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		<title>Court Update &amp; Financial Report for the Initiative petition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have completed and submitted our Financial Report for the Initiative petition to Elections BC on July 23. Once it has been reviewed and approved by them, we will post it on our web site for all to see. (Sneak preview: We were able to do the entire petition for less than the total of $50K cash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen’s Initiative petition to eliminate the Harmonized Sales Tax is under legal attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Fight HST Citizen’s Initiative petition to eliminate the Harmonized Sales Tax is under legal attack by a so called “coalition” of business groups. We all know it is really the Gordon Campbell-BC Liberals using their corporate friends to try to have our petition thrown out by the court despite 705,643 BC voters signing it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to all British Columbians</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What began as a simple tax protest has turned into an outright demand for democracy from an increasingly out of touch and dictatorial government in Victoria. Our petition has exploded onto the scene in BC, with tens of thousands of signatures in just the first two weeks. We have already met or exceeded our targets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vander Zalm Response to Vancouver Sun Columnist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor, Regarding Vaughn Palmer&#8217;s column concerning the legality of the Fight HST Citizen Initiative. Mr. Palmer suggests that our initiative to recind the HST in BC will be off side with federal legislation, and therefore can&#8217;t work. He is only half right. Our &#8220;HST Extinguishment Act&#8221; will recind the Comprehensive Integrated Tax Coordination Agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight HST Citizens Initiative to repeal the HST &#8211; Message from Bill Vander Zalm</title>
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		<comments>http://fighthst.com/fight-hst-citizens-initiative-to-repeal-the-hst-message-from-bill-vander-zalm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Fight HST Supporter, It’s been quite a week! A lot of positive press coverage around the province for our Citizens Initiative to repeal the HST. Just as exciting is we have received another 250 volunteer registrations since Thursday for canvassers! This is all good news, and it shows that British Columbians have not accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response Letter from a BC Citizen to the Governor General of Canada re: #HST</title>
		<link>http://fighthst.com/response-letter-from-a-bc-citizen-to-the-governor-general-of-canada-re-hst/</link>
		<comments>http://fighthst.com/response-letter-from-a-bc-citizen-to-the-governor-general-of-canada-re-hst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 December, 2009 Rt. Hon. Michaelle Jean Governor-General of Canada Rideau Hall 1 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A1 Madam: As a citizen of Canada, with all of the rights &#8211; and responsibilities &#8211; attached thereto, I am writing to express my consternation at the reply provided, on your behalf, to former premier of British Columbia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPEN LETTER TO HER EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MICHAELLE JEAN, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA</title>
		<link>http://fighthst.com/open-letter-to-her-excellency-the-right-honourable-michaelle-jean-governor-general-of-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://fighthst.com/open-letter-to-her-excellency-the-right-honourable-michaelle-jean-governor-general-of-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OPEN LETTER TO HER EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MICHAELLE JEAN, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, IN RIGHT OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, SOVEREIGN OF CANADA FROM: William Vander Zalm, former Premier of British Columbia RE: Constitutionality of Federal Government proposal to create a harmonized sales tax in BC. December 3, 2009 Your Excellency, I write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official Letter to the Rt. Honourable Stephen Harper asking that he honour his word by allowing onlyBC MPs to vote on the #HST when it comes before parliament</title>
		<link>http://fighthst.com/official-letter-to-the-rt-honourable-stephen-harper-asking-that-he-honour-his-word-by-allowing-onlybc-mps-to-vote-on-the-hst-when-it-comes-before-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rt. Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa K1A 0A2 Monday, November 30, 2009 Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to you in my capacity as leader of a grassroots organization in British Columbia called “Fight HST” and the millions of taxpayers we represent who are opposed to implementation of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official Letter to the Honourable Gilles Duceppe to let BC remain &#8220;Masters in their own house&#8221; as he wants us to do for Quebec #HST</title>
		<link>http://fighthst.com/official-letter-to-the-honourable-gilles-duceppe-to-let-bc-remain-masters-in-their-own-house-as-he-wants-us-to-do-for-quebec-hst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honourable Gilles Duceppe Leader, Bloc Quebecois House of Commons Ottawa K1A 0A6 Monday, November 30, 2009 Dear Mr. Duceppe, I am writing to you as leader of a grassroots organization in British Columbia called “Fight HST” and the millions of taxpayers we represent who are opposed to implementation of the HST in BC. As a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official letter to the Honourable Michael Ignatieff from Bill Vander Zalm requesting free vote by MP&#8217;s in BC</title>
		<link>http://fighthst.com/official-letter-to-the-honourable-michael-ignatieff-from-bill-vander-zalm-requesting-free-vote-by-mps-in-bc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honourable Michael Ignatieff Leader of the Opposition House of Commons Ottawa K1A 0A6 Monday, November 30, 2009 Dear Mr. Ignatieff, I am writing to you as leader of a grassroots organization in British Columbia called “Fight HST” and the millions of taxpayers we represent who are opposed to implementation of the HST in BC. As [...]]]></description>
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