Today’s released Angus Reid poll shows Adrian Dix at the top of the list ( tied with Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil) as the best opposition leader.
Perhaps then since Dix has played the role so well he should be returned there after the next election to continue.
After all if you are good at something you should play to your strengths, correct?
In the who would make the best premier list Brad Wall finished first while Ontario’s Dalton McGuinty
finished last.
This is after McGuinty saw the writing on the wall and announced his resignation.
That would therefore imply that our Premier, Christy Clark,who finished second last would actually be the last once McGuinty leaves.
Had the folks in budget planning read at least until they got to page 6 they would have seen that natural gas was trading even lower in 2011 than it was in 2010.
We know from the last economic update a few weeks back that that figure is even worse now and took a lot of the blame for the increase in the deficit from our fearless Finance Minister Mike ( Don’t worry I will still balance the budget within two months) de Jong.
If you are familiar with the expression bullshit baffles brains; be prepared for the Liberals to do everything they can ( Including having Suhk Dhaliwal say he supports the BC Liberal Government‘s Economic record ) to henceforth pull out all the stops to,well, baffle your brain.
This all happened, by the way while the house was not in session ,because the BC Liberal retreaded Ministers had to spend that time getting familiar with their files?
Next thing you know, they will tell the house in the spring they need more time to get the budget in order when they put through legislation to change the fixed election date.
Former Federal Liberal Sukh Dhaliwal Joins the BC Liberal Team!
Below you can read the email from Sukh Dhaliwal introducing himself as the BC Liberal Candidate for the riding of Surrey- Panoramma .
He says he is not prepared to sit on the sidelines and be an observer during the next election.
Lets be clear: Sukh is on the sidelines because the voters in his federal Electoral District handed him his head on a silver platter in the last federal election.
His email proves he hasn’t learned the lesson the voters sent him.
This course includes bringing in the HST,taking her sweet time getting rid of it once the people by referendum directed her to, adding an extra holiday, raising the minimum wage all at great cost to the very same small business people that Sukh claims to be a part of.
They have raised just about every rate you can name and at the same time say they have a family first agenda.
We have been gouged with gas,carbon and toll taxes in the BC Liberals continuing war in the car.
We have watched as they tried to sell of the Liquor Distribution Branch in their latest attempt at a cash grab necessary to balance the budget.
Dhaliwal will fit right in with this BC Liberal crew given the pointers he probably picked up from his formal federal Liberal mates during the tail end of the sponsorship scandal.
I expect that come election night Sukh will find out there is still a place for him on the side lines as I am sure the voters haven’t forgotten.
Maybe while he is waiting he can help the Premier figure out why the women don’t support her in the polls.
While we are all getting prepared for the upcoming holiday season, I am also excited to be getting back on the campaign trail.
I have decided to accept the nomination to run in the next provincial election May 14 to represent my riding of Surrey-Panorama. My current MLA, Hon. Stephanie Cadieux, will be moving to Surrey-Cloverdale, where she lives, to take the place of the retiring Kevin Falcon.
I want to thank Kevin for his exceptional service to this province and especially to Surrey. While I was a Member of Parliament, Mr. Falcon was a great help to me on a number of issues. I wish Kevin and his family the best in their future.
The next election is a very critical one for our province. We are at a crossroads. I have made this decision to run because I am not prepared to sit on the sidelines.
I have lived in Surrey-Panorama for the past 15 years, raised my family here, built my business, and of course represented part of this riding as a Member of Parliament from 2006 to 2011.
As a small business owner with 12 employees, I am responsible for the incomes that support 12 families. The prospect of an NDP government is very concerning to me, and to many small business owners who I have spoken to throughout the riding.
It is very important that we have a government that believes in free enterprise and a competitive economic climate.
Premier Clark and the BC Liberals are the best choice to protect our economy, and I am proud to join the team to defend these principles.
As I always have, I believe in governance that is balanced – sound fiscal management with a social conscience. I believe that a thriving economy allows for strong investments in health care, in education, in social services, etc.
I also want to help the Premier keep taxes low, and make life more affordable for families and seniors. This is a fundamental principle that the NDP has seemed to forgotten – that the middle class will be squeezed out, and that they need relief, not extra tax burdens in order to pay for the basic services we deserve as British Columbians.
The future of our province is at stake, and my candidacy is my way of standing up for the people and the interests of Surrey-Panorama.
According to current Finance Minister Mike De Jong is a delay in the closing of the sale of Little Mountain housing project. Dejong said he does not expect that to close until June.
DeJong then followed in Clark’s footsteps and said no matter, we will balance the budget next year as in February.
unbelievable.
Here are a few things glossed over by both Premier Clark and Finance Manager de Jong.
2) Whether you were for or against the privatization of the Liquor Distribution Branch,getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar cost the Liberals $700 million which the previous Finance Minister had used in last years budget to project a balanced budget this year.
Lets be clear about this too: As you are reading this thinking they are wasting your money, it’s beyond that. They are into your credit cards ( we don’t have any money) so it’s a lot worse.
To give this some context for you.Yesterday Toronto Mayor Rob Ford lost his job for using his letterhead to raise $3,100 for needy children while the BC Liberals used their letterhead to not only blow another $15 million to raise votes for themselves, but also sink you are your family $328 million further in debt.
A monster horror show of a day by anybody’s standards is just another day at the office for the BC Liberals.
