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[10 Jun 2010 | 7 Comments ]

Bill Lang, owner of the Princess Mary restaurant in British Columbia, says harmonized sales tax could be a good thing down the road.
The restaurant has a reputation for it’s fresh coffee, fish and chips and delicious strawberry pie. The owners of the Princess Mary restaurant are serving up something else the Campbell Government is hungry for: support for the unpopular HST.
Watch this short 2 minute video to learn why:

British Columbia, Perspectives »

[22 May 2010 | No Comment ]

Garnet Estell, Chair of the BC Agriculture Council, talks about Harmonized Sales Tax in British Columbia and the $20 million dollars the agriculture industry expects to save after HST comes into effect.

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[3 May 2010 | 3 Comments ]
BC HST is Law

This video news coverage regarding BC HST from Vancouver Island’s A News talks about the anti-hst movement and the end of HST debate in the legislature. An interview with NDP’s Carole James vows that this isn’t the end of the HST debate.
There’s also debate regarding whether the HST petition is legal. Elections BC has advised the BC Liberals that they are not allowed to use advertising to convey their message regarding BC HST, placing their planned door to door flyer campaign on hold. BC’s FInance Minister Colin Hansen states that …