Looks like the bio came directly from the Conservatives.

Wonder what a Frt is ….. must be a Conservative expression for something …. ;-)

Interesting,things starting to open up a little.

So, Prince George Mackenzie riding, but he has never lived anywhere in his new riding? Yeah, dont waste your time trying to get my vote.

“Parachute” candidates are just a party’s way of saying they don’t think they’re going to win the seat but they have to have a name on the ballot for election day.

Who is Deepak? Anyone know anything about him?

Mike Morris gets my vote. Don’t care about which party he is running for. There have been scandals for the last 30 years that I have been voting.

I really wish the NDP had picked someone other than Adrian Dix to lead them. Given his past he’s not someone I see fit to lead us. I don’t expect honesty and integrity from any politician but once you get caught there should be a rule stating that you have to leave.

Christy Clark should have stuck to the radio and John Cummins should have been put to pasture ages ago.

Which leave us with??? Where’s the Rhino Party when you really need them.

Its the only sane alternative…

You could vote NDP and bugger this province into the stone age for 4 years. They don’t even have a platform despite having 11 years to dream one up.

Or you could vote Liberal and get more of what you’ve got now. If you’re happy with the current state of affairs, I’ll have you’re drinking.

Or you could vote Conservative. If they dont work out, you get to can them in 4.

No matter what, slam the NDP. When in power the NDP borrowed less than the Liberals, but slam the NDP, they’re from the stone age. While in power, the NDP had a greater economic expansion than the Liberals (3% versus 2%), but slam the NDP, they’re from the stone age. No matter what the subject, slam the NDP, and when there are no facts to support it, do it anyway. Treat it like throwing cow dung against the side of a barn, or is that bull something or other.

Of course the NDP has a platform, don’t be ridiculous. Some of it has even been mentioned already, but why on earth would you expect them to release all the details this far before the election when the Liberal Party is doing so wonderfully all by itself.

“You could vote NDP and bugger this province into the stone age for 4 years. They don’t even have a platform despite having 11 years to dream one up.”

oh they have a platform – one can only assume it is so disastrous that it will hurt them. They have already said they are not going to release it until ‘maybe’ the end of the month so they will release it with no time to debate before the election. They have no reason to let people see how bad they are while the Liberals are imploding…

Why would the NDP release a platform? That would only expose them to scrutiny.

The NDP could say nothing between now and election time and still get in. And that’s pretty much what they’re going to do.

I really wish the NDP had picked someone other than Adrian Dix to lead them. Given his past he’s not someone I see fit to lead us. I don’t expect honesty and integrity from any politician but once you get caught there should be a rule stating that you have to leave.

Christy Clark should have stuck to the radio and John Cummins should have been put to pasture ages ago.

Right on axman. Once convicted, Dix should never have been elected. I don’t like the Liberals or the Conservatives either. So I will vote for the person I would rather have. Morris will do OK.

Please tell me what Dix was convicted of. Seems to me he sent an email.

axman seems to me you are just swinging a dull ax and you really dont know what the details are.
Cheers

Posted by: Retired 02 on March 6 2013 4:43 PM

Please tell me what Dix was convicted of. Seems to me he sent an email.

axman seems to me you are just swinging a dull ax and you really dont know what the details are.
Cheers

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Can you read? Seriously, I never said anyone was convicted of anything. And for the record, he falsified a document to help in a cover-up to save his old boss Glen Clark; there’s nothing to do with an email.

Lots of manure flying both ways, but if memory serves, the only politician in recent history that was convicted of a crime was Gordo.

Ammonra, I know you dippers like to cherry pick stats, But some of us were born at night, but not last night. Comparing deficits and economic growth from one decade to the next with no context may certainly fool the ignorant but those who lived the NDP era won’t be.

BC went from first to worst in the country during the NDP rule. The have not era. This occured during the largset global economic expansion in history. So the NDP grew the economy by 3%(if you say so)when the world was growing at 5%. Thats suppose to be sound management? WE had atop tax rate of 54%. Luxuray tax on vehicles over $32,000. Head offices left. Families left. This was mostly self inflicted through a tax and spend philosophy. You public servants did just fine however.

