Finance Minister Kevin Falcon's speaking tour took him to the Victoria Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, telling business leaders they can "unashamedly" advocate for a harmonized sales tax with a lower rate.
Business people reminded Falcon that not all of them support the HST, and asked why the rate reduction from 12 to 10 per cent can't take place right away. Falcon replied that the loss of that much revenue has to be phased in over three years, as the federal government did when it lowered the goods and services tax.
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