tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post243386822540933468..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: The Transit Tax...Making Poor People Pay To Help...Poor People?RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-91051817054735504422014-12-19T02:14:29.298-08:002014-12-19T02:14:29.298-08:00SH
Meanwhile... St. Christy's travelling to I...SH<br /><br />Meanwhile... St. Christy's travelling to India to teach her son "empathy":<br /><br />http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/12/christy-clark-son-going-india-boxing-day-build-school-rural-village/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-61366432523350544232014-12-18T22:43:58.801-08:002014-12-18T22:43:58.801-08:00Thanks folks--
Dare I suggest it...
That was a m...Thanks folks--<br /><br />Dare I suggest it...<br /><br />That was a more entertaining and enlightening discussion than the great majority of those that occur in most sessions today's ledge.<br /><br />.<br /><br />RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-71592446028285508362014-12-18T21:32:13.762-08:002014-12-18T21:32:13.762-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-76332170019127295262014-12-18T21:31:57.157-08:002014-12-18T21:31:57.157-08:00Yep. I was Finance Minister. My idea. You can blam...Yep. I was Finance Minister. My idea. You can blame me. Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-68265690143281531292014-12-18T20:56:28.839-08:002014-12-18T20:56:28.839-08:00The pst on legal services was introduced in 1992 w...The pst on legal services was introduced in 1992 when Mike Harcourt was Premier.Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-36755001809982041762014-12-18T19:04:19.053-08:002014-12-18T19:04:19.053-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-76271111753754930972014-12-18T19:00:45.137-08:002014-12-18T19:00:45.137-08:00Sorry for typos etc. In a bar. Sorry for typos etc. In a bar. Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-3505408039778945692014-12-18T18:57:26.836-08:002014-12-18T18:57:26.836-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-12374163322676715832014-12-18T18:56:39.196-08:002014-12-18T18:56:39.196-08:00The legal aid budget was far larger than the legal...The legal aid budget was far larger than the legal service tax revenue at the time. As successive liberal governments restrained the growth in legal aid the revenue surpassed the expenditure. But it is true that the tax was never strictly linked to spending. It's an interesting philosophical debate. Taxes are definitely more palatable when one can see directly where the dollars go. But, ultimately, it could skew priorities in ways that done make sense. A well funded legal aid system and cuts to welfare, education and health care for example. To be honest I didn't worry much about it because I never envisioned that legal aid would be cut so much. And it's a pretty progressive t=ax anyway :)Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-71050617888173460592014-12-18T18:49:44.922-08:002014-12-18T18:49:44.922-08:00If the money had gone to fund legal aid I would ha...If the money had gone to fund legal aid I would have been delighted. Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-88146535635035913912014-12-18T18:38:09.663-08:002014-12-18T18:38:09.663-08:00GC--
Don't think it's a provocation - mor...GC--<br /><br />Don't think it's a provocation - more like a discussion. <br /><br />_____<br /><br />EG--<br /><br />If it had gone to fund legal aid, would you feel differently?<br /><br />.<br />RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-42625902056267201742014-12-18T16:49:33.924-08:002014-12-18T16:49:33.924-08:00It is interesting/depressing how those with power ...It is interesting/depressing how those with power co-opt language. It is not 'fair' to use property tax because only property owners pay. Nor is a gas tax 'fair' because it 'penalises' drivers. It is 'fair' to use the sales tax because everyone pays. As sympathetic as I am to progressive municipal politicians who are trying to improve transit services it bugs me no end to see them cloak this in the language of 'fairness'. <br />(I don't wish to provoke a fight with the previous comment, but I brought in the legal services tax and is still like it :). Glen Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225195536266477648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50704142798504409902014-12-18T10:14:36.599-08:002014-12-18T10:14:36.599-08:00My concern about adding a 1/2% to the pst in order...My concern about adding a 1/2% to the pst in order to fund transit is what guarantee is there that the 1/2% will be used exclusively for transit? Back in the 1990s the NDP imposed PST on lawyers' fees (and no other professionals) supposedly to fund legal aid. That didn't happen. The collected tax went into general revenue.<br /><br />I heard for years, after the BCL were elected in 2001, that getting rid of the PST on legal fees "was on the radar". Yeah, right.<br /><br />Lawyers still have to collect PST from their clients while other professionals, some of whom are capable of competing with lawyers, don't. I guess the issue of PST on legal fees is "off the radar" now.Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.com