming % of citizens in BC do not support the HST – you blew it – your credibility to speak any longer on this issue is lost! You have lost their ears !
This is no longer an issue of debating the merits of the HST. There is something far more fundamental in play now – DEMOCRACY !
PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING – NOW