Media Advisory: HST Initiative Petition Financing Reports Available
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2010
VICTORIA – The proponent financing report and the advertising disclosure reports for the initiative to end the harmonized sales tax (HST) will be available for public inspection at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, 333 Quebec Street, 2nd Floor, Victoria, BC, and on the Elections BC website at 1 p.m., Friday, July 30, 2010.
Financing reports must be filed with the Chief Electoral Officer within 28 days after the submission of the initiative petition. The filing deadline for the reports was 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The reports include expenses of each filer and information regarding contributions they received.
The initiative petition financing and advertising disclosure reports are available for viewing as scanned images in Elections BC’s Financial Reporting and Political Contributions system (http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/electoral-finance/financial-reports-political-contributions/ ).
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Contact:
Don Main
Communications Planning Officer
Elections BC
Phone: 250-387-1709
Email: Don.Main@elections.bc.ca
Website: www.elections.bc.ca
Elections BC is a non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for the administration of the Election Act, Recall and Initiative Act, and conduct of referenda under the Referendum Act.
