EDITOR,
I will be voting "Yes" to get rid of the HST in the current referendum.
The Liberals have piled lies on top of lies. They lied when they said the HST wasn't on their radar screen before the last election. They lied when they claimed it would be revenue neutral. And they lied when they said it would create 100,000 jobs.
The government's current $5 million advertising campaign continues to lie by claiming the choice is between a 10 per cent HST or a 12 per cent PST. The HST is 12 per cent. The promise to lower it to 10 per cent is nothing more than a bribe. In order to collect on the bribe, first we have vote to keep the current 12 per cent HST, then we have to re-elect the Liberals in a general election. And even then we have to wait three full years.
The B.C. Liberal government has done nothing but lie through every term in office.
They promised not to privatize B.C. Rail, then did just that with a foul-smelling deal that saw $6 million in taxpayers money used to cover legal fees for a couple of criminals.
They promised to keep B.C. Hydro public and then set out an energy policy that forces Hydro to pay for private power that we don't need at more than double the market cost.
The B.C. Liberal record includes tearing up health-care contracts, hospital bed closures, broken teacher contracts on class size and composition, and corporate tax cuts following the 2001/2005/2009 elections with no mention of those cuts during the election. The list goes on.
I don't trust this government. If voters foolishly vote to keep the HST, I predict that the Premier will call a snap election. And should they win - all bets and promises are off.
Let's not be fooled again. Vote "Yes" to scrap the HST.Sandy BauerSquamish
