人民的胜利: The people have spoken: B.C. HST extinguished

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 13:46:27

Aug. 26, 2011

The chief electoral officer from Elections BC released the results of the HST mail-in referendum Friday morning in Victoria – delivering the final death knell to the much hated tax.

A majority 54.73 per cent of voters sent in ballots to turn down the tax.

More than 1.6 million people -- or 52 per cent of registered voters -- mailed in referendum ballots during the eight-week voting period that ended earlier this month. The number represents almost as many people who voted in the last provincial election.

The province will now return to a GST/PST system, a process estimated to take between 18 to 24 months.
During the referendum Premier Christy Clark tried to sweeten voters by promising to cut the tax back to 10 per cent by 2014 if they supported it.

Clark has said there is a Plan B if the tax was extinguished, but has not said what that is. She is expected to speak later Friday afternoon.

The B.C. government will now have to plug a $3-billion hole in its finances. The province is now forced to repay the $1.6 billion it received from Ottawa to switch to the HST.

Fallout

Some political insiders have speculated that the tax would be voted down, partially because of the way it was introduced.
Many likened the BC Liberal party's introduction of the HST two years ago to a sneak-attack on citizens.

The opposition B.C. New Democrats have maintained that the HST would hurt the economy and businesses because the average person will have less cash to buy goods.

An anti-HST petition, led by former premier Bill Vander Zalm, gathered more than 700,000 signatures. The petition and the Fight-HST movement paved the way for the current referendum.

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 13:47:34

人民说话了, BC省取消HST.

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 13:52:34

这是对引入HST的自由党BC省府的重大打击, 亲自由党的某些华人媒体反应慢可以理解哈.

从来没有救世主 · 发表于 2011-8-26 14:10:54

回复 1# 法官

反对加税的人们应该能看到希望吧？加精！

普通老百姓 · 发表于 2011-8-26 14:40:26

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人民说话了, BC省取消HST.
法官发表于 2011-8-26 14:47

BC省人民起来了, 对给富人的公司免掉8%的PST却给老百姓加8%HST的劫贫济富政策说不了! 安省人民怎么办? 我这个被自由党省府多剥削8%HST的穷司机说 NO HST!

普通老百姓 · 发表于 2011-8-26 14:48:23

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10月省选安省人民都去投票, 赶走祸省殃民劫贫济富的自由党人! BC省人民是我们的榜样, 大家齐心协力, 自由党就是纸老虎.

从来没有救世主 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:31:56

10月省选安省人民都去投票, 赶走祸省殃民劫贫济富的自由党人! BC省人民是我们的榜样, 大家齐心协力, 自由党就是纸老虎.
普通老百姓发表于 2011-8-26 15:48

关键是要把取消HST作为竞选民众提问列入，这一点上要在9月份在安省组织几次大规模的活动。不然谁上台都是愿意政府手中有更多的税金的，HST将在安省扎根。

淘声依旧 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:34:28

关键是要把取消HST作为竞选民众提问列入，这一点上要在9月份在安省组织几次大规模的活动。不然谁上台都是愿意政府手中有更多的税金的，HST将在安省扎根。
从来就没救世主发表于 2011-8-26 16:31

谁出来组织, 我参加, 游行集会都行, 最好找个周末办, 去的人能多点.

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:55:13

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This result in BC
could not come at the worst time for McTaxme. Five weeks prior to our election seeing how the people in BC got rid of the Hated HST, the only recourse we have in Ontario is to throw Dalton and his gang on-to the unemployment line. With pleasure.

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:56:55

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Great News!
We've had enough of overtaxing in Ontario too. When's our Ontario vote!!??

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:57:28

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Congrats BC
Two thumbs up!

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:58:05

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Nice work!
Too bad they will NEVER allow this in Ontario. They are counting on all our tax dollars to continue to build the worst transportation system in North America. Wait a second...

从来没有救世主 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:58:08

谁出来组织, 我参加, 游行集会都行, 最好找个周末办, 去的人能多点.
中加关系发表于 2011-8-26 16:34

等这周纪念林顿的活动撤出广场，多伦多和渥太华的反对党就应该开始搞搞了吧？

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:59:22

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Meanwhile here in Ontario....
Where we the HST was applied to HEAT, HYDRO, GASOLINE, and everything under the sun unlike BC we are about to teach the Ontario Liberals what we think about their TAX GRAB. Unbelievable!

法官 · 发表于 2011-8-26 15:59:58

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CONGRATS TO
the people of B. C. Okay Ontario the first comes in a couple of months lets elect a government that introduce recall legislation and we can vote the HST down. It's about time all Cnadians had a better say in what's going on