As the revised date for the British Columbia  HST Referendum nears, provincial meetings are being scheduled. Due to hockey playoffs however, the first town hall meeting scheduled in Victoria has been postponed. The meeting is to discuss the controversial harmonized sales tax with B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon and Transport Minister Blair Lekstrom at the helm. The public is encouraged to pose questions and interact with the ministers in order to better understand and navigate the muddy waters of the HST.
A series of meetings throughout the province are scheduled to …

Protesters of the HST released a report earlier this month highlighting the problems with the harmonized system. Leader of the anti-HST movement former Premier Vander Zalm, organized a group of volunteers to compile the report focussing on the burden of the HST. Vander Zalm stated that the report investigates how inflation and the stagnant economy is a direct result of the harmonized tax. He claims that the tax places an unnecessary burden on the middle and lower class residents while giving more power to the federal government when it comes …

The province of Quebec has been under the Harmonized Tax System since the early 1990’s and is now seeking federal compensation for the implementation of the system. Both Ontario and British Columbia received $4.3 billion and $1.6 billion respectively for their recent HST program implementation and now Quebec is demanding the same.
The HST introduced in Quebec in 1991 received no federal backing to ease the transition like BC and Ontario received which is angering residents and politicians.
Recently, Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe has been vocal about his disgust regarding the …