PRESS RELEASE: Petition reaches 10% in all 85 ridings 600,000 signatures province-wide, 71 ridings pass 15%
May 31, 2010 Press Release
Fight HST petition reaches 10% requirement in all 85 ridings
600,000 signatures province-wide, 71 ridings pass 15% or greater threshold, including Vancouver Quilchena.
Vander Zalm calls on Premier Campbell to conduct a “free vote” to repeal HST
Port Coquitlam – Fight HST lead organizer, Chris Delaney, says the petition to repeal the HST broke 600,000 signatures province wide this past weekend, and crossed the 10% minimum signature threshold in all 85 electoral districts. He says 71 ridings have hit 15% or better, including Finance Minister Hansen’s own riding of Vancouver Quilchena.
Delaney says organizers are on track to achieve 15% or more signatures in the remaining 14 ridings by the end of next week. “This report represents only 70 of 85 ridings, with a number of ridings not reporting this week, and others still tabulating results from the weekend. We should make our internal 15% target in all ridings by the first or second week of June.”
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PRESS RELEASE: Fight HST petition hits 500,000 signatures representing 15% of registered voters province wide
May 17, 2010 Press Release
72 of 85 Ridings meet Elections BC threshold of 10%, with 51 Ridings exceeding 15%.
Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby numbers soar
With seven weeks to go in a 13 week campaign, organizers for the Initiative petition to repeal the HST report they have collected 500,000 signatures representing 15% of registered voters province wide.
Organizers say that 72 of 85 ridings have crossed the Elections BC 10% threshold, with 51 of those going over the Fight HST internal threshold of 15%.
“This is monumental,” said Fight HST Lead Organizer, Chris Delaney, “We are not even half way through the campaign, and we are on track to complete our 10% threshold in all 85 ridings by next week, with everyone reaching their 15% target by the first or second week of June.” Read the rest of this entry »
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PRESS RELEASE: Fight HST Initiative petition breaks 300,000 signatures representing 10% of total registered voters.
May 4, 2010 Press Release
BC Government attempts to intimidate voters backfires as signatures continue to pour in
Delta – The Fight HST citizens Initiative petition to repeal the HST broke the 300,000 signatures mark as of Monday May 3, up an astonishing 155,000 signatures from last week’s total, says Fight HST Lead Organizer, Chris Delaney.
The Initiative, led by former BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm, has now been signed by approximately 10% of the registered voters across BC, Delaney said, with two months left before the July 5 deadline.
But there is still a long way to go, Delaney says, because the 10% total for the Initiative to succeed must be reached in every one of the 85 electoral districts in BC.
Delaney said the sheer size of the number of signatures this early in the petition drive shows that the BC Liberal government’s attempt to discourage and intimidate voters from signing has failed completely.
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Fight #HST early signature returns put petition on track to succeed
Apr 19, 2010 Details
Fight HST early signature returns put petition on track to succeed
Peace River North leading the pack with 25% of registered voters signed
Port Coquitlam – In just two weeks since petition signature gathering began on the Citizen Initiative to repeal the HST, the group led by former BC premier Bill Vander Zalm has collected over 40,000 signatures from the 49 ridings around the province that filed their reports as of Sunday, April 18, says Lead Organizer Chris Delaney.
“That is a very conservative number,” said Delaney. “We are only tabulating those petitions that have been received by the Regional Organizers and that are being shipped as of Monday.”
Delaney says the actual number of signatures collected by canvassers and captains is much higher, with 36 ridings yet to file their reports. He says that of the 49 ridings that have filed, there are still many more signatures in their pipelines that have yet to be collected by the Regional Organizers as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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PRESS RELEASE: FIGHT #HST INITIATIVE PETITION FIRST DAY LAUNCH EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS
Apr 7, 2010 Press Release
Vancouver – Bill Vander Zalm’s Fight HST Citizen Initiative petition launch yesterday exceeded all expectations for first day sign ups, says the former BC premier.
Elections BC would only issue the petitions on April 6th, so the first day was spent madly rushing to print and get petitions into the hands of canvassers. However, despite the challenges, thousands of signatures were gathered at several locations throughout the province, with Ft. St. John taking the prize with over 1,800 sign ups in one day – a new provincial record.
Alvin Stedel, Regional Organizer for The Peace, said they started at 8:00am yesterday and weren’t able to leave until 10:30pm when the deluge of voters slowed enough to do a final tally. They ended the day with a total of 1,820 signatures – over half the amount required for the North Peace’s overall petition target of 3,387 signatures representing 15% of registered voters there. Read the rest of this entry »
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Fight #HST Northern Tour Report
Mar 20, 2010 Rally
Spectacular!… Explosive!… Collossal!…
Words can not adequately describe the response to the Northern Tour! Hundreds of people from every community turned out on short notice and signed up in droves to volunteer for the Fight HST petition. Fort St. John is so excited, they are planning to meet their signature target in Week 1, and has challenged Dawson Creek to do the same!
Thousands of dollars in donations poured in as well, with people giving generously, enabling us to plan tours for the rest of the province and help finance the costs of the petition.
Media was also extremely favourable from town to town, resulting in a critical mass of awareness that literally exploded on the last day in Terrace, with people swarming me and pulling the sign up forms right out of my hands before the meeting even began! Read the rest of this entry »
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