Like the cleaning of a house, the story of the sales tax from hell never ends.
Today, the Legislative Committee reviewing the first successful citizen-led initiative in Canadian history voted for a provincial wide referendum on the issue to be held on September 24th, 2011. The motion was passed after the NDP's proposal for a free vote in the Legislature was defeated. Sad faces be had by all in the fight against the tax.
The referendum is expected to cost about $30 million. However, as the BC NDP and Bill Vander Zalm made the point, the success of the initiative already showed clear opposition to the tax, so to use taxpayers money on a non-binding vote, a year from now is not only a waste of time, but money and resources. This is a ridiculous stall tactic that has nearly unachievable goals for it to be successful (50% of registered voters must vote against the HST) that could easily be disregarded by the Premier himself.
We all know why they're doing this: by September 2011, we all will most likely have given up on the fight against the tax. At least, that's what the Liberals can hope for... as Bill Vander Zalm and former proponent now opponent of the HST Chris Delaney stated in their storming off from the committee, recall is still a possibility. I never thought a two-syllable word like that could bring so much hope to so many. Recall is our last change for the removal of these slime balls we call BC Liberals from elected office, and it can't come fast enough...
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