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Originally Posted by Pinner
This morning he said (again) the feds offered him the same HST deal Ont. had just negotiated after the election.
He knows the HST makes sense, no need to negotiate a deal with the feds and he had 4 years to sell the tax. He didn't sell it, he needed to educate the masses about the benefits of blending the taxes.
Instead he got caught up in the Olympics, underestimated Vanderzalm's campaign against the HST, and still didn't really sell the tax.
I think he could have pulled it off if he put more effort into it.
He gambled and lost.
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Cambell right from day one of taking over the liberals, before he was premier was always seen as a bit sleazy and untrustworthy, he never managed to shake that image (mostly because he is somewhat sleazy and untrustworthy) he has counted on the public not holding him accountable to his pre election promises and this time it didn't work.
I don't think there was a damn thing he could have done to avoid this, short of going back in time to announce that the min of finance was in negotiation with the feds and the HST was a possibility months before the election.