A legislative committee concluded that British Columbians would hold a referendum in September, 2011 on whether the much-hated HST should be repealed. A petition against the tax drew more than 500-thousand signatures. The referendum is technically non-binding, but BC Premier Gordon Campbell said he would abide by whatever voters decided. (Campbell's government faced a growing firestorm of criticism after it announced the tax just weeks after winning an election in which it said it wasn't contemplating such a switch. Campbell later stepped down over the furor.)

Date: 2010-09-13
Placeline: VANCOUVER, British Columbia.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 14 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << we don't have any interest and I think the fact of the matter is people want to direct see if a majority of the pool say they don't want to have the HST then there were none will certainly move on that >>

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