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The BC government has announced that the provincial deficit is nearly $1.8 billion. "We told you so," says Marc Lee.
Read BC's Super-Fudge-It Budget on Policy Note.
Marc Lee reminds us that July 1 marked more than the debut of the HST. "The carbon tax is now $20 per tonne of CO2, or about 4.6 cents on a litre of gasoline. And like any two-year old, this toddling tax increase is set to wreak some havoc on the household."
Read BC's carbon tax turns two on Policy Note.
That the HST will take a bite out of family budgets is clear to everyone. The main question right now is just how big of a bite. Two studies released earlier this week asked this exact question but came to very different conclusions...
Visit Policy Note to read the rest of The HST and BC family budgets by Iglika Ivanova.
On Policy Note, Keith Reynolds argues against the anti-tax logic of the Taxpayers' Federation. If municipalities go further down the road of tax cuts, we could end up like California: in deep financial trouble, with social services in disarray. Go to Policy Note to read Keith's full post on the dangers of a BC tax revolt.
In today's Vancouver Sun, Marvin Shaffer argues that the Clean Energy Act is far worse legislation than the HST — in fact, he says, this is the legislation that British Columbians should be fighting to repeal.
Read Clean Energy Act will cost British Columbians on the Vancouver Sun website.
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