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Province Steps Up Positive HST Talk

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Monday, June 28, 2010 09:52 AM

Prince George, B.C.- As the day approaches for the start of the HST, the Provincial |Government is ramping up its information campaign touting the positive  aspects of the  harmonized tax.

In a news release issued this  morning,  Finance Minister Colin Hansen  says more than a million British Columbians will soon start to see benefits from the HST as the quarterly HST cheques are distributed.
"We recognize people will pay more under HST for some goods and services, and the B.C. HST credit ensures that people with low and modest incomes will get help with these costs," said Hansen.

British Columbians with incomes up to $20,000 will receive an annual HST credit up to $230. Families with incomes up to $25,000 will receive an annual B.C. HST credit up to $230 per family member. The first cheques will be distributed the week of July 5, 2010.

The B.C. HST credit will be in addition to the GST credit of up to $381 and the $105-per-adult B.C. Low Income Climate
Action Tax Credit that those with low and modest incomes now receive.


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are you serious?

wow here comes another bribe. just like our carbon rebate checks. i wonder how many people will be bought off. oh ya doesnt the carbon tax go up this july 1 also? Yes it does. Thanks Gordo, i had to much money anyways. I cant wait for the day were i will have to work 6 out of 7 days just so i can afford to pay the taxes in this province.
Habitual fibbers ...And BC Liberals are so honourable...Remember Jane Thornthwaite who was caught drinking and driving during the Olympics...She apologized and asked for forgiveness...That was then...This is now!

http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-les-jane-thornthwaite-leaches-of.html
that just means over a million people in our province are living in poverty.
you say this rebate is good but all they are doing is trying to bribe people with a few pennies....230$ ok so some people will eat good in July
And before I forget...John Les was not exonerated...The special prosecutor failed, the smoking gun evidence against John Les is here...

http://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.com/2010/06/john-lesrobin-mcfee-con-men-run-amok.html
Lets not forget that the rebates these people receive will come from the additional taxes that the Government will make by implementing the HST.

Only the Goofy Liberals would have you beleive that they are making this rebate. The rebate is being paid for by the taxpayers of BC pure and simple.

The propaganda from the Government will be hot and heavy starting July 5th, however it will be to no avail. People will continue to fight this tax, and will if necessary go to recall, and if really necessary kick the Government out in the next election.

These guys have pushed the envelope to far, and will now have to pay for the consequences of their actions.

If you receive this Hogwash Propaganda in the mail you should mark the envelope.***Return to Sender** this would drown them in a sea of their own BS.

Have a nice day.
I've noticed something-Hansen issues a news release, and this morning Campbell responded to an earlier article in the Province. Its all being done through paper-none of the leaders has the courage to actually speak to the people (like me) who are having their taxes increased by over $500 year to bail out businesses who sell out of the country (for the most part).

I bet you won't seem many of the Liberals actually going in front of the voters personally to defend this.
I am still a supporter of the Liberals, however, they really could have done a better sales job on this. I don't mind the theory of the HST. Its a consummer tax, if you don't want the service or product, don't buy it. It gives more power to the populace than increasing the income tax.

We all want, but nobody wants to give. My theory, Gordo will announce retirement before the summer is over. The party needs a breath of fresh air anyway. Thanks Gordo, for cleaning up the mess the last party left behind.


Good thing I like Mac and Cheese.
Even with the increase it will still be relatively affordable.
BC Families will be hammered by at least $600 dollars per year...

And that is not me saying, that is Stats Canada saying, the most indepth non-political study ever done!


http://www.canada.com/news/households+hard+analysis+shows/3183378/story.html
very low income people may get a check the rest of us...well...we are being done again
of course what I beleive to be Campbell's big business buddies are the big winners here
Another little tid bit for you all... there is another increase in the price of gas arriving July 1st as well...another of Campbell's "carbon tax" increases...
Isn't July just going to be memorable
In France.....They are lowering the HST on restaurant meals from 19% to 5.5% ...

The reason, the underground economy, and more people will eat out, that means more people will get jobs...

And it is not just France, almost all European countries are lowering the restaurant tax....

Just more proof that the HST will cost jobs in BC and hurt the economy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/business/global/29resto.html?_r=1
This is a desparate government,and that makes them very dangerous.
They blew it all on numerous expensive projects,not to mention the Olympics,and now they will do whatever they have to do to bury their dirt.
This government is as good as gone, and Campbell is on his way out of politics forever.
And that's the best he could hope for at this stage of the game.
He probably doesn't even want to think about the worst!
I seriously doubt even his party giving him the boot will save any of them now.
History will not be kind to this government.
This is what happens when you sell your soul for a poke of gold and spit of the very people who elected you!
And all the spin and flyers in the world from Colin Hansen isn't going to change that.

