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   From: Cons"@cda.ca   
      
   They're at all-time lows in the polls.  They've declared a record   
   deficit.  Their MLAs - by the dozen - 'are not planning to run for   
   re-election', and yet they continue to try to apply their Hated Sales   
   Tax (aka HST) on items that were NOT subject to taxes before the HST.   
      
   This party is helping to shovel the dirt on its own grave.   
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   Vancouver Sun - December 22, 2012   
      
      
   Return to PST comes with some unwelcome changes   
      
      
   With the introduction of the HST, the tax on private vehicle sales went   
   from seven per cent to 12 per cent.   
      
   Sales tax on a $25,000 vehicle jumped from $1,750 to $3,000, a $1,250   
   increase.  This on one vehicle.  Now multiply that by the number of   
   private vehicle sales in the province.   
      
   As we get ready to "go back" to the PST, British Columbians shouldn't   
   expect to go back to the old PST rate.   
      
   No, the [current] provincial government is keeping the PST on private   
   vehicle sales at 12 per cent instead of rolling it back to the seven per   
   cent it was before.   
      
   It's sneaky, and I doubt we'll see ads touting the benefits all British   
   Columbians enjoy by paying 12 per cent PST on a car bought from their   
   neighbour.   
      
   This isn't what British Columbians wanted when they petitioned for a   
   referendum to reverse the HST.   What it is, however, is one more reason   
   to vote for change next May.   
      
   Paul Lidgate Victoria   
      
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