The New Democrat Official Opposition's Petition to Stop the HST
To the Honourable the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, in Legislature Assembled:
The petition of the undersigned states that Premier Gordon Campbell and the B.C. Liberal government told British Columbians they had no plans to impose a new sales tax.
They didn’t tell the truth, they didn’t consult and they don’t have a mandate to bring in the HST. This new tax will cost consumers an estimated $4 billion over three years, and will increase the cost for everything from restaurant meals to new homes to hair cuts to bicycles to school supplies to vitamins to movie tickets to airline tickets to groceries to funerals.
Your petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House call upon Premier Campbell and the B.C. Liberal government to scrap their plans to implement the HST.