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By Amy Judd / Global BC

Election 2020

BC Liberals promise to eliminate provincial sales tax for a year

Sep 28, 2020 | 10:02 AM

VANCOUVER — In their first major promise of the 2020 election campaign, the BC Liberals on Monday (Sept. 28) promised to eliminate the provincial sales tax for one year if they are elected on Oct. 24.

Leader Andrew Wilkinson told a news conference the tax will then be reduced to three per cent the following year.

“Every government in the Western world is anticipating deficit spending for the next few years,” he said. “That’s the fact of the matter to pay for health and education, to maintain the services we want, to build all the projects that are already underway.”

B.C.’s provincial sales tax right now is seven per cent.

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The measure would save a family of four about $1,700 a year, Wilkinson said. He denied that the cut would result in cuts to services such as health and education.