There is “out of touch” and then there is John Cummins.

That is why you will win very few seats!

If any.

So that is what he is hanging his hat on? There is that little talent in the party that they had to get this nut job to lead them?

Or maybe it was the other way around, the nut job gathered people around him with little talent so he would not be overshadowed. LOL

Looks like they totally imploded now. Goodbye Conservatives!

“We are the only party to support the pipeline” and we will be the only party not to get votes. LOL!

Maybe Cummins will not get many votes but I would bet that Harper will approve the pipeline unless the natives will be able physicaly stop the consruction and that could be a blood bath.
Cheers

Well at least he’s honest about taking a stupid stand on this issue, doesn’t mean he will be voted in again, almost assures he will get tossed out actually. I know what party I wont support in the future, not that I ever voted Conservative. I still remember the Arrow.

You may not like the stand he’s taken, but as far as him getting voted out, you’re all dreaming.

He won 62% of the popular vote the last time. The closest to him was the NDP (Lois Boone) with 25%.

Cummins and the Provincial Conservatives will not elect anyone in the next provincial election…..he will however steal enough votes from the Liberals to hand the province to he NDP…..

For some crazy reason Cummins seems to think thats an OK thing to do….no wonder his party is imploding….

Those of us that remember the last NDP romp at the controls of our province are cringing at the thought of another round of chaos at the hands of Dix and the dippers

“I still remember the Arrow” I did not realize that was a provincial issue, I stand corrected.

Who to vote for? The incumbants who some are less than honourable or the other party filled with the same potential less than honourable people. Remember all the previous elections? We are not voting in the NDP. We are voting OUT the Liberals. After this coming election I can hardly wait until all the whiners reverse their polarity and start dissing the Dippers. Same old. Same old. Alas.

Well if you dont want to vote NDP or Liberal, and a Conservative is running in your riding, you can Vote Conservative as a protest against both parties.

If the NDP get elected as a result of the Conservatives splitting the vote, then so be it. It is not my responsibility to support a corrupt (Liberal) Government just to ensure that an indept NDP does not get into power.

However if the NDP do get in, then so be it. One thing is gauranteed if the NDP form the next Government you can lay the blame at the feet of Gordon Campbell, Colin Hansen, Kevin Falcon, and some of the others in the Liberal party. They were the ones that royally screwed up, and the Liberals will have to take the flack for the NDP winning. Dont blame the voters, they really dont have any viable political party to vote for in this Province.

Dont try a scare people with the NDP boogey man, just so that the Liberals get another 4 years. Better to let the chips fall where they may.

Cummins was a Federal Member of Parliment until he became the Leader of the Provincial Conservatives. He has never ran for election to the Legislative Assembly in BC.

Lois Boone on the other hand was an MLA for a number of years, until 2001. She ran in the Federal byelection in Pr George Peace River in 2011 against Bob Zimmer.

Zimmer got 62% of the vote, and Boone got 25%.

Gimme and Harb, yer both right, BUT, I really don’t want to see the NDP fleecing us again. Some of the folks they’re trying to run, holy smokes, shoot in foot say OUCH later.
BUT, did it hurt right away???

Gus, your **Nut Job** has a somewhat storied work history.

Elected as a member of Parliament 6 Times.

B/A Univerity of Western Ont.
Masters UBC

Worked in the Pulp and Paper industry in Ontario. Oilfields in Alberta, Construction on the WAC Bennet Dam, Taught in the NWT, and Peace River, and then taught school in Delta for 15 years. He was a Commercial fishermen and owned his own boat for 20 years.

Looks like the only job he had that did not require him to work was his years in Government. Much like all the nut cases in BC who are either in Politics, or work for the various Governments, and never held a real job in their lives.

If you are looking for Nuts in politic, I suggest you look at Mackenzie King, John A Macdonald, Rene Levesque, Pierre Trudeau, John Chretian, Gordon Campbell, Adrian Dix, etc;etc; etc;.

There are no shortage of Nuts in Canadian politics.

I wont get into the local politicians.

Better to vote for a Nut Job, than a less than honest liberal, or an inept NDPer,

“I still remember the Arrow”

Welcome to the 1950’s. Man, some people can hold a grudge.

Palopu: “However if the NDP do get in, then so be it. One thing is gauranteed if the NDP form the next Government you can lay the blame at the feet of Gordon Campbell, Colin Hansen, Kevin Falcon, and some of the others in the Liberal party. They were the ones that royally screwed up, and the Liberals will have to take the flack for the NDP winning.”

And so goes the pendulum of BC Politics. The only question is, will they last one term or two?

One.

Cummins supports the Enbridge pipeline? No big surprise there, a convicted poacher doesn’t care about the future of our resources, poachers only care about what can be extracted for their own benefit.

palopu you make some intresting points on the NDP’ers, i think they get in, the pipeline is still a go! (for the Canadian economy, not just BC’s). if the demand for our resouces is now, why as a counry/business, would we not sell.
Establish a resource trade with a huge market. then and only then create a fair trade agreement that has them buying a huge quantity of gas, or whatever.

palopu you make some intresting points on the NDP’ers, i think they get in, the pipeline is still a go! (for the Canadian economy, not just BC’s). if the demand for our resouces is now, why as a counry/business, would we not sell.
Establish a resource trade with a huge market. then and only then create a fair trade agreement that has them buying a huge quantity of gas, or whatever.

palopu you make some intresting points on the NDP’ers, i think they get in, the pipeline is still a go! (for the Canadian economy, not just BC’s). if the demand for our resouces is now, why as a counry/business, would we not sell.
Establish a resource trade with a huge market. then and only then create a fair trade agreement that has them buying a huge quantity of gas, or whatever.

my apologies for the 2 comments.
i’m a newbie

palopu you make some intresting points on the NDP’ers, i think they get in, the pipeline is still a go! (for the Canadian economy, not just BC’s). if the demand for our resouces is now, why as a counry/business, would we not sell.
Establish a resource trade with a huge market. then and only then create a fair trade agreement that has them buying a huge quantity of gas, or whatever.

oh crap theres 3 now!

John Cummins and his position on the Gateway pipeline is why his party imploded and is now nothing more than a spoiler. He still doesn’t get it, but at least he is consistent.

It may come as a surprise to a some people, but a lot of people in BC actually support this pipeline.

We tend to base our opinions on what is published in the newspapers, which for all intents and purposes are about those opposed, however there is that other group, ie; business, corporations, unions, etc; etc; that are in favour of the pipeline. Plus many other day to day people.

So dont think that everyone is opposed because it is just not true.

Talk about the NDP fleecing us if they are elected.Then there are those that cant see the fact that we have been fleeced by the liberals as never before.

I cant seem to remember that the NDP ever fleeced us. I do recall that the opposition were down on them lika a pack of wolves. They fabricated lie after lie on Glen Clark that never ever stuck. He did the very best under the economical conditions at the time.
Cheers

Retired: “They fabricated lie after lie on Glen Clark that never ever stuck. He did the very best under the economical conditions at the time.”

I believe they call this ‘revisionist history’. Or a bad memory.