The Liberals grew at 2%(again, if you say so) when the world went through the biggest global reseccion since the 30″s.

Now tell me who was the better economic manager. Actually don’t. Your predictable answer means little to anybody that has lived through both governments.

I didn’t say so, it’s the historical record. The biggest global recession since the dirty thirties was just the last few years, prior to that the Liberals and other right wingers have been bragging about how wonderful their economic performance has been.

You criticise the NDP for “tax and spend”, but completely ignore the Liberal “borrow and spend” philosophy, on top of their “sell the farm” approach to public property like BC Rail and our rivers’ electrical generating capability. Despite all those fire sale economic wonders, BC is now more than twice as deeply in debt as when the Liberals took over. They have borrowed at twice the rate the NDP did, but hold themselves up as magic money managers. The NDP left this province with surpluses, but the Liberals have repeatedly failed to keep to that, giving their friends massive tax breaks from borrowed money.

So yes, who are the better managers, those who keep the debt lowest with greater economic performance, or those who can’t generate enough income even when they sell off public assets and carry out a policy of giveaway tax rates to their friends?

Reduce taxes and increase economic performance, wasn’t that the central plank of the Liberals approach to the economy. What a gross failure. What incompetence, they took billions of dollars surplus from the NDP and turned it into billions of dollars deficit overnight. Did they ever replace the lost tax income they gave to their friends, and have continued to give?

As to it being a period of the the largest global economic expansion in history, if you say so, although it certainly was not in Asia. Japan almost went bankrupt during that period, didn’t it?

camoose: “Lots of manure flying both ways, but if memory serves, the only politician in recent history that was convicted of a crime was Gordo.”

Talk about manure… He wasn’t convicted of anything, he pleaded no contest and paid a fine. He doesn’t have a criminal record.

dow7500 I don’t think you’re making much sence. Who are you calling a dipper? I personaly have to agree with ammonra. The NDP are my choice as well as with probably the greatest majority of BCers any party has ever won in the history of BC. I don’t know maybe you were wrighting Dear Abby and got side tracked.

dow7500 maybe you should chec your rear bogies…I think they are in the lieberal ditch. Get back up here on the road with the rest of us. The big bad NDP aren’t as big or as bad as you may have made up in you mind. In fact they are heading for a majority that BC. hasn’t even heard of. So why don’t you just set back and enjoy and listen to ammonra that man knows what he is talking about.

dow7500 maybe you should chec your rear bogies…I think they are in the lieberal ditch. Get back up here on the road with the rest of us. The big bad NDP aren’t as big or as bad as you may have made up in you mind. In fact they are heading for a majority that BC. hasn’t even heard of. So why don’t you just set back and enjoy and listen to ammonra that man knows what he is talking about.

Surefire: “The big bad NDP aren’t as big or as bad as you may have made up in you mind. In fact they are heading for a majority that BC. hasn’t even heard of.”

You mean bigger than 2001 when the Liberals beat the NDP 77-2? I think you’re dreaming a bit there. Or your memory is short.

short memory JB – there are three groups all over the NDP bandwagon:

1: those with a short memory who are po’d at the Liberals

2: Government / public sector employees

3: Retirees / seniors

gus posted earlier, asking who is Bobby Deepak. Bobby is a lawyer here in Prince George. He was on CBC radio earlier this week, along with Mike Morris. Both of them answered the questions given to them pretty well I thought, although Mr. Morris didn’t give any new info, other than what the Liberals are already stating. It sounded like to me that he had no thoughts of his own. If I had to rate them, I would say Mr. Deepak gave more rounded answers to the questions, including about the economy, the challenges facing us in this province, including an important topic to me, health care for seniors.

Thanks for that, HAS.

Sounds like you made a fair observation and reported it as such. We could use a few more like that on here. Much appreciated!

like I said, predictable respnose ammonra. Anybody not in the public sector knows the diference in governance. lets just vote. Can’t argue with stupid.

Yes, let’s vote, please.