On Friday, when Gordon Campbell was asked if his government was going to unroll a costly HST advertising campaign, he said:

“We’re not planning to do that” (CKNW, Aug. 7, 2009)
But obviously even his finance minister didn’t believe him, because today Colin Hansen said:

“We’re working hard to put materials together that really help explain it to British Columbians” (CHNL, Aug. 10, 2009)

Instead of wasting money trying to convince people that paying more for everything is a good idea, the Campbell government should listen to the vast majority of British Columbians and scrap their plans to implement the HST.

Carole James and the New Democrats have launched a petition to stop the HST, which is at www.bcndpcaucus.ca/en/StoptheHST.