tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101488342024-03-13T03:18:15.451-07:00Politics in BCSome things just need to be said...rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.comBlogger734125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-74686065564024392252009-11-09T20:35:00.002-08:002009-11-09T20:41:42.560-08:00Fin Donnelly.Meet the newest MP from BC, Fin Donnelly.Donnelly and his NDP team wiped out the tories and the LIBS.rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-13037160900705052052009-11-04T14:36:00.002-08:002009-11-04T14:51:33.135-08:00Need a Lawyer, Please hold in BC ONLYBC is slashing legal aid services. Here is the media release from the Legal Services Society. They stress they are at arm's length from the government, an independent society mandated to provide legal aid to British Columbians. Trouble is they are embarking on further cutbacks. The Legal Services Society is closing regional offices, replacing them with a local lawyer who will act as an agent. rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-27283455129681403622009-11-04T14:19:00.003-08:002009-11-04T14:24:45.189-08:00Diana Dilworth- Screw you, No questions allowedBurquitlam Residents Association a group that has hosted all-candidates meetings for elections at all levels has been told to drop dead by Diana Dilworth, the Federal Conservative candidate for New Westminster—Coquitlam federal riding. It's the same game the Conservatives have been playing in the general elections. Avoid the scrutiny of the public where ever possible. I just hope the folks thatrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-42498659333292013442009-10-07T07:45:00.005-07:002009-10-07T08:05:55.217-07:00HST CostsWhat's the cost of the new HST on consumers? $2000 on a new home, $1600 on a $20,000 renovation, $10 on your monthly cable bill, $5 a month on your bare basics phone, $1.40 more on a $20 haircut, about 90 cents more on a $12 movie ticket.Just about everything you buy will go up by 7% in BC and 8% in Ontario.See this CBC video report from the National."Yet our province's Conservative MPs have runrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-82868972155435441942009-09-24T11:42:00.004-07:002009-09-24T11:52:13.802-07:00BC Rail - Are Two Cabinet Ministers on the wrong tracks?Dave Basi and Bob Virk have been wearing the BC Rail chain for some five years now. They were Ministerial staff in the government in 2003 when BC Rail was being "sold" to what was supposed to be the highest bidder.Its a thriller that one day could become a TV movie. Imagine hush hush backroom deals in smoky strip lounges, political interference matching Watergate, and the public hanging of tworickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-27064421279206249252009-09-24T06:22:00.003-07:002009-09-24T06:34:43.374-07:00Campbell ready to sell Liquor stores?Here we go again. There is a crisis in BC and the Government is in deep doo doo. What an opportunity for a right wing government to sell off government assets and guess who is there to help them. The Vancouver Sun. Hey I'm not surprised. These folks are just not playing straight shooter on this issue.BC has one of the most well run liquor distribution systems in the world. The profits go to rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-59014220330003983662009-09-23T16:37:00.003-07:002009-09-23T16:53:37.784-07:00HST Fight back infoIf you oppose the HST in BC here are the email addresses for all BC MLA's. Send them an email telling them you don't want this new tax and join the No BC HST site on facebook. Where to get information on the HST Fight:No BC HST Fight HST Bill TielemanOnline petitions opposed to the HST in BCSign them all!BC NDP online petition against the HSTStop the HSTBC ANTI HST Petition BC Restaurant and rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-88056811418984204932009-09-23T12:47:00.002-07:002009-09-23T13:02:47.824-07:0042% would recall Premier CampbellA total of 42 percent said they would sign a petition recalling the Premier, including one-quarter of those who cast a vote for the BC Liberals in the last election. That's the news from a poll done exclusively within the boundaries of Premier Campbell's provincial constituency, Vancouver Point Grey.The news is startling given the "tony" make up of the riding. People feel the Liberals and the rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-5777095802557241172009-09-21T11:12:00.002-07:002009-09-21T11:18:56.659-07:00Assistance to Shelter ActYou have got to be kidding. The BCCLA has uncovered plans to turn homeless shelters into jails and if they are right, BC just became a Police State.Instead of building adequate shelters for the homeless, or better yet, building more affordable housing, providing a decent housing allowance, the BC government has come up with this hair brained idea. Under the guise of protecting the homeless fromrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-33921467197143086932009-09-21T09:15:00.007-07:002009-09-21T10:32:14.526-07:00They're selectively picking things - Vander ZalmBC Liberals desperate to turn the discussion from HST have decided its best to attack their opponents, not on the merits of their arguement against the HST but other things.The Liberals put out a press release on Friday, Public Eye has it on their website, that goes on as to what a "bad" Premier Bill VanderZalm was.As Vander Zalm told Public Eye, "I guess when you can't win the argument (that) rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-37673676926147397772009-09-21T07:55:00.002-07:002009-09-21T08:13:00.293-07:00BC HST should scare CampbellThe HST issue is dead in Ontario but something of a different story in BC. Read the link below for a good description of the lay of the land..."I have two words for Gordon Campbell and Colin Hansen: Be afraid. That’s right. You read that right. Be very afraid men, because in my opinion, the prospect of the HST is the proverbial straw that broke the camels back, and as everyone knows… camels rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-48108879127698645152009-09-21T04:35:00.004-07:002009-09-21T05:31:39.461-07:00Campbell's War on Sustainable GovernmentPart oneWhat the heck is going on in BC. Premier Gordon Campbell has pulled the wool over the eyes of the media and the public for eight plus years now. Lets look at his record so far. He has run the largest three and by the time he is done, four deficits in BC history. He has accomplished this despite coming to office in 2001 with a one billion dollar surplus. Campbell talked about a rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-2148450765929939912009-09-17T06:43:00.000-07:002009-09-17T06:44:53.827-07:00Old Dutch dips and chips at