Things have not gone well for the BC Liberal party since the end of an Olympic Games that Premier Gordon Campbell had hoped would restore some support. On February 4, British Columbia’s Chief Electoral Officer Harry Neufeld approved a petition initiative spearheaded by former Premier Bill Vander Zalm to derail the HST, giving the Fight HST group 90 days from April 6 to collect signatures from 10 per cent of voters in each of the 85 electoral ridings.
By the end of April, only three weeks into the petition campaign, 300,000 registered voters had already signed the initiative to kill the HST. By May 11, that figure had ballooned to 400,000 signatures. And now, according to the Fight HST website, with fully seven weeks to go in a 13-week campaign, organizers say they have reached the half-million mark.
This figure, organizers report, represents success in 72 of the 85 ridings that have reached the minimum 10% threshold from Elections BC, with 51 of those ridings sitting at 15% or more. Clearly it would seem that the first stage of the initiative is slated to succeed.
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So far over 40,000 have signed Ontario’s anti HST (Harper Sales Tax) petition causing it to recently crash.
http://www.hstpetition.com/petition/sign.php
Do on line petitions have legal standing in Ont? BC demands pen on paper. Oh, wait a sec. Ont. does not have initiative & recall does it?
There is no way Gordo & Co. will drop this plan.. This initiative was a good but futile exercise.
I heard Gordo on the news commenting, he said the only thing in BC more disliked that the HST right now is me (Gordon Campbell). Such wisdom and understanding from the man.
mid island mike
It sounds like BC Premier Campbell and Ontario’s Premier, Dalton Mctaxeverything are tied for worst Canadian Premier. And the award goes to…..?
The winner gets a tax paid trip to Ottawa to receive the prestigious ‘HST- Harper Sales Tax’ award from the initiator HM PM Harper himself and a crack at becoming Canada’s next GG.
Life is good if you love taxes.