Will McMartin wrote this a month ago in The Tyee about Finance Minister Colin Hansen: “Hansen was true to his word — he didn’t set out any ‘new directions.’ A new direction […]
Not on Mini-Me’s radar screen
The BC Liberal Minister of Everything is in damage control mode while the boss travels the province looking for bridges, lakes and mountains to re-name and his other political colleagues spend the […]
Dear Colin . . .
A valued member of our little blog community, reader Warren White of Victoria, wrote this letter to Colin Hansen. Like others, Warren is out of patience with unprincipled politicians and the corporate […]
An HST scenario
Georgia Straight’s Charlie Smith poses the possibility that Colin Hansen was excluded from HST decision making and unaware the Premier had set the policy in motion through Graham Whitmarsh, Campbell’s 2009 appointee as […]
Another uncensored briefing for citizens
Doing political analysis, Rafe Mair swings a hammer. Paul Willcocks, on the other hand, prefers a scalpel. His blog Thursday at Paying Attention, HST saga gets still worse for the Liberals, quietly […]
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 […]
Bigger, better and largely empty – UPDATED
After the folks at Pavco completed the gold plated Vancouver Convention Center and kept the budget overruns down to a few hundred million dollars, they rewarded senior executives with bonuses and “incentive pay.” That is unlikely […]
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? […]
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 […]
Global TV reaches a new low, again
June 23, Global TV News Hour Final led with the Education Minister’s attack on the Vancouver School Board. It gave an in-depth, comprehensive, detailed analytical report on proposed service cuts (many seconds […]
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 […]
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 […]
Building public consensus behind closed doors
May I suggest reading Paul Willcocks’ April 29 Times Colonist column: Moving past the politics of blind division. Paul says too many British Columbians choose not to talk about public policy; they […]
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 […]
Takin’ care of business
Gordon Campbell and Colin Hansen sell HST as “the single best thing” that could be done for business in British Columbia. Not surprisingly, those with much to gain, the large beneficiaries, agree. […]
A Faustian bargain
I recall Colin Hansen speaking as an opposition critic about the problems of BC Ferries a decade ago. He noted successive provincial governments had failed to install competent management and had subjected […]
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