tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post2617878005862917576..comments2024-03-29T04:56:02.252-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Things get very complicated if HST petition passesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-92103165357836756122010-05-26T23:24:57.230-07:002010-05-26T23:24:57.230-07:00I don't expect Campbell to leave with any more...I don't expect Campbell to leave with any more grace than he has ruled with so far. That means, he'll be kicking and screaming with his fingernails gouging the door frame of the Premier's office as they drag him away.<br /><br />They delayed the BCR Corruption Trial for years, kicking the HST petition to the curb is much easier. As George Bush proved, having 80% of the people opposed doesn't necessarily change much.<br /><br />It is the recall campaign that will bring an end to BC Liberals. Voters tend to punish entire parties when they finally decide that enough is enough. The leaders will go off to comfortable sinecures and the Liberal backbenchers will wonder what might have been if someone had spoken up sooner.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-87109883957438492562010-05-26T09:53:26.395-07:002010-05-26T09:53:26.395-07:00Whether the HST is rescinded or not, as far as I&#...Whether the HST is rescinded or not, as far as I'm concerned it's "recall in the fall." Campbell has proven too many times that he absolutely cannot, and should not be trusted. <br /><br />Recall, recall, recall...while we still have traces of BC Hydro, ICBC and BCLC left. Those will be sold off to private interests like they've done in Ontario if he remains. That leaves zero crown corporations in BC, and no help for the public coffers to help pay for some of the programs that have been left...thus far. <br /><br />Combine that with the czarette who has been hired to produce the report with the desired outcome; stating hospitals must now be privatized (as she has done in the past)...and the face of BC is forever gone. Can't happen you say? Ask yourself why hundreds of millions have been spent "upgrading" hospitals (instead of the funds actually being spent on patient care, imagine that...) then remember he upgrades everything at taxpayer expense, then sells it for a song to his buddies in big business. <br /><br />He's gotta go...I don't care how, the sooner the better.Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-8549218276822282422010-05-26T06:33:13.294-07:002010-05-26T06:33:13.294-07:00I actually hope the Campbell Liberals do drag this...I actually hope the Campbell Liberals do drag this thing out, contrary to the wishes of British Columbians. That way the double cross will be fresh in our minds come election time. But I'm betting they won't - too many Liberal back benchers haven't earned their pensions yet, and if there's one thing that will give them the courage to speak up to the premier (behind closed doors of course) it's the fear of being dumped before the entitlements kick in, either sooner by recall or later at election time. <br /><br />Raymond GrahamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-75017027219614797762010-05-25T15:19:46.081-07:002010-05-25T15:19:46.081-07:00Talk about a campaign of misinformation! Gordo tri...Talk about a campaign of misinformation! Gordo tries to tell us that the HST will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in investment in BC. Let's ask the Maritimes how many hundreds of thousands of jobs their HST has brought them; because we all know they are the most prosperous part of the country (sarcasm). Also, while we're at it, let's ask all those big business employers we have here (you know, the ones who provide employment to millions of us), how many billions of dollars they have invested due to the tax cuts instituted by the BC Libs already since they took power? What's that you say? How can small and medium-sized business be the largest employers? Gordo has assured us that big business is our saviour. Misinformation, my foot. The BC Libs are spreading the biggest BS around!cherylbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-8343080388650596652010-05-25T15:04:57.910-07:002010-05-25T15:04:57.910-07:00Gordo was telling us all in question Period today(...Gordo was telling us all in question Period today( Tuesday) that when the numbers are there, next step would be the committee( he sort of fails to mention the Liberals have a majority in the committee, then into the Leg. for more delays, then a referendum etc etc. I guess he figures they can drag it out for eons. What the people want is of no concern of his. I was surprised to see he made it back into town. Must have used up all his air miles . BY the way the NO HST as of today had one riding under the 10 percent and Bill VanDerZam figured that will be reached later todayDPLnoreply@blogger.com