Last weeks referendum results rejecting the harmonized sales tax (HST) by a nearly 10-per-cent margin sends a clear message that British Columbians are becoming fed up with tax changes that favour corporations and the wealthy, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
“This is a victory for fair taxation,” said CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill, commenting on the mail-in ballot referendum’s 54.73-per-cent
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