The Editor,
I hope the HST referendum results this week will support the people's desire to scrap it.
I just came back from Ontario, where my brother passed away. He had a small estate and the funeral bill was $13,000. The funeral director advised us that with the Ontario HST, funeral bills are now subject to HST but were not previously. Ontario is scrambling for money in every opportunity, even at the most vulnerable time of life and death.
Isn't the BC Liberal party wanting to do the same? Take a last grab from taxing funeral accounts? Just look at the windfall coming as our population of seniors will be a major source of revenue opportunities just from the HST if it remains.
Premier Christy Clark has stated her mandate is to help families, seniors and health care. I wonder what other revenue opportunities this government is looking at? This is Premier Clark's mandate?
Elwin Mowry, Coquitlam
