Leaked documents from the offices of a party insider show that BC Liberals are developing a plan to streamline the province’s ‘antiquated’ system of graft. Profiteering, influence peddling and unethical practices are […]
Leaked documents
AAAGH!!!
The Campbell crowd—they don’t qualify to be called Liberals—is willing to chop programs and degrade services to people. However, they still enjoy spending, provided monumental schemes are involved. If Peter Kiewit Sons […]
BC Libs love regressive taxation
The single overriding purpose of the Gordon Campbell government has been to widen the gap between rich and poor. It is a self-serving plan of 2% to enrich themselves at the expense […]
Pigs at the trough, again
Time to bring this picture out of the archive, although I suspect we could link a story to it on many days. Michael Smyth of The Province documents how BC Liberals are […]
Confluence of grifters
Andrew MacLeod writes, The Tyee headlines, It Stinks Like Garbage: . . . the province’s decision, made less than six days after it came before the ministers… will benefit a company The […]
Beyond lies, nonsense and exaggeration
From Stephen Rees’s blog, Why do I talk to the CBC?: Gordon Campbell – like most politicians – loves being on tv. He enjoys the ribbon cutting moments, and always has a […]
Forever hungry
Sean Holman’s Public Eye Online is a must-read for every British Columbian politico. This recent analysis of his is unconditional: British Columbians may have re-elected the Campbell administration. But they’ve never been […]
Monumental monumentality
Alex G. Tsakumis, online journalist, describes Gordon Campbell and doing so, provides a text book example of word economy. When the American Psychiatric Association, which knows naught about word economy, describes Narcissistic […]
What recession?
If you are not regular readers of Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention and Andrew MacLeod at The Tyee, you should be. They shine light on an expense payment of $167,342 to BC […]
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty
Before he was elected Premier, Gordon Campbell wrote, When government does its business behind closed doors, people will invariably believe that government has something to hide. Secrecy feeds distrust and dishonesty. Openness […]
One more election promise betrayed
This man is guilty of deceit. Remember when he asked for your vote and promised to protect education and health care? It’s one thing to let an old guy wait for by-pass […]
Verdict unanimous: guilty of deceit
The consensus is clear. Gordon Campbell, Colin Hansen and their Liberal colleagues based the 2009 election campaign and the two 2009 budgets on centrally crafted deceit. Both deserve no confidence and should […]
HST wound festers
In his blog Paying Attention, Paul Willcocks makes an interesting point about the impact of HST on ordinary citizens. The effect is larger than initially announced. Paul offers The six things you […]
Timorous terrier
We’ve all seen a fainthearted hockey player who demonstrates an ornery streak after teammates arrive to restrain and protect. Once safe, the mock tough guy shouts impolite words, words he would not […]
Deceitful voices trash democracy
Speech from the Throne – August 2009 The pace, depth and scope of the economic crisis surpassed expectations. We have been hit by seismic economic shifts that were unpredictable and brutally deceiving […]
Broken Promises
Broken promises cast doubt and fearUpon those vulnerable souls in later yearsNow only a remnant of trust remainsBy deposed parties enduring the strainLove once given without reciprocationNow hatred looms without provocationFor I […]
History’s most open and accessible government
Lawyer Cameron Ward applied to the independent Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for release of information. His request was short and simple: The RAV Line (now Canada Line) project is […]
Highest and best use
In “Stream of aboriginal tradition hits a rocky patch,” The Globe and Mail examines how the declining Fraser River salmon fishery impacts the traditions of people who for thousands of years relied […]
First, they lied to the poor people
From July 2009, published here after the BC Liberals reversed a promise before the May 2009 election that HST was “not on the radar.” First, they lied to the poor peopleAnd I […]
When 2 + 2 = 8
British Columbia Premier Deceiver Campbell and Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced a plan to combine PST (provincial sales tax) and GST (goods and services tax) into HST (harmonized sales tax). The new […]
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