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Free vote urged on B.C. anti-HST initiative
Anti-HST campaigner Bill Vander Zalm has sent a letter to B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell urging him to send legislation to repeal the new tax directly to a free vote in the legislature this fall.
Vander Zalm, who is a former premier of B.C., wants Campbell to tell the all-party group that the Liberal government will handle the issue during a fall legislative session, rather than put it to a non-binding, province-wide vote that could cost as much as $50 million.
According to Vander Zalm, 50 per cent of all registered voters in B.C. must
pass an initiative vote — twice the number he says who voted for the Liberals in
the last election — making the vote both undemocratic and a "colossal waste of
money."
He warns the premier he'll launch recall campaigns against Liberal MLAs if the initiative process is delayed further.
The move follows a court ruling on Friday that ended an attempt by a coalition of business groups to have the 700,000-signature petition ruled invalid.
MLA Terry Lake, who is chairman of the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives said he expects to receive the petition from the province's electoral chief on Monday, and the committee will likely hold its inaugural meeting in the first week of September.
Under the rules of B.C.'s initiative legislation, the legislative committee will have 90 days to decide whether to send the petition's draft legislation to house for a vote or hold a non-binding referrendum on it sometime next year.
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Police chiefs endorse long-gun registry
The head of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says members have endorsed a national firearms strategy that includes the long-gun registry — a program the Conservative government is trying to scrap — at its annual meeting in Edmonton on Monday.
"A resolution for its adoption as the official policy of the CACP was put before the members and that resolution was passed without a single dissenting voice," Toronto police chief and CACP president Bill Blair told CBC's Power and Politics with Evan Solomon.
"I think it's a very strong statement of the commitment of our members to safe communities and for retaining the tools for our police officers that help them do their jobs."
The strategy was originally to have been presented by RCMP Chief Supt. Marty Cheliak. Cheliak was transferred from his post as the head of the Canadian Firearms Program last week and ordered to take French-language lessons. Read More>>>
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Ontario debt tops $200B
Ontario's Liberal government ran a smaller deficit in 2009-2010 than predicted, but its debt is still well over $200 billion.
Figures released Monday show the province was $19.3 billion in the red during the year — more than $2 billion below what was forecast in the budget last March.
The province's finance ministry said the numbers are mainly due to spending cuts and better-than-expected economic growth.
However, tax revenues were $6.4 billion below budget forecasts, reflecting the lagging impact of the recession and a weaker-than-expected economic performance.
Overall, the province's debt grew by $35 billion to a record $212.1 billion in 2009-10.
Despite the improvements, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said Ontario will
not return to balanced budgets for another seven years.
"I've not got solid numbers upon which I can make those predictions right now, and frankly, having been finance minister through 2008 and 2009 I've learned perhaps better than most how volatile revenues can be," the minister told reporters at Queen's Park. Read More>>>
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