This is a post that some (but not all) of my BC Liberal acquaintances may not like, but as the BC Election draws near and the polls tighten, I’ll say without apology that to me, it would not be a bad thing if the provincial BC Liberal Party gets dumped
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Calgary Grit: No Bull
I watched bits of the BC Leaders debate last night, mainly out of curiosity to learn about soon-to-be Premier Adrian Dix and see the man in action. I wasn’t overly impressed, but I don’t think the BC NDP need an overly impressive leader to win what looks to be essentially
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Adrian Dix’s Opposition To Increased Tanker Traffic In Burrard Inlet Pleases Voters
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix is in this election to win. His decision to announce his opposition to Kinder Morgan Pipeline expansion leading to a massive increase in tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet has met with increased support amongst BC voters. Many of the MSM staffers are
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Who exactly is misleading and withholding information on Pipelines in British Columbia?
Kevin Logan (with Christine) A Cowichan Conversations Contributor Over at the Common Sense Canadian I have documented the many twists and turns of the BC Liberals. Christy Clark, having shuffled through at least three sets of communications staff, seemed to change her position each time a new scribe was propelled to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Olive writes that the dangerous effects of long-term unemployment (caused in no small part by gratuitous austerity) are just as much a problem in Canada as in the U.S.: With our persistent high levels of long-term unemployment, Canada is at risk of
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: BC Election Leadership Debate on CKNW 980 AM- 8:30AM-This Morning
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger So now the election is on, really on. Bill Good will conduct a radio debate with BC Liberal leader Christy Clark, BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix, BC Green Leader Jane Sterk and BC Conservative Leader John Cummins. It will be available for streaming as well
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: NDP says Liberals are hiding Christy, but where’s their Dix?
There’s an election happening on the left coast, and for all the preoccupation last year about the BC Conservatives, it’s quickly shaping up as a choice between Christy Clark’s BC Liberals and Adrian Dix’s BC NDP. Heck, even BC Conservative leader John Cummins admitted to reporters that, in the last
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: David Black’s Refinery Pipedream is Going Up in Smoke
Ms Christy has essentially endorsed Enbridge and David Black’s Refinery proposal. Few others will touch it! Premier Christy Clark could hardly contain her glee as she grabbed on to what may have seemed life a lifeline from Newspaper mogul guy David Black. Black is playing the silly bugger ‘Bitumen Boogie’
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Is Chuck Strahl’s dual role on the Manning Centre and security committee appropriate?
Chuck Strahl listens to a participant in the Manning Centre conference in Ottawa in March. Below: Manning Centre founder and figurehead, Preston Manning. Should Chuck Strahl be able to serve simultaneously on the board of the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, a partisan political organization tied to the ruling Conservative
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Here is a Completely Objective Promo for the BC NDP ;-) Well Sort of…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger We need a new government after 12 years of the Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark BC Liberals. I am wholeheartedly supporting Adrian Dix for Premier and the re-election of Bill Routley in Cowichan. But, you knew that anyway, right. Here is an BC NDP promo about a dead
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: B.C. Premier Christy Clark Is Hot
I would still vote NDP if I were out there. Nevertheless, she is hot. Very, very hot. That is all. PS. Actually, no it isn’t quite all. I am standing inside my new condo; the sectional just arrived. I am officially a Scarberian now. Where are my subways?
Continue readingLeft Over: Here, KIti, Kiti, Kiti……..
China’s largest bank in deal to finance Kitimat refinery ICBC will also provide engineering and construction help to build refinery CBC News Posted: Apr 18, 2013 6:08 PM PT Last Updated: Apr 18, 2013 9:38 PM PT Fascinating, isn’t it, how the BC Liberals keep on sneaking around the public
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Christy Clark knows when things are a trap
There’s an election underway in British Columbia, and Christy Clark’s BC Liberals have launched their first campaign spot: I suppose it could be a coincidence, but I think someone on the campaign has a sense of humour, as “it’s a trap” has become a phrase associated with Admiral Ackbar of
Continue readingNorthern Insight: One value Premier failed to learn: truthfulness
In Sunday’s thirty minute TV commercial, Christy Clark said that leadership involves, “holding true to the values you were raised with…” If I were one of the people that parented her, I would feel a sense of failure, values wise, since she has little commitment to truthfulness. For example, she
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Four More Weeks, Four Long Weeks
British Columbians are counting the days until we send Christy Clark and her sullied neo-Liberals packing. The NDP are going into the election campaign up by 12 points over Clark’s Liberals. Could the rightwingers stage a comeback? Anything is possible but that seems highly unlikely. All the NDP has to
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Provincial Unrest
Alison Redford’s approval ratings have fallen to “Stelmachian” levels Angus Reid has released their quarterly Premier approval ratings. As per usual, Brad Wall is more popular than God, and everyone else is a little more human: Wall (SK): 64% approve, 28% disapprove Alward (NB): 41% approve, 50% disapprove Selinger (MB):
Continue readingLeft Over: Not Taking Debate…….
B.C. Liberal candidate turned away from UBC debate Organizers say Premier Christy Clark should have attended Vancouver-Point Grey debate CBC News Posted: Apr 3, 2013 7:41 AM PST What..? Christy Clark didn’t show up for a real debate? I’m gonna play forecaster here and state the blatantly obvious..not only
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The BC Liberals Are In Chaos-Will The BC Conservatives Blossom This Spring?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Will the BC Liberals exist as a viable political force after May 14th? Will they have enough left in the tank to rebuild and re-brand their once all powerful party? Keith Baldrey’s latest column throws much of that in doubt. 20/20 hindsight would tell the BC Libs
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: Cleaning Up Gordon Campbell’s Mess
According to every poll and every projection by every firm and every commentator, Christy Clark and her Liberal Party are about to be handed an unbalanced ass-whooping of the sort we British Columbians seem to enjoy dishing out to governing parties once every decade or so. Naturally, when this happens,
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