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If you would like to send a General Inquiry
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List of the Associations taking legal action against the Petition.
- John Allan,
Council of Forest Industries
- Pierre Gratton,
Mining Association of British Columbia.
- Philip Hochstein, Independent Contractors & Business.
- Wayne Hoskins, Western Convenience Stores Assn.
- Rick Jeffery, Coast Forest Products Assn.
- John R. Winter,
B.C. Chamber of Commerce
Membership in these Associations can be found online. We are told that the B.C. Ferry Corporation, the B.C. Hydro Corporation, the B.C. Transmission Corporation and the B.C. Lottery Corporation are members of the Western Convenience Stores Assn. or the B.C. Chamber of Commerce.
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BCRECALL
| Provincial MLA Recall List, by Riding. |
Stay tuned for the recall sign-up for each MLA on the Chopping Block. The first thing that any riding considering recall needs to do is find a good financial agent, so start thinking about it now.
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| Boundary-Similkameen | Slater, John | | Burnaby North | Lee, Richard | | Cariboo-Chilcotin | Barnett, Donna | | Chilliwack | Les, John | | Chilliwack-Hope | Penner, Barry | | Comox Valley | McRae, Don | | Kamloops-North Thompson | Lake, Terry | | Kamloops-South Thompson | Kreuger, Kevin | | Kelowna-Lake Country | Letnick, Norm | | Kelowna-Mission | Thompson, Steve | | Kootenay East | Bennett, Bill | | Langley | Polak, Mary | | Nechako Lakes | Rustad, John | | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Chong, Ida | | Parksville-Qualicum | Cantelon, Ron | | Peace River North | Pimm, Pat | | Penticton | Barisoff, Bill | | Prince George-Mackenzie | Bell, Pat | | Saanich North and the Islands | Coell, Murray | | Shuswap | Abbott, George | | Surrey-White Rock | Hogg, Gordon | | Vancouver-Fraserview | Heed, Kash | | Vernon-Monashee | Foster, Eric | | Westside-Kelowna | Stewart, Ben |
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| Abbotsford | Fast, Ed (Mr.) | | BC Southern Interior | Atamanenko, Alex (Mr.) | | Burnaby - Douglas | Siksay, Bill (Mr.) | | Burnaby - New Westminster | Julian, Peter (Mr.) | | Cariboo - Prince George | Harris, Richard M. (Mr.) | | Chilliwack - Fraser Canyon | Strahl, Chuck (Hon.) | | Delta - Richmond East | Cummins, John (Mr.) | | Esquimalt - Juan de Fuca | Martin, Keith (Hon.) | | Fleetwood - Port Kells | Grewal, Nina (Mrs.) | | Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo | McLeod, Cathy (Mrs.) | | Kelowna - Lake Country | Cannan, Ron (Mr.) | | Kootenay - Columbia | Abbott, Jim (Hon.) | | Langley | Warawa, Mark (Mr.) | | Nanaimo - Alberni | Lunney, James (Mr.) | | Nanaimo - Cowichan | Crowder, Jean (Ms.) | | Newton - North Delta | Dhaliwal, Sukh (Mr.) | | North Vancouver | Saxton, Andrew (Mr.) | | Okanagan - Coquihalla | Day, Stockwell (Hon.) | | Okanagan - Shuswap | Mayes, Colin (Mr.) | | Pitt Meadows - Maple Ridge - Mission | Kamp, Randy (Mr.) | | Port Moody - Westwood - Port Coquitlam | Moore, James (Hon.) | | Prince George - Peace River | Hill, Jay (Hon.) | | Richmond | Wong, Alice (Mrs.) | | Saanich - Gulf Islands | Lunn, Gary (Hon.) | | Skeena - Bulkley Valley | Cullen, Nathan (Mr.) | | South Surrey - White Rock - Cloverdale | Hiebert, Russ (Mr.) | | Surrey North | Cadman, Dona (Ms.) | | Vancouver Centre | Fry, Hedy (Hon.) | | Vancouver East | Davies, Libby (Ms.) | | Vancouver Island North | Duncan, John (Mr.) | | Vancouver Kingsway | Davies, Don (Mr.) | | Vancouver Quadra | Murray, Joyce (Ms.) | | Vancouver South | Dosanjh, Ujjal (Hon.) | | Victoria | Savoie, Denise (Ms.) | | West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country | Weston, John (Mr.) |
MLA
PROVINCIAL MLA LIST (by riding)
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Former Premier Bill Vander Zalm
We can't let this happen. Join me in saying no to the HST
TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE BC.
