According to fellow blogger Akex G. Tsakumis,the B.C. Liberal Bus and driver are hard at work once again.
This time,tossed under the front wheels; Tariq Ghuman . This in an attempt to covers the Premiers ass on the big fumble inviting known gangster,hit-man ,murder,terrorist and Federal Liberal Bag-man,Jaspar Atwal to the annual budget shindig.
Who knows maybe the Liberals brought him in for training,a potential mediator appointee in the teacher’s strike talks.
The classic tradition of BC Liberal gaffes goes on and on.
In the latest embarrassment to the province and taxpayers,the Premiers office did not properly vet the guest list and allowed a gangster,terrorist,murderer ( your choice) to sit in the house and watch budget 2012.
Their excuse? They only had one day. ( Cue Frank Sinatra and Send in the Clowns)
Uh people,right at the top of the list in the A’s ATWAL that should jumped right out at ya!
I would imagine along with the rest of us, sitting BC Liberal MLA’s must be shaking their heads and asking what next?
What do you think Christy’s next goof up will be?
This morning it was reported that the teachers were instructed to only work bell to bell today.
I wonder how that is different from what they have been doing all year?
Lets face it,they have been refusing those picky little administrative duties like report cards since day one.
Really, how can you take them seriously when they have not been doing their jobs since school started.
A recent Environics poll shows the province to be evenly split. It,is I think is important to note that the teachers commissioned the poll.
When you listen to the radio call in shows,about 90% of the callers want their teacher burned at the stake. Where were these people when Environics called.
I think,the teachers are in for a rude awakening if they vote for a general strike,so is the Labor Board.
The petition for approval for that strike goes before the labor board tonight.According to the Vancouver Sun, the board has already “signaled a strike lasting a few weeks is not a big distraction“.
Cue the Xfiles music in the elevators at the Labor Board.
Unbelievable; a general strike a few short weeks before spring break is no big deal.
Just what the kids need: a few weeks off followed by a few more weeks off!
The only people to benefit from that will be the liquor stores and pot dealers.
The fact that it got to this point is a black mark not only on the teachers but the BC Liberal government as well!
It should have been dealt with back in the fall.The legislature should have been called back to solve this. Any negotiations and legislation should have been done months ago!
Instead, we have been treated to photo-ops and faux throne speeches by the BC Liberal government.
We have had the usual round of ludicrous demands by the union.
Further proof that this government and frankly the teachers are stale and void of creative ideas.
What would you have done?
I hate to keep harping on the budget day tweet by the premier,but she had no reason to do that. She could have kept quiet and let Kevin Falcon present the budget and that part of the day would have been fine.
But she didn’t,she lied.
This from a Premier who ran her leadership campaign on open accountable honest government.
It’s not happening and as taxpayers you have a right to be choked.
There are lots of other hidden taxes other than the aforementioned MSP Lie.
Ethan Baron presents some of them in his excellent article today.
Why not come clean and tell the taxpayer what they are. Why do politicians think we are stupid?
50% of the people in BC didn’t vote last time,maybe they are fed up with their intelligence being insulted.
Maybe they want open,honest,accountable government. They are certainly not getting it now!
That’s the shame of it all.
What do you think?
The Premier Lied! She went on Twitter in the Morning and said there would be no new tax hikes in the budget and then increases your MSP Premiums. A Premium is another word for tax.
Finance Minister Falcon Shrugged it off by saying it’s only $5 per month ( $60 per year).
In the BC Liberal world it’s only $60,in ours it’s a LIE.
This is just another in a long line of gaffes By the B.C.Liberal Premier.
She promised to do politics different and she starts her budget day with a lie.What could be worse?
Kinda makes you think the Premier is in over her head,doesn’t it?
Kinda makes you wonder if you can believe this whole budget thing too ?
Your Hydro Bill will increase 7.7% starting this April. This will come at at time when the cost of things such as gas for your car is also expected to rise.
Based on available information,the Hydro increase comes courtesy of the B.C.Liberals ,I mean ,BC Hydro’s practice of deferring current spending practice into future years.
Given the amount of folks Premier Clark has thrown under the bus lately ,Minister of Energy and Mines Rich Coleman who conducted the review, is probably a bit nervous.
Can’t wait for the next poll to be conducted.
Will The Premier’s numbers pass Gordon Campbell’s when the party threw him ….
And more importantly just who’s family is the Premier putting first,certainly not mine,how about yours?
The busiest person in the BC Liberal Party lately has been the Proverbial Bus Driver.
To Recap:
The Taxpayers were thrown under the bus with the sleazy introduction of the HST.
Then Finance Minister Kevin Falcon was tossed under the bus by the Premier over the resultant fallout from the aforementioned HST.
Christy Clark has thrown Gordon Campbell under the bus time and time again, when she blames his government for all the mistakes caused by the Liberals.( It’s a given that since Clark has had her fingerprints over a large part of what the Campbell government did,she threw herself under the bus too! She just doesn’t realize it)
Next on the list: New Minister of Justice Shirley Bond. She no sooner said the issue before the courts with the TV cameras was over, then Premier Clark promptly tossed her under the bus with a statement about soldiering on and finding a way to get them in there.
Now comes word, the BC Liberal Government for the last 11 years has collectively thrown the Senior population under that same bus. The BC Ombudsman put together a scathing 400 page report on the inadequacies of the system and presented it yesterday. Worse news is that the Liberals have had it in their hands for some time ( they have had part of the plan since 2009) and have done nothing with it.
Admittedly people like Clark,Campbell,Falcon and Bond belong where they were thrown. But the Taxpayers and Seniors?
It kinda makes you wonder who’s next,doesn’t it?
In a story that is both sad and baffling another political entity in the lower mainland has made yet another galling decision that may have tragic consequences.
It appears that the Vancouver Parks Board has adopted out 17 animals to a farmer who sells livestock meat for a living.
Why would you be shocked when you checked up on the adoption to only find 1 alive.
In a number of stories the representatives from the Parks Board said they did their due diligence.
Kinda makes you wonder if they know what due diligence means,doesn’t it?
Finally we get good news that the transition rules regarding HST will be rolled out Friday.
We all wait with bated breath to see how long and what will happen with the transition.
Finance Minister Falcon says that we will find out Friday because they still have some last minutes negotiations to finish up.
Fridays are also known as bad news days in the government and the business world.Aptly named because most people don’t follow the news as much as other days and it is ripe for sneaking in bad news.
Did I say sneak in relation to news about the HST,that would be far to generous!
I wish I could say I am shocked,but I am not.
I am not sure what is worse,the government having a 1.5 million dollar staff appreciation program or Linda Terras head of the B.C Public Service agency defending the program by saying it ONLY works out to $52 per employee.
This was uncovered in an excellent piece of reporting by Michael Smyth.
As John Cummins ,leader of the BC Conservatives , points out in the piece,there are a number of different ways the program can be abused.
This comes on the heels of Mr.Smyth’s excellent series on Bullying in the government.
It makes you wonder what else is going on and why the people we elected are doing nothing about it.
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