Exemption from Provincial Sales Tax

WHEREAS the government of Canada has provided needed additional revenues to municipal governments by exempting them from paying any portion of the Goods and Services Tax: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the government of the Province of British Columbia supplement this federal initiative by rebating to municipal governments in the province in its entirety the Provincial Sales Tax; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such rebate should be regarded as additional revenue for municipal governments and should not result in any reduction of grants in lieu or any other monies presently directed from the provincial government to municipal governments, nor should such rebate be seen as an opportunity to download additional responsibilities to municipal governments without providing sufficient funding to compensate for such additional responsibilities.