SURREY – Surrey-Tynehead NDP candidate Raj Hundal is calling on Liberal MLA Dave Hayer to explain why the BC Liberals are dragging their feet on removing the HST, saying the delay is hurting the economy and costing jobs while extending the amount of time that British Columbians are being hit by the unfair tax.
“British Columbians voted overwhelmingly to defeat the HST, and now the Liberal government is playing games by saying it will take more than a year and a half to remove,” said Raj Hundal. “Meanwhile, ordinary people are still paying this tax and the delay is costing BC jobs and economic activity.”
Hundal’s call echoes a recent question from Adrian Dix in the BC Legislature.
“It took eleven months to bring the HST in,” Dix said in Question Period. “Yet the government continues to maintain that it takes nineteen months to remove it. When is the premier going to order her Minister of Finance to make returning to the PST a priority?”
Hundal is urging that Hayer join the calls from business and community leaders to expedite the removal process.
“Hayer needs to immediately act on behalf of the people of Surrey-Tynehead and get his government to take this seriously and act quickly to abolish the HST,” Hundal concluded.
The HST costs middle class families thousands of dollars every year on things like restaurant meals, groceries and movie tickets. Adrian Dix, Raj Hundal and the BC NDP support removing the tax as soon as possible to restore economic certainty and make life more affordable for British Columbia families.
