FightHST Provincial Strategy Team would like to hear about your HST experiences in BC
Jul 2, 2010 Discussion
At this stage of the Fight against the HST, we would like to open this post to conversation. In the comments section below, please post your observations of how the HST is affecting you or those that you know. We would like to hear about noticeable cost increases, difficulty and costs on HST changeover from PST & GST. Talk about what you are doing to combat the increase, talk about what you are cutting out or cutting back. With Recall just around the corner, let’s not forget how the HST is changing our lives. Keep the comments coming.
It’s time to introduce the Grass Roots Provincial Strategy Team:
From left to right:
Chris Delaney (Lead Organizer)
Rainer Schmoll (Online Media, Web Master, Branding and Marketing)
Cheryl Baron (Volunteer Organizer, Initiative Petition only)
Bill Vanderzalm (Leader, Proponent)
Sal Vetro (BC Regional Coordinator.)
Bill Tieleman (Media Liaison)
Tags: Bill Tieleman, Bill Vanderzalm, Cheryl Baron, chris delaney, FightHST, HST, Provincial Strategy Team, Rainer Schmoll, Sal Vetro
OPINION POLL: Which BC MLA should be recalled first?
Jun 27, 2010 Opinion Polls
We have posted a list of BC MLA’s that were at the top of the signature collection numbers list. According to their Ridings, these MLA’s are the worst at their job of representing the people of their BC Riding.
Who do you think should be the first MLA to be recalled? If you have other MLA’s in mind, please leave a comment below with your suggestion and reasons.
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Tags: bc liberals, BC MLA Recall, Colin Hansen, collection numbers, democracy, FightHST, gordon campbell, HST, mla, Recall, signature collection, vanderzalm
Fight #HST Video: Point Grey Citizen’s Initiative launch – Bill VanderZalm
Apr 9, 2010 Video Interview
This is part 2 of the Point Grey Citizen’s Initiative Campaign Launch. Bill VanderZalm speaks about the the events that led up to the FightHST Campaign. This is the 2nd of 5 Video’s in this group
Tags: Campbell, delaney, FightHST, gordo, hansen, HST, tieleman, vanderzalm
Fight #HST Video: Point Grey Citizen’s Initiative launch – Bill Tielleman Intro
Apr 8, 2010 Video Interview
FightHST.com decided that it would be appropriate to launch the Citizen’s Initiative campaign in the riding of the man responsible for this mess. In doing so, we collected 10% of the required signatures during the event in a riding that knows their MLA, Gordon Campbell all too well.
Tags: Bil;l Tielleman, Bill Vanderzalm, chris delaney, citizen, FightHST, gordon campbell, HST, initiative campaign, mla, signatures, www youtube
Common Ground Magazine Cover
Feb 6, 2010 Guest Posts
As we get closer to our 3 month long Signature Collection Campaign, I thought I would share this Great magazine cover by Common Ground Magazine (with permission of course). I love the caption: OVERTAXAR from the director of “TITANIC DEBT”
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Tags: bc liberals, collection campaign, common ground magazine, Fight HST, FightHST, gordon campbell, HeiST, Liberals, overtaxar, signature collection, titanic debt
PRESS RELEASE: VANDER ZALM Invites Premier, Finance Minister to join British Columbians in calculating HST costs
Sep 22, 2009 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, September 21, 2009
Delta – Fight HST Leader, Bill Vander Zalm, has invited Premier Gordon Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen to fill out an “HST Hit List” together with other British Columbians to help them calculate the real cost of the HST to each person and family.
At anti-HSTrallies held across BC on Saturday, September 19, the Fight HST group handed out brochures that contained a list of many items previously exempted from Provincial Sales Tax (PST) that will now be subject to the new 7% levy in the HST.
Vander Zalm is asking newspapers across BC to publish the list for their readers, so they can do their own calculation. The list, prepared by a group calling themselves angryformerbcliberals.ca, contains a wide assortment of items, but still does not cover everything affected.
“The Finance Minister is going around the province saying we’ve got it wrong, that we’re exaggerating the cost of this to the average family. What people are actually finding when they do the calculation, is that it is even worse than they anticipated originally,” explained Vander Zalm.
“So to make it fair, we are asking the Premier and his Finance Minister to calculate the cost for themselves and their families. It will give them a chance to either prove their point that it is only a couple of hundred dollars to the average person, or perhaps to see that maybe they have not looked at it as closely as they should have, given that it was their idea,” said Vander Zalm.
“We think they may be as shocked as many of the taxpayers who have done this have been. Even when you factor in any tax changes or reductions in other areas, it is still a huge hit to the average British Columbian’s pocketbook,” said Vander Zalm.
Tags: assortment, average person, bill vander zalm, british columbians, brochures, delta, FightHST, finance minister, hansen, HST, levy, newspapers, pocketbook, premier gordon campbell, provincial sales tax, sales tax, tax changes, taxpayers
