Re: NDP's problems go deeper (B.C. Views, Jan. 25)
Tom Fletcher says the HST is the cure for inequality in British Columbia. But few will agree with such a claim, given that the HST is a $1.9 billion tax shift on to the backs of consumers. According to Statistics Canada, the average household will pay $521 more under the HST.
A recent editorial from the international magazine The Economist (The Rich and the Rest, Jan.
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