led ▁Dog ▁Task ▁Force ▁and ▁the ▁Bra id wood ▁In qu iry ▁led ▁to ▁legisl ative ▁am end ments , ▁the ▁New ▁West ▁Part ners hip ▁( Tra de , ▁In vest ment ▁and ▁Labour ▁M ob ility ▁Ag re ement ) ▁had ▁en abling ▁legisl ation ▁en act ed , ▁and ▁inheritance ▁laws ▁were ▁modern ized . ▁The ▁Sk aha ▁Bl uff s ▁Provin cial ▁Park ▁was ▁created , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁six ▁new ▁par ks ▁in ▁the ▁L illo o et ▁region ▁▁ 1 st ▁Session ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 st ▁session ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 9 th ▁Parliament ▁began ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁with ▁the ▁Spe ech ▁from ▁the ▁Th r one ▁delivered ▁by ▁Lieutenant - G overn or ▁Steven ▁Point . ▁Gordon ▁Campbell ▁was ▁Premier ▁and ▁Col in ▁Hans en ▁was ▁Deput y ▁Premier ▁and ▁Minister ▁of ▁Fin ance . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁the ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁elections ▁they ▁revealed ▁their ▁intention ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁separate ▁provincial ▁and ▁federal ▁sales ▁tax ▁( P ST ▁and ▁G ST ) ▁system ▁with ▁a ▁Harm on ized ▁Sales ▁Tax ▁( H ST ). ▁This ▁' harm on ization ' ▁of ▁provincial ▁and ▁federal ▁sales ▁tax es ▁became ▁highly ▁controvers ial ▁throughout ▁the ▁province . ▁In ▁September , ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁budget ▁update ▁revealed ▁they ▁would ▁run ▁a ▁much ▁higher ▁def ic it ▁than ▁had ▁been ▁forec ast ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁charges ▁that ▁the ▁BC ▁Liber als ▁had ▁been ▁mis