Is there a Mrs. Dix? And not his mom.

This guy is spending half a billion a day. I wonder where he will get all this money? Taxes? Deficits? Fudge it Budgets? Forge accounts receivable spreadsheets?

NDP Job Plan…hire a lot more government employee’s…

Cha-ching… cha-ching…

No sense in pointing the finger just at Dix.
Clark is doing the same thing, and she has already wasted a lot of millions promoting the herself and the B.C. Liberals that should have never been spent.
We should be disgusted at both party leaders for their behavior.

This guy is spending half a billion a day. I wonder where he will get all this money? Taxes? Deficits? Fudge it Budgets? Forge accounts receivable spreadsheets?
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Thats easy he could use the Liberal plan and just borrow the money and put us further into debt.

At least the money isnt going to his corperate freinds that like to feed off the taxpayers.
Cheers

Sooooo getting ready to move.

(Cue moronic door hitting ass comments)

I guess there are no seniors in this province.never heard a mention of them from either party.

Yea indexing welfare to inflation is a real good use of tax dollars and a terrific incentive to get someone to work for a living.

The taxis, bingo hall, liquor stores and crack houses will benefit from the increased rates. Are they going to open a welfare office at the bus depots to make it easier for those coming from other parts of Canada to sign up.

Dix’s platform on forestry: We will look at that.

Dix’s platform on mining: we will look at that.

Dix’s platform on the Enbridge projec: we will look at that.

Dix’s platform on social programs: we will give everyone double what they have now.

I sincerely hope no one believes any of this crap.
What did he do, use Shari Greens speech writer?

Fiberals will keep the carbon tax for another five years even though there is no empirical science to back it up. One of the founders of the tax Mark Jaccard calls himself a Nobel Laureate when he is no such thing. That alone should make one wonder about the honesty of this C02 carbon tax BS. http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2013/04/16/mark-jaccard-counterfeit-nobel-laureate/

NDP is going to pick your pockets even more on this ridicules tax.

What is hilarious is both parties are picking your pockets for their friends while promoting resource development which is C02 rich, how insane is that and the media just gives it a pass.

The conservatives make the only sense by saying they will dump this tax which costs us northerners plenty. Also they will go ahead with the pipelines after the proper reviews.

Something not brought up by any party is the 58 billion in contracts Hydro was forced to sign with the IPP’s. Clark was going to look into that but now not a peep as her handlers must have told her to back off as it is making fiberal friends much money.

What a welcome relief to have a political party actually come out and say what they will do…..instead of lying and saying they had no plans on bringing in an HST.

I’ve also been waiting to hear Christys take on the whole IPP thing? Why the flip flop? This and the BC Rail both need to be investigated. However, whoever forms the next government should should quickly deal with these issues, rectify, and move on. Lay the facts on the table, do what needs to be done, and move on. Politics…..I won’t hold my breath waiting.

That Dix Is a lucky man, indeed! He doesn’t have to worry about announcing money for tangible hard assets, like new hospitals, new cancer centres, new school buildings, new highways, new bridges and so forth – the Liberals have taken care of all that already! Isn’t life wonderful?

NDP are gonna raise my taxes all the while ending child poverty? Only in a socialist world. Maybe I can just give some of my taxes to my own kid directly. No need for the “middle man”.

Harbinger, how dare you suggest that you just give some of your taxes to your own kid directly. Just think of all of the government jobs that you won’t be supporting if you do that. Now we can’t have that now, can we??

Just when are we going to hear Christy’s platform? All I’ve heard so far is about what happened 20 years ago and how bad the NDP will be for business and that they can’t manage finances. Are we supposed to forget about BC Rail, the HST, Gordon Campbell, many cost over runs and several scandals that got swept under the rug just because it is the “New” Lieberal Party this election? Why is CC not mentioned anywhere on the liberal campaign material? Must be an election judging by the posts on blogs, slanted reporting by big media and Glow Ball TV. Just as an aside I will not listen to Global TV anymore or NW radio with Bill Bad. As a senior I am much lighter in the pocket book under the Liberals than many were under the SC and NDP. Time for a change. Over to the Liberal Toddies.

