tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post7340038556985424866..comments2024-03-29T01:09:22.557-07:00Comments on Paying attention: The HST, Gordon Campbell and the Clark governmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-28409583329192676172009-08-02T18:56:58.075-07:002009-08-02T18:56:58.075-07:00A raise in the minimum wage will send small busine...A raise in the minimum wage will send small business and resturants into a tailspin so Campbell's against it but increasing the price by a 6% tax is OK, wheres the logic in that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-160795668066946332009-07-27T20:54:09.973-07:002009-07-27T20:54:09.973-07:00I figure the home builders associations are about ...I figure the home builders associations are about ready to take a skilsaw to Gordo if they ever get close to him. They are not the least bit pleasedDPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-80321430694958251352009-07-27T02:49:04.606-07:002009-07-27T02:49:04.606-07:00As far as I'm concerned scumbell is a very dan...As far as I'm concerned scumbell is a very dangerous man.Hes arrogant and full of pride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-44014592706077912452009-07-26T01:06:03.768-07:002009-07-26T01:06:03.768-07:00Temperature was rising on the BC Rail affair so a ...Temperature was rising on the BC Rail affair so a diversion was needed. They hurried up the Braidwood Report release and made the HST announcement in what seemed to be a rushed fashion.<br /><br />Look in the past and see that bad news is always followed by an event manufactured to change the front pages. Remember the quickly arranged Canada Line ride for media folks to celebrate not the completion of construction but the nearing completion of the line. Sure enough, that chased some bad news off the front page.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-34146185907371982612009-07-25T11:49:25.447-07:002009-07-25T11:49:25.447-07:00Regarding Mr. Willcocks final sentence paragraph t...Regarding Mr. Willcocks final sentence paragraph that brings up the lack of planning etc.....<br /><br />Based on past performance of this government and the way the Premier's office runs and rolls out these initiatives all of a sudden and out of the blue, well, don't you all think there just might have been, at least in part a PR/deflector spin motive at work here?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>(hey! where'd all those missing Email stories go?)</i><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-42116757879864060692009-07-24T23:55:48.620-07:002009-07-24T23:55:48.620-07:00Well we do have an entire to year bitch about this...Well we do have an entire to year bitch about this….ooopss…sorry that is not “consultation” I forget having a year to complain is meaningless. We should move to Ontario to avoid the HST…ooopppsss….how about Alberta ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-61674543880476520992009-07-24T20:37:28.629-07:002009-07-24T20:37:28.629-07:00When Gordo mentions health and schools watch out. ...When Gordo mentions health and schools watch out. Another vision which includes some money from the feds. He needs lots of money to pay for his past and present dumb movesDPLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-39765884668563398112009-07-24T11:02:59.039-07:002009-07-24T11:02:59.039-07:00Too much certainty, too little planning, too bold ...Too much certainty, too little planning, too bold enthusiasms and too little interest in the views of anyone outside the cult.<br /><br />Help me with this. Wasn't there a time when governments used budgets, passed after being debated in legislatures, to implement tax changes?<br /><br />No need for such quaint notions in a crony capitalist system I guess. The cult doesn't even extend to the government MLAs, let alone the opposition and the voters democracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com