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Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster says the Liberal government heard ``loud and clear'' during the HST tele-town halls that voters wanted the Harmonized Sales Tax lowered. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced Wednesday that the government will cut the tax from 12 to 10 per cent by 2014 if voters support the H-S-T in next month's referendum. ``A two-point drop over the next couple of years will make a huge difference to individuals and families,'' Foster told SUN FM. ``And in the short term we're sending out cheques to families and lower income seniors,'' he added, referring to promised rebate cheques. He said the mail-in referendum will be arriving on people's doorsteps soon and he urges everyone to read the information from both sides before voting. On the same day as the government's HST announcement, the incoming leader of the BC Conservative Party swung into Vernon to meet with party faithful. John Cummins said the tax should have been at ten percent in the first place. He also questioned the government's decision to hike corporate tax in an effort to recoup some of that lost revenue. ``The HST was something that was there to help business to make the tax regime simpler, '' said Cummins. `` Now they're faced with this (extra) two percent tax. Cummins is to be sworn in as leader at a party convention on May 28th. He said BCers are ready for an alternative to the Liberals and the NDP
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The message I heard loud and clear was "get rid of the HST" The last promise was "we will not raise taxes, we will not introduce the HST".
Hear the people, don't put words in their mouths. Don't collect the tax and then you don't have to refund it.
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