So. Pigs fly.
As a consumer I loathe and hate the HST, I fall into the very small margin of people though that's hit the worst by it though. As someone who does the books for small business though... I have to admit (grudgingly), it's made life easier and more importantly, it has, I admit, positively impacted the financial well being of the companies I work for. (Let it never be said that I can't eat crow now and then).
Now. I don't think the system is flawless. There are big glaring differences between it's stated goals and how it functions that most people (unless they're doing book keeping or accounting for a large company, probably aren't aware of). And I still think things need to be addressed about these issues, but with the exception of claimable caps for large corps, I think they're largely PR problems on the government's part.
The government said this was going to be a revenue neutral tax... it turns out that's untrue. But unlike our previous government, Christie Clark's actually asking people what they want to do with that revenue (I'm pretty sure there's still a thing for feedback on the provincial gov's web site if you haven't already sent in some input but even better, take 10 minutes to write an email to your MLA).
Any how, recently I was looking over some of the new studies that have come out about the HST, which I hope everyone else will do the same.
Someone sent me this video which while it's about 15 minutes long, has some useful information. Now, the guy's clearly biased so, critical thinking caps on, but he does make some very good points.