“The fact that the Clark government’s Frankenstein HST hybrid will significantly reduce provincial sales tax revenue at a time when public services are already under intense fiscal pressure is a powerful and principled reason to throw the whole package out in the referendum, and start the debate from scratch.”
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http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2011/07/08/burned-by-b-c-s-toxic-hst-debate/