Come Clean, Premier Campbell
Come Clean, Premier Campbell
HST questions for BC Liberals after censored documents released draw unbelievable answers.
By Bill Tieleman, Yesterday, TheTyee.ca
"Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix." -- Harry Truman, U.S. president 1945-53
The B.C. Liberal government has got a secret.
Actually, many secrets -- all of them about who knew what and when regarding the sudden imposition of the Harmonized Sales Tax on July 23, 2009 -- just two months after a provincial election when the B.C. Liberals strongly denied the HST was being considered.
As of last week -- thanks only to Freedom of Information requests filed by the Victoria press gallery that took over a year to obtain -- we now do know that B.C. Finance Minister Colin Hansen received a lengthy briefing note on the HST on March 12, 2009 that said the HST could lead to five years of higher unemployment and lower economic growth.
FULL ARTICLE: http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/09/07/ComeCleanCampbell/
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