Independent Panel to Report on HST Referendum Options

VANCOUVER, BC — Parliamentary Secretary for HST Information John Les and Finance Minister Colin Hansen have announced a newly appointed independent panel will report to British Columbians on a fact-based analysis of the implications of keeping the HST or returning to the PST and GST sales tax system.
The panel members are Jim Dinning, former finance minister of Alberta, chair of the Canada West Foundation and chancellor of the University of Calgary; former B.C. Auditor General George Morfitt; Coast Capital Savings CEO Tracy Redies; and Simon Fraser University professor John Richards. The panel will be chaired by Jim Dinning.
The panel has 10 weeks to complete its work and will deliver a final report to the public by the first week of April 2011.