Does Dan Rogers think there is a way to remove tax from corporations without overburdening taxpayers?? Exactly what does he consider OVERburdened? I suggest we are already overburdened, any more will definitely result in fewer votes for Dan at the next election.

From the above article:

"There was some good news for Prince George

1. in that the Premier’s speech to the UBCM today outlined a commitment to step up the improvements to the Cariboo Connector, improvements to highways 16 and 97

2. another million dollars to the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition,

3. increased transit for Prince George,

4. and extending the additional hotel tax beyond it’s planned expiration date of June 30th 2011."
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Does the reader of those comments know anything more than those smoke and mirror statements?

Such as:
1. What are the improvements we are talking about; what were the original targets for completion and what are the new targets?

2. I have not heard of that group for a couple of years. What are they doing anyway other than lining their walls with reports for added insulation on those exterior walls of their offices?

3. What increased transit? How much service is there now; is it effective; how much more will be provided; will in increase effectiveness?

4. I did not realize that the hotel tax was temporary with a very early termination date. So what does extend mean? Till the end of 2011? End of 2015?

How can Campbell or any politician ever be caught in a lie? I mean, these are the normal non-committal statements they all learn in politicking school = the first campaign period during which they practice their trade and the one who is best at it will win the election. :-)

So, let's analyze the tax overburden thing!

The HST is going to transfer billions of tax burden dollars from business to the consumer/taxpayer and now Dan wants to give industry more relief by transferring some of their property taxes to the homeowner/taxpayer?

Too bad that this is not illegal according to NAFTA rules!

Next the new RCMP digs, next the Performing Arts Centre...

Oh, I get it! When the Enbridge pipelines are buried in the ground some distance north of P.G. we will all be rich...maybe.

“It was more of an emotional, feel good issue” says the Mayor,” I would rather we take the time to look at policy and hear about ways to mitigate any possible damage.

That’s what all the spin doctors are saying. Leave it to the experts, study and the end result is we get it in the ear. They are the words of a dictator that wants to control our society to their way of thinking.

The environment is just one part of the equation the truth is that we need to get away from the idea that oil is king. We need to stop the greed of the big corporations that are destroying our economy and our social fabric. The big question is do we want to be a third world country.
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So we are going from an era of drawing ne city limit lines around industrial areas in order to get their property tax moneys, to an era of reversing the amount of taxation they bring into the community.

Perhaps we need to take a close look at why we draw industry into communities. In fact, why do we draw anyone into communities. Of what benefit are they to anyone? Why not just raze the city and move everyone somewhere else.

Cities are communities where everyone plays their part, I thought, for the benefit of all. The services we provide for people, to attract them here and keep them here benefit the industries because those individuals are one of the key resources they require to operate efficiently and effectively. So, it stands to reason that aside from some of the hard services the city might provide to the facility directly, it is these other services that are far more important, yet not acknowledged often enough.

I would like to see a cost benefit analysis for an industry located close to or within a city compared to the analysis of a remote location such as the Dunkley sawmill. If it works out that a mill such as Dunkley is a more viable operation, then let us make sure that future mills are outside the City limits and we are done with the whining.

Gus, your giving us the same old crap on how our society should function. Has it ever crossed your mind that nothing is perfect. Seems the only word you really understand is “Whining” The problem with you elitists is that you think everything is as I see it but most of you have lost sight of reality.

In the world of commerce it’s the survival of the fittest. Its called free enterprise or supply and demand. But the problem arises when greed enters the scenario.

Some of us worked all our lives . No one came and said you stay home today and we will continue to pay your wages. If you want to be a big time business person do some research see if there is a demand and then have your BANK provide the funds.
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“It was more of an emotional, feel good issue” says the Mayor,” I would rather we take the time to look at policy and hear about ways to mitigate any possible damage."

I don't think that building oil pipelines across mountainous B.C. and allowing 225 super tankers annually up and down the coast and into Douglas Channel are purely emotional issues. If the mayors (according to Rogers) disregarded well known scientific evidence and reacted only motivated by emotion and feel good sentiments then they must go back and have another vote based on science and concern for the environment. Weren't they elected to set silly emotions aside and act with reason and with the concerns brought to them by seriously worried citizens?

Did they use serious professional judgment when they dealt with other potentially important issues or was the whole convention at Whistler just a convenient excuse for some R & R?

The big corporations are raping us of our dollars. Instead of investing their profits in secondary industry they take it to the stock market to drive up their share to make even more money or buy up the competition. They care nothing about king or country profit is the bottom line.

What caused the depression of 08 is that the economy of many countries had stalled. There was no money for the consumer market to survive.. Had there been secondary industry to provide jobs and income the recession could have been avoided. Corporations don’t give a dam about those in commerce or those that work to provide goods for trade.

Canada at one time had a Foreign Investment and Trade Review Board. Be cause of the notion that globalization was the holy grail it was scraped. The fact is that globalizations will make Canada a third world country.