 | "Now that the transit-tax plebiscite is over and the votes are being counted, it’s still shocking to realize how much of the public’s money was spent on the exercise. Well, spent on the Yes campaign, that is. The No side spent a measly $39,687.
But the Yes campaign spent an astonishing $5,814,851 — of public money — trying to convince voters to support the proposed half-point increase in the provincial sales tax within Metro Vancouver. Those plebiscite results are expected by the end of the month. |