HST Voters Guide

The HST Referendum is an important and historic decision for British Columbia.

In order to ensure B.C. Voters have a comprehensive understanding of the options which are:

• vote YES to go back to the PST + GST sales tax

• vote NO to retain the HST

The HST Referendum Voters Guide was developed to help you and will go to every household in British Columbia with a mailing address.

Stephen Owen, the Referendum Funding Decision Maker was responsible for coordinating and reviewing the submissions from the official sides of the Referendum: ‘Yes’ side - FightHST and ‘No’ side - Smart Tax Alliance.

The Independent Panel on the HST independently summarized its findings for submission to the Voters Guide.

The Government of B.C. wrote the opening statement and introduction page, while the Notice to B.C. Voters page was vetted and approved by Elections BC.

Letter to FightHST
Letter to Smart Tax Alliance
Independent Panel Report

Contents

The Voter's Guide contains the following information: Statement for government on the HST Position statements from the official 'Yes' and 'No' sides, with commentary on the statements from each side A summary of the Independent Panel Report on the pros and cons of each option Information on the Referendum voting process from Elections BC which is the independent office responsible for elections in British Columbia NOTE: The Voters Guide does not include your ballot. Your voting package will be arriving shortly from Elections BC > Download the HST Referendum Voters Guide > Référendum sur la TVH Guide des électeurs

For more information:

Independent Panel Report

Smart Tax Alliance

Fight HST