stop the HST now!!
 

all rs's pls sign

http://www.bcndp.ca/stopHSTforward

if i remember hearing HST did actually lower prices on items afterwards in other provinces

^ Where's your source and prices won't get lower here in BC lol

Well one of my biggest issues with HST is houses which most Vancouverite's cant afford already will be subjected to the HST so instead of just the 6% gst we get the PST too now.

With the HST a house that's 1.5 million now will cost an additional $105, 000.

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yes, that is the gaysauce part, HST is shit covered with icy...very gay

stupid liberal realized they gonna have a defict, which isn't factored into their budget calculation from the previous year. So they came up with HST to cover their ass,
what happen to voting? isn't this a democrated country where decisions made by any gov't needs to be heard and voted?

haha. who posted this?!

This only applies to "new" homes, as in just built homes. The rest aren't affected AFAIK.

signed this long ago!!

if you put a down payment on a building in contruction and it is completed after HST, do you pay HST or no?

bump!

Well, in the BC Liberals' defence, no government understood the sheer impact of the economic meltdown until it happened. The politicians are stuck between a rock and a hard place:

- Cut social services such as health care and other subsidies and people complain
- Raise taxes and people complain

People need to realize that there is no free lunch - you can't have lower taxes without cuts to services, or an increase in consumption taxes, user fees, etc. The restaurant industry has cried foul, but honestly, if you're spending 100/week on meals and beverages (like many yuppies), surely you can afford another 7 bucks.

FYI: The smartest decisions are seldom the most 'democratic'.

Some people don't mind the HST.

It really is how it was jammed down our throats. "we say it's going to happen, this is the date, TO BAD for any discussion."

I think you pay tax on any home over 400k weathe it's new or not. but that might be a different tax or unefected by this. not sure.

used cars will also cost 7% more. as now you don't pay PST from private sale used cars.

The Effect of the Harmonized Sales Tax on Consumer Prices in Atlantic Canada
* David Murrell, Weiqiu Yu
* Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Dec., 2000), pp. 451-460

Revenues fell in other provinces that implemented the HST

An Analysis of the Impact of the Harmonized Sales Tax on Provincial Revenues in Atlantic Canada
Patrick Blagrave
Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Sep., 2005), pp. 319-331

Bring on the HST, fine with me

Everybody in favor of the HST.... would you mind paying the HST on MY behalf?

I'm not in favour of HST but thats not how it happened at all. The maritimes already has it and Ontario is bringing it in. The Federal Government went to Campell and said we'll give you 1.6 billion if you impliment this tax. Whether or not they actually offererd them this before or after the election who really knows but either way it's a bit sketchy.

Again I'm not a fan of the tax but you're giving the Liberals way to much credit making the assumption they pulled this out of their ass to make up for a shortfall.

From what I've heard, yes you pay. So find a place that finishes before July 2010 lol.

I was also reading that you will get tax breaks or a refund for house purchases up to $400K? Anything over you pay the HST for it? Is this true?

Joined the Anti HST face book group 2 weeks ago.............

bring in the HST but compesate ambulance workers and stop cutting healthcare and ill be happy.

Sorry but I think Campbell has already finalized the deal and HST is on for next year.

+1

This.