Christy Clark invested $2 billion for ‘smart meters’… so a couple of hundred million to help secure an equal opportunity to our children is good news when one looks at the alternative.

Have you got children or Grandchildren Oldun? I do, and if you do too, then like me, I suspect you are interested in helping keep this Province as strong and healthy for as long as we possibly can, so that we can proudly hand our children a chance to grow and prosper like we did when the reins were handed to us.
We will not accomplish this without a strong economy to provide the jobs our kids will need to support themselves, their families, and their dependents in the years to come.
Yes we need strong social programs in the mix as well, for those that have to depend on them, but those programs get paid for from the taxes you and I have paid all these years, and from the businesses, and services that also paid those taxes and provided those jobs for us.
My focus at this stage of the game is not so much about “me” anymore, but more about which party will best provide the platform that will support the needs of those coming up to take us into the future.
I want my grandkids to be looking for good jobs when their time comes, more than looking for good handouts from Government.
I’ll bet you do too.

so why did liberal money backers jump ship to NDP… C’mon both crooked as ahhh whatever!

oh yeah, thx

seamutt on April 19 2013 2:11 PM

Libs are done, Clark thinks LNG is the way maube 10 years from now what about today? Forestry and mining are here now? She forgets already.

Steph, I know people in forestry country don’t understand this, but oil and gas is BC’s number one revenue source, and if LNG takes off, even moreso.

For the past 22 years I’ve been a proud member of the British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union, together with Ms. Skidmore-Hewlitt, who is the New Democratic Party’s candidate for the Nechako Lakes riding in the upcoming provincial election. However, unlike Ms. Skidmore-Hewlitt, I’ve never held a membership in the provincial NDP. Although I support the cause of unionized labour, and I respect the principles of social justice, I’ve never subscribed to the NDP’s socialist economic ideology.

The recent turmoil in Europe is a reminder that the philosophy of left-wing governments often leads to chronic deficit spending, which is basically a strategy for creating short-term gain, in exchange for long-term pain. And I’ve noticed over the years that people with socialist predilections are often ambivalent towards entrepreneurs, even though these risk-takers are vital to a prosperous economy. Socialists tend to forget that wealth has to be created before it can be distributed.

But this letter is not directed towards the roughly 35% of Nechako Lakes constituents who plan to vote for the NDP in the upcoming provincial election. My hope is to communicate with the 65% of voters who clearly share my doubts about the alleged benefits of socialist economics: I’m speaking to disenfranchised Liberals, but especially to Conservatives. And I say to you in particular, consider the facts: Recent polls indicate the NDP will almost certainly form the next provincial government, possibly in a landslide victory. Meanwhile, the Liberals are predicted to retain as few as 9 seats in the legislature, after the May 14th election is over. So, if you’re not one of the 35% of Nechako Lakes constituents who are planning to vote for the NDP, you should perhaps pause to consider the consequences of the NDP’s inevitable rise to power, and the resulting absence in the Legislature of a viable opposition.

In previous elections the voting patterns in the Nechako Lakes riding suggest a strong belief among the majority of constituents in entrepreneurship, individual initiative, and the conservative values of a mostly rural society. As a result, pollsters have identified Nechako Lakes as one of only a few ridings the Liberals could conceivably retain in the upcoming election. But these same pollsters are predicting that the Conservatives, with Dan Brooks as their candidate, are poised to act as spoilers in the May 14th vote.

Currently the polls indicate about 15% popular support for the BC Conservative Party in the Interior and Northern ridings. Obviously this level of support is insufficient to elect an MLA, but it’s more than enough to split the anti-NDP vote. Now consider the implications of vote-splitting in the Nechako Lakes riding: In 2009 John Rustad won Nechako Lakes for the Liberal Party with about 56% of the popular vote, while the NDP received about 35% of votes cast. And the Green Party received about 6% of the vote. But there was no Conservative candidate in the riding to split the anti-NDP sentiment.