HST. Hansens Stupid Tax.

These politicians are so out of touch with reality they actually beleive that they can sell us the Brooklyn Bridge.

It doesnt say much for your Government when they treat you like imbeciles.

All the Major Countries in the world, and especially those who have high income taxes, and the Value Added Tax (VAT) at approx 19-23% are going bankrupt.

The one Country in the world that has been able to survive the recession with relative little damage was (is) Canada, and these fools want us to emulate the European Countries.

Our tax system works just fine. The BS that we have to change it to compete is totally false. Who are we going to compet with???? Who is going to compete with us???? Lets get some specifics.

We are an exporting Province. We export raw material. Lumber, Pulp and Paper, Ore, Coal, Wheat, etc; As long as we keep our extraction and transportation costs down, it is pretty hard for anyone to compete with us. No country can compete with China when it comes to manufacturing because of their unlimited supply of cheap labour, however China needs the raw material, so does every other Country in the World.

Its time for Politcians to quit butt kissing big Corporations, and start to look after the people who elected them, and who are paying their wages.

These people have forgotten years ago, that they work for us. We do not work for them. If they do not change how they tax us, and spend our money then we have a responsibility to throw them the hell out.

Have a nice day
Am gonna wait to see how many prisoners and dead people get HST cheques. They will. Betcha.
The $230 credit given back to low income families should offset the HST.

If you think about it let's say you make $20K and let's estimate you only spend money on the essentials food, shelter, transportation, clothing and utilities.

So first of all you don't pay HST on your rent/mortgage/basic groceries, fuel or insurance.

That leaves utilities, car repairs, clothing and dinners out. That I'm guessing on a family making $20K probably doesn't add up to more than $3,000 X 7% = $210. Surprise, Surprise, this will likely be the amount of the HST rebate cheque.

Makes sense to me.
Purchasing support from the poor at the expense again of the working middle class.
someone should tell gordo and hansen they are too late, their lies and half truths are falling on deaf ears. not to mention the millions of wasted dollars they are going to spend sending us propaganda and BS.

get a clue, FIBerals, NO ONE believes what you say anymore!!!
LOL LOL HA HA......George Abbot constituency office gets pelted with TAR..FEATHERS and FECAL EXCREMENT...LOL LOL


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-mlas-office-hit-with-tar-feathers-and-excrement-by-vandals/article1621592/
And David Shreck was kind enough to give us the links to the consumer index...

We will be able to compare the rise and fall of consumer prices...

Month by Month...Province by Province!

And he also provides a link to the restaurant numbers, Month by Month...Year over year.

No spin...Pure numbers...and they will be reported!

Beware Liberals...LOL LOL HA HA...

"Revenge is a dish best served cold"

"Recall in the Fall"


http://www.strategicthoughts.com/record2010/HST_stamps.html
Liberal and NDP Provincial leaders all run to the federal(dark) side after they have bankrupted the province.
This is all fantastic for the poorest of us and all (I know I looooove my GST cheques as a student), but I'm starting to worry about those of us in the middle who in theory should be doing just dandy but are sort of being nickeled and dimed to the point of penny pinching. It's five bucks here and ten bucks there and eventually the pot's just going to run dry.
"Thanks....for cleaning up the mess the last party left behind."

Very true, and what an incredible mess it was. How soon some people forget, ready for more punishment.

"Thanks....for cleaning up the mess the last party left behind."

Unfortunatly Mr Cambell has made it look like the mess the last party left behind, as the good times.
Newsflash (June 28th 2010):

B.C. just passed the 4 million milestone in population, more people have moved to B.C. from other provinces and from outside Canada then to any other province in Canada. (CBC NEWS).

Things can't be that bad in B.C., eh?

(During the nineties we had an exodus of unemployed people to other provinces, desperately looking for jobs).

Well Prince George, have you not looked around, is employment all better now?

It was Liberal MLA Pat Bell who wanted to charter aircraft to fly unemployed workers from his own riding of Prince George North, to Fort McMurray ALBERTA, (ALBERTA prince george, not BC but ALBERTA) to go to work.

With solutions like that, no wonder we are in this mess today.