Editor:
I beg for an explanation.
How on earth can any entity, other than elected government, impose tax on the citizens in a well developed country like Canada? Do I have to accept taxes from other agencies like B.C. Ferries, B.C. Hydro, Fraser Health Authority and so on?
Don't I pay enough taxes in my income tax, property tax, sales and services tax, plus additional hefty ones on petrol fuel, tobacco and alcohol? When is it going to stop? When 70 per cent of earnings are eaten by taxes?
According to Canada Revenue Agency, it can only enforce tax laws as passed by Parliament and provincial legislative assemblies. Therefore, TransLink can only ask the provincial government to allocate more funds for its needs but can't propose certain taxes on citizens because it mismanaged their funds or wants to grow on my already over depleted personal income.
I'm also asking any profreedom and pro-democracy lawyer to step forward and represent me in the court against TransLink practices in order to obtain court ruling that they are unconstitutional and unlawful. What will we gain by that? Any residing government that will try to raise already skyrocketing taxes in order to support incompetent executives of TransLink will risk their win in the next election.
This is our only chance to stop all the nonsense of killing the economy and everyday life by over taxation.
Edward Jaworski
