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HST as Federal Election Issue

Will Harper's minority government be able to make thechanges necessary in order to implement the HST in Ontario and BC? ConservativeMPs are doing everything possible to place responsibility for thefederal-provincial deal on the HST solely on the provinces, but it will take anamendment to a federal statute in order to implement the HST.

From www.strategicthoughts.com

HST as Federal Election Issue

Will Harper's minority government be able to make thechanges necessary in order to implement the HST in Ontario and BC? ConservativeMPs are doing everything possible to place responsibility for thefederal-provincial deal on the HST solely on the provinces, but it will take anamendment to a federal statute in order to implement the HST.

From bclocalnews.com

By Jeff Nagel

Published September 18, 2009

Thousands of B.C. residents joined forces Saturday to rail against the planned Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) and crank up the pressure on the provincial government to abandon it.

A noon-hour rally led by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm was held outside the Vancouver Convention Centre in front of more than 3,000 raucous protesters.

BY ANDREW A. DUFFY, CANWEST NEWS SERVICE

The implementation of a 12-per-cent harmonized sales tax in B.C. next summer will cost the tourism industry as many as 5,174 jobs and see visitor spending drop by as much as $545 million annually, according to an analysis of the tax's impact prepared by the Council of Tourism Associations.

Elections BC has approved a new HST petition - Link to CBC story covering this event.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/02/04/bc-vander-zal...