Kris Sims was one of the few people who did not before B.C.91裸聊视频檚 Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services to ask for money.

The nine-person committee is currently touring the province, collecting public input in advance of the next provincial budget, and Sims, the B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, drove from the Fraser Valley to Cranbrook, where the dommittee was in session Thursday.

She came armed with a top 10 list of items the CTF and its 15,000-strong B.C. membership wanted to see.

1. Balance the budget. 91裸聊视频淚f there91裸聊视频檚 one thing that gets our supporters riled up, getting people writing letters to the editor and calling talk radio stations, they say 91裸聊视频楤alance our budget.91裸聊视频� They don91裸聊视频檛 like to see deficits, they don91裸聊视频檛 like to see province going further into debt, because they know what it does to their own household.91裸聊视频�

2. Cancel the B.C. carbon tax. 91裸聊视频淧eople are fed up with it,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淎nd top of that we found out during the last mini-budget that it91裸聊视频檚 not even going to revenue-neutral anymore, and it hasn91裸聊视频檛 been revenue neutral for several years. The Fraser Institute, one of our colleagues, found that the previous government had been taking old tax credits 91裸聊视频� years old 91裸聊视频� and adding them to the balance sheet of the current budget, for the carbon tax, to make it look balanced and neutral. It wasn91裸聊视频檛. It was costing families $800 a year.91裸聊视频�

3. Eliminate the Medical Services Plan premium: 91裸聊视频淲e were very happy to see the MSP cut by 50 per cent by the previous government,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淎nd this new government to finishing it off 91裸聊视频� eliminating it 100 per cent.91裸聊视频�

4. Stop raiding Crown Corporations: 91裸聊视频淚f you91裸聊视频檝e got a budget shortfall, don91裸聊视频檛 turn around and scoop money out of places like ICBC and BC Hydro,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淲e are ratepayers for those services, and when we see our money going to things other than auto insurance and hydro prices and just being used to paper over a budget shortfall, that really ticks people off.91裸聊视频�

5. On ICBC: 91裸聊视频淲e think it needs an overhaul, not just a tune-up,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淲e think ICBC should be turned into a co-op. Turn it into something like Mountain Equipment Co-op or VanCity. Make it owned by B.C. drivers, so if you choose to take your basic auto insurance out with this nice new ICBC co-op, you can do that. And then open that co-op up to private competition from other companies. So if you91裸聊视频檙e a great driver, you can shop around and get a lower rate.91裸聊视频�

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6. Don91裸聊视频檛 kill the Site C dam: 91裸聊视频淲e say this with cautions,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淏y now, we91裸聊视频檙e in it. When we asked our supporters, they said don91裸聊视频檛 kill it, be as stringent and prudent and careful as possible, but we91裸聊视频檝e invested so much money in it now, better to see it through. 91裸聊视频� If we bail out now, BC Hydro at least is saying that it will cost $7 billion.91裸聊视频�

7. Get government contracts, including boards and councils, under control. 91裸聊视频淥ne of the heads of TransLink makes more than the Prime Minister of Canada, as does her second-in-command,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淭here are tons of boards like this, and they91裸聊视频檙e basically permanent government. People don91裸聊视频檛 hear about them or know about them, they91裸聊视频檙e not elected, but they91裸聊视频檙e paid an outrageous amount of money.91裸聊视频�

8. Eliminate the vote tax: 91裸聊视频淭he government has imposed a transition fund 91裸聊视频� a vote tax of $16 million that91裸聊视频檚 coming out of taxpayers91裸聊视频� pockets,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淲hen you break it down per vote it doesn91裸聊视频檛 sound like a lot of money. But most people don91裸聊视频檛 want their tax dollar going to a lawn sign or an attack ad. If you91裸聊视频檙e running for any political party, raise your own money.91裸聊视频�

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9. Don91裸聊视频檛 block the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion: 91裸聊视频淲e understand there are concerns,91裸聊视频� Sims said. 91裸聊视频淲e also understand the Trudeau Liberal government has approved it, and that lots and lots of people and lots of boards have reviewed this. If we rely on these important economic engines of our economy, and we allow them to continue things like Kinder Morgan, it helps the tax base.91裸聊视频�

10. Reduce spending and lower taxes: 91裸聊视频淭he men and women on the pre-budget committee are getting swamped with spending requests. We91裸聊视频檙e there to say stop. Cut your spending, and reduce our taxes. And as far as we can tell, we among the only people going to these meetings saying, 91裸聊视频楶lease stop!91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation came into being as a response to the implementation of the goods and services tax in 1990.