HST Will Cost BC Boards Of Education Money. Why Does That Sound Familiar?
One would think that the BC Liberals would learn from the last time they implemented a new tax, the Carbon Tax, that Boards of Education would be affected. Alas, it looks like they didn’t.
According to a letter sent to the government by the British Columbia Association of School Business Officials, an organization that represents Secretary-Treasurers and their staff, the new HST will cost Boards of Education $24 million annually to cover items previously exempt from the PST.
What does this mean? Well, combined with other cutbacks to Boards of Education such as the cancellation of the $100 million Annual Facilities Grants, the result is going to be less money and resources going to funding classrooms.
Of course, there might be some hope for Boards of Education in regards to getting a HST rebate. After all,the BC Liberals did eventually organize a carbon tax rebate for Boards of Education. Of course, there are concerns that the costs of administration required in order to get the Carbon Tax rebate will further cut into money needed to obtain resources for classrooms. Either way, one would really think that the BC Liberals would have chosen to think about Boards of Education when deciding to implement an HST.
The By-Election News
The Conservatives won Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, following the riding’s previous history. More surprising, however, is the Conservative win in Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup, formerly a relatively solid Bloc seat. At the very least, this could show that the Conservatives are a factor in rural Quebec.
The New Democrats retained New Westminster—Coquitlam, and got high seconds in Hochelaga and Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley. Of course, if the New Democrats want to gains seats, they are going to have to figure out out to convert these second place finishes to first place victories.
The Liberals had nothing particularly to lose, and certainly didn’t gain.
The Bloc lost Montmagny—L’Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup. That’s got to be a bit of a concern for them.
Of course, little of this matters in the long run unless confirmed by a general election.
Doing Something Twice And Expecting Different Results Is Called Insanity
What? Tell me how this makes sense.
The New Democrats should make a deal with an entity that totally, unilaterally, ripped up a previous semi-legal agreement with the New Democrats. Recently, too.
Uh, Michael Byers? The answer is no.
After all:
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Canadian Blog Awards 2009: Nominations Begin Sunday October 25
The Canadian Blog Awards are back for 2009.
Nominations will begin Oct 25 and will last until November 21. Round 1 Voting begins Nov 29 and goes to Dec 5, Round 2 Voting begins Dec 6 to Dec 12.
I’m also pleased to announce that the CBA will be using a ranked preferential poll for this year, hosted by DemoChoice.
Please spread the word of this far and wide!
What’s Worse Than A Harper Minority?
A BC Liberal Majority, according to a fundraising letter from former MP and current MLA Dawn Black:
After almost a decade as a Member of Parliament, I thought I had seen it all.
I thought, “Nothing could be worse for ordinary people than a Harper government.”
Now I sit across the aisle from Harper’s pal, Gordon Campbell.
After just four months as an MLA, I realize that I had seriously underestimated how arrogant and uncaring a government can be.
The polls how the people of B.C. are realizing it too. Today, we have a unique window of opportunity.
I am asking for your help to make sure it doesn’t pass us by…
While I don’t think that the BC New Democrats will be using this line of attack very much due to the separation of provincial and federal politics in BC, I still thought it would be mildly interesting to federal anti-Harper forces on the blogosphere.
Especially since supposedly anti-Harper-in-policy Michael Ignatieff did explicitly endorse the very same BC Liberals during the 2009 BC Election.
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Lastest BC NDP News
- HST COULD COST B.C. SCHOOLS $24 MILLION, ASSOCIATION FINDS November 8, 2009
- BILL 21 LATEST BETRAYAL OF HEALTH SYSTEM BY B.C. LIBERALS, SAYS NDP November 7, 2009
- B.C. LIBERALS DEAL ANOTHER BLOW TO FRASER VALLEY November 6, 2009
- B.C. LIBERALS IMPOSE DEEPER CUTS TO LEGAL AID SERVICES November 4, 2009
- CONROY MARKS UKRAINIAN INTERNMENT COMMEMORATION IN LEGISLATURE ADDRESS November 2, 2009
