We are all going to need to buy shovels so we can dig our way out of the BS that will be flying around here!

I thought it was the latest stimulus program to ensure the sign makers and bus renters were okay. Wrong again?

None of the above.

I will have to vote as its my duty as a Canadian but I sure don't want to... When will these campaigns be about doing something good for Canada. Sure they tell you what there going to do but all sound like a bunch of used car salesmen negotiating a sale with all the features they can offer. When are these people going to actually work together for the better of Canada. The second the conservatives do or say something, the NDP and liberals hate it and slam it. Doesn't matter what it is. When was the last time you heard any party say' hey that's a good idea, how can we help?". It doesn't happen. I heard Bennett say on the radio after he was returned to liberal caucus that he's glad to be back so he can take part in "defeating" the NDP. Is this what its become? A struggle for power over doing the right things for this country. The immortal words of Jack Nicholson come to mind... "why cant we all just get along". And that's Vocers opinion.

Just make sure you vote to KILL HST. This is of most importance. After that is successful then maybe think about all the other events Ben mentioned we haave to look forward to. Getting rid of HST is in my mind the single most important issue facing BC citizens today.

Votingg to kill the HST won't change anything. Once voted out it will be called pst. Soon the combined pst/gst hst or whatever you want to call it will be back to 14% not the current 12%.

My prediction:

The HST will be voted out, Christy Clark will declare it dead, and will need a mandate to implement the split GST and PST.

She will call an election on the grounds that she listens to the people. But she will need a few months to return the money given by the Feds and to return to the PST.

After she is returned to power she will go back to the GST and PST, blaming the Vanderzalm crew for the cost of giving back the money, and collecting the PST.

But the PST exempt goods and services will not be reinstated, it will be charged on everything it is now on under the HST.

The businesses will still get their exemption from the PST and we will continue to pay for the extra 2 billion a year, only under a different name.

Flipping a coin for anyone who is not the Lieberal Party plain and simple. Just simply had had enough of what exists today.We need a change from these Liberals!!!!

...and so it begins

Health Care costs are predicted to triple over the next 20 years.

Then we will have a triple whammy:

The GST Goods and Services Tax
The PST Provincial Sales Tax
The HST Health Services Tax.

And so the HST will be back again!

"The businesses will still get their exemption from the PST "
Businesses never got exemption from the pst, they just did not have to pay it if the goods were strictly for resale to the end user. Businesses that purchased goods for their own use (not direct resale) had to pay the pst. The only 'break' that existed was the very small amount of commission allowed to the business a a "reward" for collecting the tax and doing all the paperwork. The government would get nasty very quick if you did not remit the pst collected on time, and handed out fines to encourage you to meet the deadline.
The hst is much simpler, like the gst was;
virtually everybody has to pay it, and there are few gray areas. THe BC pst was a nightmare to interpret, there were a great number of confusing and contradicting statements in the literature, and I never got the same answer twice on the same question when asking for a ruling or a clarification. I am glad it is gone. HSt is better for business.
metalman.

Is the HST better for business.Sure they may have to pay less to the government,but if fewer people are coming through the doors,are they really better off.I have walked through the doors and it seems the people working in some of these businesses are just standing their waiting for anyone to pay them a visit.I have walked into some furniture and appliance store and felt very uneasy,as I have felt as though I am being chased aroundthe store.What were busier store awhile back,I have noticed are fairly dead.What surprises me the most is with as little activity as I have witnessed,is how some are keeping their doors open.Just my observations,maybe other know or see different things.

Under the GST and the PST businesses got a rebate (or credit)of the GST. Under the HST they get a rebate of 12%.

There's not much of a difference for the retail business. They have always collected the taxes for the government.
The ones who notice the big difference are those who used to pay PST on all the goods they pruchased, such as sawmills, mining companies, trucking companies. Now they get a rebate of the 12% instead of just the 5% GST rebate.

Under the GST and the PST businesses got a rebate (or credit)of the GST. Under the HST they get a rebate of 12%.

There's not much of a difference for the retail business. They have always collected the taxes for the government.
The ones who notice the big difference are those who used to pay PST on all the goods they pruchased, such as sawmills, mining companies, trucking companies. Now they get a rebate of the 12% instead of just the 5% GST rebate.

I'd just like to know why the federal liberal candidate gets to use provincial highway signs for his election campaign.

Out at Bear Lake the provincial park signs came down so as to make room for the liberal candidate for PG-Peace River. I heard the man is a lawyer so I presume what he is doing is legal somehow... but if I was the one to mess with a highway sign I'm sure it would be illegal then.

Who owns those signs anyways... the highway department, Yellowhead Road and Bridge, the Provincial Parks or their operator, or is it indeed the liberal party of Canada?

This raises many questions about the candidate... really we don't know anything about his position as of yet, but what does it say when he can break the law with his campaign signs and likely knows better.