To Wit : The Christy Clark team, as they were winding down their night yesterday were digesting the news that they were once again caught with their hand in the cookie jar regarding the Anti-Dix web-site. Likely as they were tucking themselves in, blackberries went off with the news that BC Liberal-South Abbotsford Abbotsford executive had resigned en masse over the forced nomination of candidate Daryl Plecas.
After tossing and turning all night I would imagine they awoke wondering what next.
What next would have been more stunning news from the land of BC Liberal booze where Gary Mason exposed the Rich Coleman collect a donation for a tax refund scheme.
Think that was the worst news of the day? Think again.
For Premier Christy Clark and her party who have spent her entire leadership career strumming the ole banjo and singing families first comes the news that BC owns a 14.3 per cent child poverty rate, the second worst in Canada.
The report says to cure child poverty the BC Liberal government must attack child poverty with the same gusto that they attack jobs.
I am not talking about a flashy new poll being released, I am talking about excluding Amanda Todd’s mother from the conference on bullying. How dumb can you get?
She should have been front and center showing those people the scars of her childs death.
Premier photo-op and crew have dropped the ball once again.In fact we all did.
This was an opportunity to set politics aside and do the real work to make life more bearable for the kids in the province.
Instead a meaningful conference once again becomes a political football and a huge fumble for the Premier of our province.
You would have thought she would have been a little smarter given the vote she wants to recover is the women’s vote.
I recall, when my granddaughter was killed last October and I was in Comox for the funeral, there were a number of stories written in the local papers about kids, girls in particular committing suicide in the area. The deaths were not necessarily attributable to bullying but symptomatic of a larger problem that affects kids in this day and age.
I think there was three in the space of a month.
Something needs to be done and it has to be a lot more than the political hi-jinks of the last week.
Part of the problem is that we all stand back and accept this stuff from our politicians again and again.
We go to the polls like sheep and vote based on party lines. Those that don’t vote are making a statement albeit the wrong one.
All of us need to get involved,get outraged, be it at the next election or even now and ensure everybody knows that the status quo is no longer acceptable.
Folks did over the HST and it made a difference.
Otherwise we will get more of the same under the guise of change.
In the coming weeks I will write a post describing what I think people want and desperately need in their governments today.
We need to make real change and make the Amanda Todd’s of the world’s lives mean something.
We need to do more than what the BC Liberal government has been doing.
Van Dongen’s request of the Commissioner was done in the form of a 24 page letter.You can peruse it here.
Seems Like MLA Van Dongen has done his homework.
So has Blogger Alex Tsakumis.
He has written a number of outstanding articles on the subject, the most recent of which is here.
The evidence is clearly pointing to Clark having involvement in BC Rail where she ought not to have.
Clark says she will cooperate with the commissioner during any inquiry yet she knows full well that any inquiry by the commissioner must come before the house to be voted on.
First and foremost the problem there is the Premier conveniently prorogued the house so unless she recalls it there would be no vote until the spring.
Secondly, the premier holds a majority in the house and her party would most likely vote down any potential inquiry the commissioner requests.
What she needs to do is to take leadership of the issue,recall the house and call an inquiry herself.
Failing that she should come clean and explain her involvement in BC Rail and what the conflict that she suggested was.
Of course coming clean would no doubt lead to her stepping down.
For BC and the families she allegedly cares about its time to do the right thing.
The only MSM in town that bothered to report to this point on Inept Premier Clark’s visit with Alberta Premier Redford in Calgary today had the line for the ages.
When asked by reporters about her meeting Clark ,apart from saying it was frosty, advised anybody who would listen ( and by extension anybody who would read the Globe and Mail) that it was not her responsibility to brainstorm for answers regarding the dilemma with Enbridge and the pipeline.
The operative word of course in the quote was ‘Brain’ and we have all learned by now anything to do with that area of the human body is not a Christy Clark strong point.
So Premier Clark, if not your responsibility,whose?
Essentially today’s meeting was a great big waste of Premier Redford’s time.
Why on earth would Clark drop in without any new solutions to restate her position on the project?
Why hasn’t the brainstorming been done?
Could Clark have been hiding in Alberta to avoid bad press over the 12% increase in BC Ferries rates?
Watch the Calgary Herald Video where you will hear Clark’s first words’ Well um it was Frosty”
We have,ladies and gentleman, what sounds like a 12-year-old girl as Premier.
Next she’ll be singing ” The good ship lollipop”!
What an embarrassment!
Need I say more?
What are your thoughts?
UPDATE Some 6 hours after the meeting,NONE of the BC Electronic News Sources( Sun,province,Times Colonist) have a line about the meeting. They are still saying she will meet with Redford later today; Geesh!
Pretty Soon these people will be running into each other!
Once again the hot corner in Politics proves to be working in the Premier’s office.
Today after nine months of employment Ken Boessenkool resigned after an incident he deemed ” an incident he acted inappropriately”
I am not going to speculate what may have happened,there are enough different versions on different mainstream and non mainstream media websites.
What I will do is question why it took two weeks to complete the resignation if he apologized immediately and ask why the premier is not coming clean once again.
I understand Mr.Boessenkool’s family reads but what’s worse: Knowing the truth or reading all the rampant speculation.
The best thing of course would be for Ken to make a statement and clear the air so to speak unless of course there is more to this than meets the eye.
This of course is yet another black eye on the Clark Government, a black eye that will get worse until the cause is released.
Of course Clark’s new replacement also has some explaining to do.
If this just all happened this Last night/this morning why would you give up a stable career job as board chair at BC Hydro for a job that will probably die out by May 2013 at the latest?