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BILL VANDER ZALM Has often been called the "Gardener Politician." A family man with his wife Lillian of 53 years, 4 children, all married and in the nursery garden center business operating Art Knapp Plantland Stores, and 9 wonderful grandchildren.
Bill Vander Zalm started the Art Knapp stores in 1953 after running a wholesale bulb and plant business for several years since age 18 when his father had suffered a heart attack.
Bill Vander Zalm entered politics, as a Surrey Councilor in 1965 and in 1969 became the youngest Mayor in Canada’s history of the largest Municipality in the British Commonwealth.
In 1975 he entered Provincial politics and became Minister of Human Resources. After eliminating the debt and re-directing that ministry, he became the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Transit and brought to our Province the rapid transit Skytrain system.
In 1981, the Government was forced to introduce a program of restraint and Mr. Vander Zalm was given the most difficult portfolio of Education and effectively brought spending in line with available revenues.
In 1983 Mr. Vander Zalm took a sabbatical from politics when he and Lillian started the Fantasy Garden World, a combination "show Garden", "Children's Play Park" and "Biblical Garden" complete with catering facilities for weddings and other functions.
In 1986 Bill Vander Zalm was chosen the leader of Social Credit, became Premier on July 31st. and was confirmed with a majority government in a general election during October of that year.
There was considerable progress during the years of 1986 - 1991 and the Province went from successive deficits to successive balanced budgets, all income tax surcharges were removed and the sales tax was reduced. But most remarkably, his Government was the first in the history of the Province to actually reduce the Provincial debt, and the British Columbia economy was rated #1 in North America.
In late 1990, after suffering from a number of internal political maneuverings and with great and well organized fanfare, was falsely charged with Conflict of Interest and Breach of Trust for participating with Lillian in the sale of the Fantasy Gardens. He resigned, but was later acquitted of all charges in the BC Supreme Court and found not guilty.
Bill still keeps very busy doing auctions at numerous charity fund-raisers. He is also involved in numerous challenging business enterprises, but after Lillian and family, his big love is tending to his big crop of fragrant Lilac bushes.
VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH BILL VANDER ZALM
- Tell us some of the reasons you are against the HST in BC.
- What are people saying about the HST in BC?
- What can people do to Fight the HST in BC?
- Let’s talk a little about a possible Recall in BC.
- Why I am speaking out against the current BC. Government.
- Will Business Benefit from the HST?
- What are people most concerned about?
- Is the BC Government credible about the HST Timeline?
- What about a real rebate?
- Once more, what can people do to help?
- Tell us about the Citizen's Initiative you helped put in place.
- What are some of the effects of a Recall?
- Tell us about the groups getting involved in this Fight against the HST.
- Let’s talk about Business and the HST.
- What options does the Government have when the Initiative succeeds?
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Mr. Campbell seems to think he can do what he wants with no consultation. As time goes by, we are learning more and more about what they knew, when they knew…and it certainly isn’t looking like they’ve been honest.
The liberals’ own website already claims we have some of , if not the lowest corporate/business tax rates in canada (and I beleive one minister on video on the site actually says “if not the world”).
Why should we, the public, have to shoulder this tax break for the corporations? Mr. Cambpell has already had us pick up offloaded costs, msp hikes prior to the election and delisted services, cut services, torn up contracts.
He can’t even give us concrete reasons why this is good for us; only for the business community.
He’s shown his arrogance and disregard for us over the last 8 years, hid the fact he was going to do this now…enough is enough. We’ve already done more than our share.
If the Government even cared about the optics of the situation, they would rescind the wage increases they gave themselves, the cola clause they gave themselves, and set the example for business by NOT increasing the shelf price of alcohol to maintain their own bottom line.
If the Liberals won’t set the example, if the liberals lie to us about what they are going to do…..how can we expect Businesses to pass on the ‘savings’ to us?
The more we pay for what cost less before, the more the HST devalues our currency and our standard of living.
We need politicians who have a vision compatible with the general public and who know how to generate revenue other than just by tax, tax, tax!
How can I donate? By mail? and who do i make it payable? I do not want to donate by pen pal or credit card, I notives
I am paying tax on tax, First they charge me 6 or 7% enviromental tax then charge me again HST on purchace plos enviromental tax which amounted to 19$ total tax on my purhase