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Hutchinson: Faux B.C. budget won’t fly this time

When he tabled his province’s budget one year ago, then-B.C. finance minister Colin Hansen played things cool. It was “status quo” time, he said. There was barely anything new in his document. The spending increases he announced were packaged as … Continue reading

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Mintz: The price of anger

Voters in British Columbia exercised their democratic right in a referendum to kill the HST. Angry at a tax introduced only weeks after the last election, the voter’s fury has been expressed in a ballot by a margin of 55% … Continue reading

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Gunter: BC HST referendum, glorious win for bad policy

The B.C. referendum to repeal the Harmonized Sales Tax is a mess – a wonderful, happy, victorious mess. It was announced last Friday that the province’s voters had voted overwhelmingly to “extinguish” the single, blended provincial sales tax/GST combination and … Continue reading

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Liberals’ unwillingness to listen to outrage over HST will cost us dearly

As the government gets set to dismantle the HST — and all the uncertainty, cost and hassles that go along with the task — it’s well to remember they had plenty of chances to escape their own trap. Over the … Continue reading

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Coyne: A rudderless ship of state sails on

It is an interesting experiment British Columbia has embarked upon, having disposed of not one but two political leaders in little more than a month. The question the province appears to be asking itself is: are leaders strictly necessary? It … Continue reading

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Smyth: Polls swing wildly as Libs, NDP play musical chairs

Man, what a difference a couple of career implosions can make in the wild and wacky world of B.C. politics. A little over a month ago, Gordon Campbell was not only the most unpopular premier in B.C. history — he … Continue reading

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Google strikes again!

Elections BC rejected a Fight HST recall application as too lengthy – but did so using rules that were drafted after it received the application. The rejection has led recall organizers to suggest the province’s chief electoral officer deliberately thwarted … Continue reading

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