B.C. spent $780,000 on scrapped HST mailer

JONATHAN FOWLIE, Vancouver Sun September 1, 2010

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government spent $780,000 to create and print an HST pamphlet it planned to mail to each house in the province, but has since scrapped. Finance Minister Colin Hansen told The Vancouver Sun on Wednesday the province spent about $260,000 to design the pamphlet, and then another $520,000 to print enough copies to mail to each household. He added that while the province since scrapped the idea of sending an HST pamphlet by mail, the $780,000 has not all gone to waste. Hansen said all the information created about the HST for the document has been published on the government’s website.