workersHere is another of those companies doing well during the recession, trying to squeeze even more out of workers. And the Alberta government makes it so much easier to treat workers poorly. Of course that is why they left BC years ago. So much for my favourite potato chip, I guess I'll have to Lay off my Old Dutch for awhile. What's crazy about all this is Old Dutch is doing well during this rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-61074728696271578492009-09-10T08:18:00.002-07:002009-09-10T08:24:39.293-07:00Prime Minster Mulroney appointed who...CKNW Breaking News... Prime Minster Mulroney has appointed B-C Court of Appeal Justice Robert Bauman as the new Chief Justice of the B-C Supreme Court. Bauman replaces Donald Brenner who resigned earlier this year. Sent at 7:45amThat was the breaking news I just received for CKNW folks. Did we even have email when Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister? Its likely the first time I ever thought rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-87766217701041564872009-09-04T14:41:00.000-07:002009-09-04T14:42:08.916-07:00Its an old joke...but timing is everythingA man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him.He asked, "What are all those clocks?"St. Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move.""Oh," said the man, "Whose clock is that?""That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never movedrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-1598823604726347962009-09-02T10:16:00.003-07:002009-09-02T10:23:01.119-07:00On the Federal side of things...This one of the funnier lil bits on the maybe soon federal election front...and it happens in the woodshed...Where do I sign up? I've never been a big fan of Michael Ignatieff, but I do need a job that would let me move back to Canada... read moreh/t to the proud hippierickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-48400923286688285562009-09-02T06:01:00.003-07:002009-09-02T06:12:02.919-07:00Biggest BC Deficit EVERThe BC Budget is out and its a shocker, the largest in BC histroy. The Liberals now have the three largest deficit budgets in BC history. Not bad for people that promised during the election that they really really could keep to the $495 million deficit set in February 2009.More in the days ahead... Check out the link below for the latest!From NBC DipperMy overall first impression: it seems asrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-29411067482862653612009-09-01T14:50:00.001-07:002009-09-01T14:50:55.864-07:00BC Budget almost 3 billion in holeThe BC LibCONS have... tabled a budget with a $2.8 billion deficit.Total provincial debt will rise over $10 billion over the next three years to almost $53 billion in 2011-2012.rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-42733695816291295292009-08-31T07:24:00.004-07:002009-08-31T08:15:49.855-07:00Fudget Budget Liberal styleHow to make a budget look good for a few months....Forest fires seem to be getting worse in BC. In fact this has been known for many years. Climate change brings warmer temperatures and less rain/snow, increasing urban sprawl into forested areas and more importantly a larger degree of uncertainty. Look at the budget in BC and you will be surprised to see the Liberals were hoping this year rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-18436606938809493022009-08-31T06:48:00.006-07:002009-08-31T07:16:20.119-07:00Burger King EducationThe Liberals are at it again. I recall when I was working for the BC NDP government, our efforts to "modernize BC Education" and to cut costs. We moved from 75 school districts to 60. That was likely as low as you can go and still have some democracy and local control over education.The current musing of the Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid reek of a seek and destroy mission. The rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-32607248534243671112009-08-27T07:50:00.004-07:002009-08-27T08:18:54.094-07:00Liberals just hate emailJust how long have Liberal insiders been trying to hide information from the public. It goes back to 2003 when then Deputy Minister to Premier Gordon Campbell said that he deleted emails so the media fishing expeditions would not produce anything. In 2005 Sean Holman at PublicEye found this spicy email sent to Vancouver Island Health Authority communications folks. Seems they are concerned withrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-34510464358700496372009-08-26T23:04:00.003-07:002009-08-26T23:13:00.130-07:00You don't think the Campbell Libcons were lying do you?The BC Liberals were caught flat footed after the election. Seems the first Campbell and Hanson knew things were going from very bad to down right disastrous was after the election, during which they said the budget deficit would not be more than the budget forecast of almost 500 million dollars.Perhaps the Libcons should have read the paper, check out these headlines at Northern Insights, that rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-18176846456704523232009-08-26T10:44:00.002-07:002009-08-26T10:47:26.119-07:00Harper is dangerous even as Minority GovernmentThis was cross posted at QueerThoughts... There are many examples to choose from. Most think that having a minority government means that there is a counter weight called the opposition to keep a government in line. That has not been what has happened during the successive Harper minority governments.Here are just a few short examples of how decisions can be made by any government including a rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-24347766911857959172009-08-21T19:39:00.003-07:002009-08-21T19:46:48.410-07:00Don't want no HSTI can't get the audio for this, its on facebook, right here!Don't want no HSTby Ravi Patel2:25 Don't want the HSTDon't want no HST.Now look at that Gordo. Man, he really blew it.He made us bitter from the HST.This ain't working. Campbell can go screw it.Money they're sucking from both you and me.Now what's he smoking? HST is stupid.Let me tell you, us guys ain't dumb.People wave at Campbell withrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10148834.post-19354364225772577342009-08-21T08:12:00.000-07:002009-08-21T08:14:09.482-07:00BC headed to 3 billion plus deficit!BC headed to 3 billion plus deficit!Originally published at QueerthoughtsYeppers, you read that right. Colin Hansen, BC's Robber Minister went into an election knowing the Province's projected deficit of $495 million was way out to lunch, yet he repeatedly said that the number was good.Seems the deficit number was good for one thing only, the re-election of Gordon Campbell and his team of con rickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17824176585273550263noreply@blogger.com0