The main stumbling block is the way the government brought the HST to life. Lies and deceit. This 鈥渞evenue neutral鈥� tax is going to be a boost of $1 billion for the year to government coffers. This is taxpayers鈥� money, as was the $1.6 billion from the federal government.

Opponents of the HST can't seem to resist making the tax sound worse than it really is.

It doesn鈥檛 matter if the premier lowers the HST to 10 per cent. You鈥檒l be paying that tax on just about every aspect of your life.

The Tourism Industry Association of B.C. has struggled with the impact of the harmonized sales tax, but supports it at a reduced rate.

Family vacations were always a complicated affair