B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell resigns! Premier, Campbell, Gordon, resigns

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VICTORIA -- Premier Gordon Campbell announced this morning he is stepping down as premier.

"It's time for a new person to lead the province," Campbell said during a brief news conference in Vancouver.

http://www.vancouversun.com/Prem ... /3771490/story.html

boss2007

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    so the 15% income tax cut is gone too ?

布小熊

Premier Gordon Campbell steps down
Resigned from post but not from party
http://www.news1130.com/news/loc ... campbell-steps-down

raffaello

Can they lower the HST rate now?

ACC-HE

no, harm has done, irreversible.

ACC-HE

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... I don't think so.

pkphilip

HST recall doesn't happen until 2011.

Anyone can suggest next person up for premier? Anyone with the guts to make the hard calls? I doubt NDP or Carole take the job either.

Philip

fibbi

Hope it will do the party good... I don't want NDP...

Look4chrisng

Gordo is not so smart on this HST thing.  If the 15%tax cut and the HST brought out at the same time.  He will be a hero.

Lik

It's good to see Gordo do this, and again, it shows that public pressure (and people power in general) is still something the regular citizen can rely on.

As a political leader, resigning was definitely the right move, but it is debatable the move came too late. Just as importantly, perhaps the Liberals didn't have to announce the reduction on personal income tax had Gordo resigned, but alas, the progression of tax breaks followed by his resignation is a logical course of action to take.

Now the question is, is the combined effect of huge tax break + Gordo resignation enough to pacify public anger on the Liberals and woo voters back to the Liberal camp?

-Lik