BC Liberals’ startling success
Many commentators claim BC Liberals are incompetent and ineffective. While true in ministries such as Justice and Children and Family Development, Liberals have been successful in the centerpiece of their…
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Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–of cabbages–and kings
A paper produced for the Business Council of British Columbia in 2010 stated: “Since 2001, British Columbia’s natural gas sector has experienced nothing short of phenomenal growth…” Mineral production in…
Perception supersedes reality
A reader drew my attention to this article from 2.5 years ago. The principles are unchanged so I believe it is worth revisiting. First published April 23, 20101 Sean Holman…
Taxpayers on hook for Liberal "campain" funding
BC Liberals and friends had better start worrying because Vaughn Palmer may be taking off gloves and blindfold. The pundit who has all the tools, and a toolbox, laid implements…
Les democracy
"The only good farmland is former farmland" - J. Les John Les made an appearance with Sean Leslie on Liberal house radio Saturday and explained that party leadership had to…
If BC Liberals lied before, can we believe them now?
In July 2009, Tom Fletcher of Black Press wrote about the HST announcement, "Premier Gordon Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced the change in Vancouver Thursday, presenting it as…
Desperation on their own sinking ship
From Laila Yuile's blog, No Strings Attached: Breaking news – Abbotsford South BC Liberal Riding Association Directors and President resign, citing ” Unfair, not democratic ” election of candidate Darryl…
No sense of decency
In Liberals' memo shows party's delusion, Keith Baldrey takes aim at the government crowd and fires a cruise missile through the target. Actions of these minor league partisans suggest Joseph…
Talking real money
One indisputable dunce pursuing a nomination for the coming provincial election praised the B.C. Liberal government for its "prudent fiscal management." Obviously, that person pays no attention to reality. Oxford…
Liberal bagman gains healthy ROI
Last week, investigative journalist Bob Mackin wrote Premier Photo Op and the $185,000 charter bills “On CKNW AM 980, during The Investigators segment on the Oct. 22 edition of the…
No spectacle of division, not a whit
Vaughn Palmer is pleased with the BC Liberals. His weekend column in the Sun offered this: “…the Whistler convention struck me as a relatively happy affair. “The public sessions —…
Austerity only for the "plebs"
The most read article at Northern Insights is Adventures in not net zero land. It begins with this: “Helping manage the BC government’s war on school teachers and public education…
More lipstick please
Is Shirley Bond the Attorney General or a new arrival to this province? She sounds like the latter in presenting another BC Liberal plan to address backlogs and improve management…
Would we vote for someone who promised to:
“Protect BC Hydro and all of its core assets, including dams, reservoirs and power lines under public ownership.” “Restore an independent BC Utilities Commission, to re-regulate BC Hydro’s electricity rates.”…
Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley Stood Up For Cowichan Seniors And Won!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal attack on seniors through their wrong headed policy of forcing Seniors to take computer driving tests and or road tests in unfamiliar vehicles on…
Media fails to give an honest account
http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/cgi-bin/Cartoons?CartoonID=2239 Yesterday, the Liberal government claimed its diligent examination of TransLink had resulted in $139 million in annual savings. As I noted, the claim was easily determined to be false.…
Political TransLink "audit" is worthless
The BC government claims it “found significant savings” following a performance audit of TransLink. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak says, “As we conducted the audit, we told TransLink about…
Match point for the good folks
So BC Liberals put an end to Liquor Distribution Branch privatization. Rich Coleman’s efforts withered under the scrutiny of one independent journalist and soon to be retired Liberal MLAs decided…
Politicspeak with simultaneous translation
The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee was writing about Nick Clegg and Britain’s Liberal Democrats but she could have been writing about the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals: “a string of the same weary…
Renewal without reform?
A skilled and practised word hunter, Ian Reid can flush out sources from behind stone walls. Thursday, he scooped the Legislature’s press gang and published Mea culpa, mea culpa, the…