Kris Sims was one of the few people who did not before B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services to ask for money.

The nine-person committee is currently touring the province, collecting public input in advance of the next provincial budget, and Sims, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, drove from the Fraser Valley to Cranbrook, where the dommittee was in session Thursday.

She came armed with a top 10 list of items the CTF and its 15,000-strong B.C. membership wanted to see.

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2. Cancel the B.C. carbon tax. 香蕉视频直播淧eople are fed up with it,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淎nd top of that we found out during the last mini-budget that it香蕉视频直播檚 not even going to revenue-neutral anymore, and it hasn香蕉视频直播檛 been revenue neutral for several years. The Fraser Institute, one of our colleagues, found that the previous government had been taking old tax credits 香蕉视频直播� years old 香蕉视频直播� and adding them to the balance sheet of the current budget, for the carbon tax, to make it look balanced and neutral. It wasn香蕉视频直播檛. It was costing families $800 a year.香蕉视频直播�

3. Eliminate the Medical Services Plan premium: 香蕉视频直播淲e were very happy to see the MSP cut by 50 per cent by the previous government,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淎nd this new government to finishing it off 香蕉视频直播� eliminating it 100 per cent.香蕉视频直播�

4. Stop raiding Crown Corporations: 香蕉视频直播淚f you香蕉视频直播檝e got a budget shortfall, don香蕉视频直播檛 turn around and scoop money out of places like ICBC and BC Hydro,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淲e are ratepayers for those services, and when we see our money going to things other than auto insurance and hydro prices and just being used to paper over a budget shortfall, that really ticks people off.香蕉视频直播�

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6. Don香蕉视频直播檛 kill the Site C dam: 香蕉视频直播淲e say this with cautions,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淏y now, we香蕉视频直播檙e in it. When we asked our supporters, they said don香蕉视频直播檛 kill it, be as stringent and prudent and careful as possible, but we香蕉视频直播檝e invested so much money in it now, better to see it through. 香蕉视频直播� If we bail out now, BC Hydro at least is saying that it will cost $7 billion.香蕉视频直播�

7. Get government contracts, including boards and councils, under control. 香蕉视频直播淥ne of the heads of TransLink makes more than the Prime Minister of Canada, as does her second-in-command,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淭here are tons of boards like this, and they香蕉视频直播檙e basically permanent government. People don香蕉视频直播檛 hear about them or know about them, they香蕉视频直播檙e not elected, but they香蕉视频直播檙e paid an outrageous amount of money.香蕉视频直播�

8. Eliminate the vote tax: 香蕉视频直播淭he government has imposed a transition fund 香蕉视频直播� a vote tax of $16 million that香蕉视频直播檚 coming out of taxpayers香蕉视频直播� pockets,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淲hen you break it down per vote it doesn香蕉视频直播檛 sound like a lot of money. But most people don香蕉视频直播檛 want their tax dollar going to a lawn sign or an attack ad. If you香蕉视频直播檙e running for any political party, raise your own money.香蕉视频直播�

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9. Don香蕉视频直播檛 block the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion: 香蕉视频直播淲e understand there are concerns,香蕉视频直播� Sims said. 香蕉视频直播淲e also understand the Trudeau Liberal government has approved it, and that lots and lots of people and lots of boards have reviewed this. If we rely on these important economic engines of our economy, and we allow them to continue things like Kinder Morgan, it helps the tax base.香蕉视频直播�

10. Reduce spending and lower taxes: 香蕉视频直播淭he men and women on the pre-budget committee are getting swamped with spending requests. We香蕉视频直播檙e there to say stop. Cut your spending, and reduce our taxes. And as far as we can tell, we among the only people going to these meetings saying, 香蕉视频直播楶lease stop!香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈��

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation came into being as a response to the implementation of the goods and services tax in 1990.