Opinion

Love or hate the outcome, the referendum on the HST saw democracy in action. British Columbians answered the question about extinguishing the tax with a majority in favour of scrapping it. However Chilliwack residents, recognizing its economic benefits, voted to keep it.

After Jack and Iggy and Gilles, what comes next? Interest in Canadian politics may well turn to the game of party leadership contests.

“Vote a ‘self-inflicted wound,’” (Chilliwack Progress, Aug. 30.)Cute phrase describing the so-called misguided actions of the majority of B.C. voters who demonstrated that they have had enough of the deceitful way the Liberal government brought in the HST.

For many years, people have commented on the fact that many politicians are not to be trusted; that they often outright lie to suit their own needs. On the “Trustworthy scale”, it can be said that politicians are the least trusted in society. Why is this? Is this based on accurate facts or is it exaggeration?

There are two definitions of stupid. One is, “Stupid people don’t know they are stupid.” The second is, “You can’t fix stupid.”

Regarding John Les’s comment regarding the HST vote in last Tuesday’s Progress:

I am wondering why the Liberal government are now saying after the British Columbia voter has spoken it will most likely take 18 months to stop collecting this hated tax

The Pirates of Penzance, at the Cultural Centre last week, was a knockout production, worthy of a much bigger city.

NDP leader Adrian Dix couldn’t contain his glee at the result of the harmonized sales tax referendum. Bill Vander Zalm is thrilled too, still apparently unaware that he has taken money away from the poor and given it back to his fellow wealthy B.C. residents.

Whether you liked his politics or not, Jack Layton’s personal score on the likeability scale was, well, off the scale.