Rafe Mair has a voice that makes higher purpose people nervous because he articulates uncomfortable truths with brutal honesty and little regard for the comfort of former friends. His experience as a […]
Still smokin’
I did write earlier that my hiatus might be interrupted if the good ship BC Liberal, foundering in the sea of inveracity, appeared finally ready to go under with all hands aboard. […]
Lying then or lying now?
On radio Monday, BC Liberal spokesman Keith Baldrey may have launched a trial balloon when he talked of a possible strategy for dealing with the HST dilemma. He said that, after the […]
Elections BC action is "nonsense"
From BIV Business Today: Acting chief electoral officer Craig James was mistaken when he decided not to send the citizens’ initiative petition against the HST and its accompanying bill to a legislative […]
Consumer action on HST
HST shifts cash from pockets of individuals to coffers of business. Lack of competition and world prices guarantee that tax savings will increase business profitability. Mega-corporations shelter money in overseas havens while […]
Are we there yet?
Remember that BC Liberals promised us a rose garden. The pain-free HST would amp up the economy, create thousands of new jobs and lower prices through elimination of cascading taxes, greater business […]
Media now get rewards for being on side
Fantastic fabulist Colin Hansen is spending our money advertising about HST. Why do they want to have a public discussion now? Why not before introducing the tax? Why not before the election? […]
“the mark of McDonald, inept and politically naive, with an obvious trail…”
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention wrote The business groups baffling attack on the anti-HST petitions. Paul wondered if it had been a hoax since the action seemed so improbable. Of course, anyone […]
No retreat = certain defeat
Paul Willcocks at Paying Attention writes No room for retreat on HST. He applies his usual unemotional, logical mind to HST. He cuts through the misinformation, posturing and partisan rhetoric and says the […]
Support for HST echoes, again
NEWS ITEM: VICTORIA – Finance Minister Colin Hansen noted that business people from around British Columbia are joining the ranks of other business people from around British Columbia who recognize that HST […]
Lie to me, some more – updated
I wondered when folks at the Fraser Institute would weigh in, aiming to convince people that HST is good to great for ordinary British Columbians. That predictable message arrived today. Strangely, a […]
BC Liberal shame
There are a number of BC Liberal MLAs who should be feeling shame for their actions in the imposition of HST. They truly abdicated their duties as elected representatives. Paul Willcocks reports […]
Small ones, big ones and outright whoppers
Gordon Campbell’s biography at his BC Liberal website claims that “B.C.’s job growth is leading the nation.” That would be admirable, were it true. Statistics Canada reports that British Columbia employment growth […]
Rules are made for other people
On Global TV’s noon news today, a BC Liberal shill explained that, since the government failed to register as an opponent of the HST Initiative Petition, they are limited in methods to […]
Honesty pays, but not enough to suit some people
In this week’s Globe and Mail live discussion between Colin Hansen and others, the Finance Minister claimed a number of things including: That BC Liberals made no promise there would be no […]
Misinformation in Liberal amounts
Gordon Campbell and his sacrificial minister Colin Hansen defend the HST but voices of others in the Liberal government are muted. In fact, the voices of backbenchers are largely silent on this […]
Stop, hey, what’s that sound. Everybody look what’s going down
After an artful letter to the editor by James Dartnell of Surrey, my attention was drawn to a column by BC Liberal reporter Keith Baldrey. Baldrey offered the usual Liberal positioning, making these points about […]
Why (some of us) hate politicians
Gordon Campbell claims that HST will “encourage billions of dollars in new investment and lower costs on productivity.” Bill Phillips, Editor of the Prince George Free Press, in Why we hate politicians, […]
The dog ate my homework and other justifications
BBC’s h2g2 considers Why People Lie and begins with a definition: Lies. We hear them everywhere. Be it from the mouth of a politician glossing over the facts or a desperate student […]
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats. . . (Sallust)
Bruce Ralston is the hunter, Colin Hansen the quarry. 2010 Legislative Session: Second Session, 39th Parliament DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) COMMITTEE A BLUES, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010, Afternoon Sitting ESTIMATES: MINISTRY OF […]
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Blair Fix at _Economics from the Top Down_ also wrote two very good papers on the converion of housing into…