Chief Electoral Officer Craig James said that the Fight HST Initiative to end the Harmonized Sales Tax in BC successfully passed the required 10% threshold in all 85 ridings – in fact in many ridings over 15% was reached. An except from a FightHST.com press release:
“…late today Craig James privately told Vander Zalm that Elections BC will not submit the successful petition to the Standing Committee until a final decision has been reached by the courts regarding a lawsuit by a big business coalition attempting to quash the petition.”
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The B.C.government says it’s planning a province-wide, pro-HST mailout within the next month. The announcement was met with considerable resistance from the anti-HST movement which launched a formal complaint with Elections BC and the RCMP. The group (Fight HST) argues the government’s mailout violates the initiative Act.

By law, the mailout can only contain advertising that would happen regardless of the HST. Finance Minister Colin Hansen stated that…

Are you wondering how much the HST could cost you each year? The BC NDP have created an HST Calculator that allows you to add your expenditure input to get estimation on what the harmonized tax could cost you. Click here if you’re curious.