tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post114263948102992909..comments2024-03-21T00:43:40.171-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Government's fight to keep polluter facts secret wrongUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1142709281463649242006-03-18T11:14:00.000-08:002006-03-18T11:14:00.000-08:00Another clear-cut case of putting corporate/specia...Another clear-cut case of putting corporate/special interests ahead of hte public interest. But then again, we the "public" don't finance their election campaigns, do we? All we do is vote. <BR/><BR/>This just tells us a whole lot about whether it's the voting part or the financing part that really counts in our "democracy" and affirms just how outdated our naive ideas of democracy have become in the age of mass media and sophisticated "communications". specialists.<BR/><BR/>Essentially, political movements that achieve power and maintain power are no longer those that best serve the public interest, in the balance, but rather, those that can muster enough resources to run more sophisticated issues management and election campaigns.<BR/><BR/>Thus the BC Liberals are prepared to weather the small political setback that this revelation entails, because they will more than make up for it with the massive election campaign that they will be able to fund with the help of those whom they are protecting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1142700867964701452006-03-18T08:54:00.000-08:002006-03-18T08:54:00.000-08:00What the BC Liberals Fear MostMost of those 52,000...<B>What the BC Liberals Fear Most</B><BR/><BR/>Most of those 52,000 pages should be in e-form. The gov't can post the info and whoever wants it can print their own copies.<BR/><BR/>The $173K is mearly being put forward as a barrier.<BR/><BR/>Penner claims that It wasn't always fair to report on violations is pure political puree.<BR/><BR/>What the BC Liberals are really afraid of is that someone is going to match the polluters list against a BC Elections donor list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1142653975809033252006-03-17T19:52:00.000-08:002006-03-17T19:52:00.000-08:00The NDP critic was on 1070 radio today. The news g...The NDP critic was on 1070 radio today. The news guy kept saying 173,000 for what? One guy mentioned it takes a lot of work to unshred stuff. Most folks that called in figure the government doesn't even have a list. The critic will be bringing it up in question period next week. The fed have a list for such stuff on federal land in BC and everywhere else. It's not that hard to findAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com