Anti-HST Campaign Grows in Strength

(Justine Hunter — Globe & Mail)

Petitioners say they have enough signatures in 83 of 85 ridings to force Campbell to back down

British Columbia’s map is increasingly painted in “No HST” colours, but Premier Gordon Campbell vowed Tuesday to press ahead with the tax change despite the political price he is paying.

“I think there's probably only one thing in the province less popular than the HST and that's potentially me at this particular moment,” Mr. Campbell said.

Earlier in the day, organizers of a petition to repeal the new tax under B.C.’s citizen-driven initiative process announced they have already gathered enough signatures in 83 of the province’s 85 ridings to meet the requirements to force Mr. Campbell’s government into retreat. Read more here.