OAP IS FOR CANADIANS NOT IMMIGRANTS

In all my years living in this country, and watching politicians commit political suicide I have never witnessed political parties try to shoot themselves in the foot as bad as the liberals in B. C. and the Conservatives in Ottawa are presently doing.

It’s like neither party wants to win the next election.

British Columbians wanted to get rid of the Liberal party and their policies re HST. So the party made their leader their scapegoat and then had the audacity to give him an award.

The conservative party then gave the voters of B. C. a second slap in the face by appointing him to an exulted position within the Canadian hierarchy.

The Liberal party continues to ignore the wishes of its electors by  keeping the unwanted taxes.

The Conservative party continues to insult Canadians by offering a pittance of an increase in the OAP but no increase in the GIS, and instead of decreasing the budget by making the OAP available to Canadian born residents only they want to stretch the already over burdened budget by making it available to people who haven’t lived in Canada long enough to learn their postal code.

Its like both parties are trying to commit political suicide.

DO THE LIBERALS PROFIT FROM HST?

When I see the extent to which the Liberals are conniving to keep the HST in play it makes me wonder how much of that goes in their pockets.
Despite the fact that it is obvious British Columbians do not want the HST, nor do we want it replaced with GST & PST, none of the political parties are promising to get rid of it if we vote other than Liberal in the next election.
What do the NDP, Conservatives, and other parties know that we don’t know. How much of this tax goes directly to their party, or their own pocket, once elected to office?
Campbell made a big issue of how the HST had brought back the film Industry (that he destroyed). I ask you, if the HST brought it back, why isn’t it still here? The HST is still here.
They say it will cost the tax payers a lot of money to switch back to the old ST system. I never heard them saying anything about it costing us to switch from the old to the new.
They say if we switch back we will have to pay back Ottawa. Why? Did we borrow money from Ottawa to pay for the cost of switching from PST to HST? Did Ottawa pay us to switch over? If so where is my share? If the Liberals were paid to switch then the Liberals can refund the money when we switch back.
The Liberals say that if we keep the HST they will reduce it by 2%. That’s a pretty generous offer considering we want them to lower it by 12%.
Altogether there is just too much persuasion, too much pressure, too many promises. Me thinks there is something fishy going on here.
Regardless of this smoke screen they call a referendum, I think the main battle is in the next election and we need a party who will stand up and promise to get rid of the ST if they are elected.
No ST (H, G, or P) would mean fewer British Columbians running across the borders, East and South, to do their shopping. It would mean more shoppers from Alberta and Washington coming to B. C. It would result in; more businesses moving in, and increased tourism.
There is no possible way that losing the ST would harm the province or cost the tax payers anything. It would, on the other hand, create more employment.
Losing the ST (G, H, & P) is a win win situation.
And giving in to the will of the people would only make the Liberals look good in the eyes of the voters. So why are they so adamant to lose public support?