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   From: 40%Çonned@cda.ca   
      
   Any chance that she already knows that the HST is 'going down' and that she   
   has to put   
   "business" types on notice of changes to how they will be collecting revised   
   taxes at the cash   
   register?  Tomorrow should be announcement day for the HST referendum -   
   UNprivate and UNsecure   
   as it was.  Seems they're delaying it to 'the end of the week sometime'.   
   Gotta give Christy Clark time to talk with all her supporters . . . .   
      
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   Delta OptimistAugust 19, 2011   
      
   Premier Clark to visit Delta Monday   
      
   Premier Christy Clark is scheduled to visit Delta Monday for a pair of   
   closed-door meetings with   
   business and community representatives.   
      
   The Liberal premier will first pay a visit to North Delta before heading to   
   Ladner for an   
   afternoon meeting at the Delta Town & Country Inn.   
      
   [. . . ]   
      
   No comment from Falcon   
      
   Finance Minister Kevin Falcon was on vacation Friday and officials in the   
   ministry said he won't   
   be available to discuss future government moves with regards to the HST until   
   the vote results   
   are released.   
      
   Instead, the ministry released a written statement attributed to Falcon, which   
   said:   
      
   "We will not be speculating about specific implications regarding the upcoming   
   referendum   
   result.   
      
   "Once the decision has been announced by Elections BC, we will speak directly   
   to British   
   Columbians about our plan to move forward."   
      
   Deficit impacts   
   The net impact of a dropped HST would be an immediate increase in next year's   
   projected budget   
   deficit to $2.56 billion from $925 million.   
      
   That would inevitably mean cuts to government programs and a prolonged period   
   of provincial   
   deficits.   
      
   The deficit increase includes the $1.6 billion the province would have to   
   repay Ottawa for   
   switching to the HST and $42 million in debt interest costs.   
      
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   A $2.56 Billion deficit under the BC 'Liberals/Cons' wouldn't bode well for   
   them going into a   
   provincial election, would it?   
      
      
      
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