Reality check: Conservatives showing signs of division on Harper’s HST

With discord growing among Canadians against their aggressive plan to push higher sales taxes on BC and Ontario families, Conservative ranks are beginning to show signs of division over Stephen Harper’s HST scheme.

Conservatives are still stinging from the decisive New Democrat win in the British Columbia by-election last Monday that some called a referendum on Harper’s HST plan for that province.

And today, the McGuinty Government in Ontario will introduce its half of the legislation to shift taxes off of corporations and onto consumer purchases like home heating and veterinary costs under an agreement with the Harper Conservatives.

All this has at least one Conservative backbencher beginning to speak out against Harper’s plan:
“It's really important people know it's not futile. The more people who speak up, the easier it is for us to carry the issue forward."- Conservative MP Pat Davidson on anti-HST protests, Sarnia Observer, 10 November 2009