However, in the upcoming May 14th provincial election, the outcome in the Nechako Lakes riding could easily be reversed, as a result of Dan Brooks running for the Conservative Party. Provincial polls show the NDP has increased its share of popular support since the last election. Obviously this trend is likely to benefit the NDP candidate in any constituency, even in a generally conservative riding such as Nechako Lakes. It’s also clear that the estimated 15% of constituents who plan to vote Conservative in the upcoming election voted Liberal previously. Therefore, projected Conservative support in the Nechako Lakes riding could conceivably split the anti-NDP vote, thus enabling Ms. Skidmore-Hewlitt to win the election. So here’s a question worth asking: Do non-NDP voters in the Nechako Lakes riding care whether a viable opposition Party exists in the provincial Legislature, after the May 14th election is over?

On his website Dan Brooks tries to reassure Nechako Lakes constituents not to worry about splitting the anti-NDP vote:

The Liberals blame the Conservatives for splitting the vote…I maintain, it’s their own fault!…Make no mistake, the vote splitting argument is asking us to abandon our principles….Voting for the party that does the least amount of damage is not a good reason to vote. You want a good reason to vote….

However, politics is about more than just principle, it’s also about pragmatism. Read between the lines, and you can see Mr. Brook’s true sentiments:

With the stroke of a pen by the BC Liberals, everything I have worked for in the past 15 years is now unsustainable, my business cannot survive, and within 3 years I will be forced to close down. The BC Liberals have destroyed my business…and I intend to hold them to account…

I am indignant at the injustice of the thing. And I realize now, that no excuse the Liberals offer can compensate me for my loss, no excuse is sufficient to pacify me…I am determined to defeat the Liberals.

Needless to say, the above statements do not reflect the spirit of good governance. However emotionally satisfying it may be for Mr. Brooks to defeat the Liberals on May 14th, such an outcome is unlikely to serve the constituents of Nechako Lakes nearly as well.

Make no mistake: On May 14th a vote for the Conservatives is a vote for the NDP. Now more than ever, voting Liberal is the right thing to do.

A Concerned Citizen

“Socialists tend to forget that wealth has to be created before it can be distributed.”

Socialists are fully aware of that aspect.

Recently at the policy convention of the federal NDP it voted to remove the word socialism from its constitution. However, removing it does not mean that the principle isn’t being pursued as actively as before. There is a reason why the party will not call itself the Social Democratic Party of Canada.

The federal party sets the policy for the provincial branches.

Fasten your seatbelts.

As a (Concerned Citizen), you certainly seem to know the “real” facts behind your assessment of the political mess we are about to find ourselves confronting not only next month but for years and years yet to come.

You’ve got many of us now wondering how a stroke of a pen by those “liberals” has doomed your business three years from now, especially when Adrian Dix has promised to fix all those terrible things that those “liberals” did to us as soon as he takes control of everyone’s future in this Province, and three years from now you’d presumably still be under NDP management of all our Provincial affairs.

Would you care to elaborate on your plight in your business for us so we can understand how some others out there must have got the same shaft as you did ? It should help a least a few of us decide how to help set the Province back on the right path.

Hard to try to fix stuff when you don’t know the problem or the cause.

Sorry palomino! If you re-read my previous letter, you’ll see that I was quoting from the website of Dan Brooks, the Conservative candidate in the Nechako Lakes riding. It was Brooks who blamed the Liberals for the loss of his family business, and vowed to seek revenge on the Liberals, presumably by spltting the anti-NDP vote in the Nechako Lakes riding.

As a Conservative, Brooks should know that free-enterprise is a risky foray. Almost 85% of start-up businesses fail in the first year of operation alone.

I’m a realist palomino. The NDP has already won this election. My point to the constituents of Nechako Lakes is whether they’re interested in salvaging any kind of Opposition Party in the Legislature after May 14th.