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   . . . .  On the HST vote.   
      
   Look at this and tell me if they're not sweating and resorting to hard-ball   
   intimidations:   
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   REALITY CHECK:   
      
   PREMIER'S LATEST THREAT JUST FURTHERS LIBERAL MANIPULATION ON HST VOTE   
      
   Yesterday, the premier threatened HST referendum voters that if they do not   
   support the HST,   
   there won't be any hospital upgrades. This reckless threat is just the latest   
   in a long string   
   of desperate attempts to save the HST - a $1.9 billion tax shift on to the   
   backs of B.C.   
   families.   
      
   The Liberals:   
      
   Won't improve hospitals   
      
   "If the HST fails, we are going to be really struggling to try and find the   
   money to prop up the   
   services that we already have, much less be thinking about improving services   
   like hospitals,   
   many of which desperately need improvements." (Christy Clark, July 14, 2011)   
      
   Won't commit to returning to PST with previous exemptions   
      
   Bill Good: "But you're telling me that you're not sure that restaurant meals   
   will be exempted?"   
   Liberal Finance Minister Kevin Falcon: "I can't make any commitments pro or   
   negative about   
   anything, Bill." (CKNW, May 9, 2011)   
      
   Admit the $5 million publicly funded ads are a persuasion campaign   
      
   "I want to be clear about something, [this campaign] is not going to be a   
   persuasion   
   campaign...It's going to show what the pros and the cons are." (Liberal   
   Finance Minister Kevin   
   Falcon, May 12, 2011)   
      
   But after the ads aired, clearly supporting the HST, the finance minister was   
   asked if there   
   will be any ads promoting the GST/PST. Mr. Falcon responded, "No, because   
   there isn't [sic] any   
   positives of moving back." (Public Eye Online, June 1, 2011)   
      
   Threaten teachers and public sector workers   
      
   "There will not be a wage increase. [Teachers] are going to be held to the   
   same standard that   
   every other public sector union in the province has been held to and that is a   
   two-year net zero   
   mandate...If we see a decision where the referendum and HST [are]   
   defeated...all bets are off   
   for everything." (Liberal Finance Minister Kevin Falcon, June 29, 2011)   
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   VOTE OUT THEIR HST - AND THEN VOTE THEM OUT IN THE NEXT ELECTION   
      
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