PRESS RELEASE: Liberal MLA Slater will accept petition from FightHST – Half of committee agrees
Aug 15, 2010 Press Release
Port Coquitlam – BC Liberal MLA, John Slater, one of ten members of the Select Standing Committee for Legislative Initiatives, said Saturday that he is willing to accept the petition submitted to his committee on Friday by Fight HST leader Bill Vander Zalm.
Slater, interviewed in the Kelowna Courier on Saturday, said he is unsure why Elections BC decided not to submit the petition to his committee until the courts resolve the business group’s challenge. “We should be the one’s looking at it, not the courts,” Slater admitted. “I think the committee could look at that and make sure everybody’s got all the facts.”
Slater added, “Let’s get it back to the committee and move forward.”
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Court Update & Financial Report for the Initiative petition
Jul 26, 2010 Letters
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 that we raised - a testament to the generosity of so many people who helped by contributing their own resources too!)
We will also publish a Financial Report on our web site for the HST Legal Challenge in the coming weeks. We are still in need of funds to cover all of our expenses for the challenge. We are talking to numerous businesses and labour groups to see if they will support us as well. Some have indicated a willingness to help, and we are hopeful that we can spread the sacrifice around as much as possible.
However, if you have not donated yet and would like to help our court challenge, we are still in need of another $30,000 to cover this fight.
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