With the announcement of the federal election, the campaign trail is being hit with issues ranging from the federal budget to HST.  The New Democrat leader Jack Layton is calling the Conservative party to account for what he is calling the ‘HST fiasco’ in BC.  Due to the economic conditions of the past couple years, Layton is stating that the implementation of the HST was not properly timed and is looking to gain support on the issue.  Commercials targeting new premier Christy Clark have also hit the airwaves alluding to …

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.”
Needless to …

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…