Bureaucrat’s Discussions of HST May Lead to Colin Hansen’s Resignation

Imagine it is 1996. Premier (and Finance Minister) Glen Clark, announces days after his re-election that in spite of saying during the election campaign that it was not on his government’s radar, his government is now going to harmonize the provincial sales tax with the federal GST. A couple of months after the howls of [...]

Fight-HST Petition Allowed to Proceed

The Fight-HST citizens petition will move forward; the courts have ruled that the Fight-HST petition is completely legal and must be acted upon immediately. Interesting to see what Premier Campbell will do next in his fight against the Fight-HST petition. His pattern of behaviour in the past has been to dismantle organizations that stand in [...]

Premier Campbell Meets with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Star of Total Recall

After hearing the news that the proponents of the stop the HST petition were going to begin a total recall campaign in November of this year, Premier Campbell almost immediately flew down to the state of California to meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (also the star of the movie Total Recall). As you can see [...]

HST Petition “Succeeds”

The Fight-HST petition has “succeeded.” What does that success look like? The petitioners gathered more than 10% of registered voters in every riding in BC. That is it. Does the petition force the Campbell Liberals to do anything? No. Nothing. What will happen with this petition? Basically nothing in the legislature. However, it will add [...]

Sinister Financial Vectors at BC Hydro

The following information came to us from Erik Andersen, through the indefatigable Rafe Mair. This information is interesting in that it gives some insight into the direction that the Campbell administration is taking BC Hydro. A “vector” gives information as to direction and the magnitude of a changing position. A series of financial statements can also [...]

BC Lottery Debacle Continues to Fester

Can you imagine the howls of indignant outrage from the likes of Gordon Campbell, Rich Coleman, Mike de Jong and the rest of the BC Liberals about the BC Lottery Corporation debacle if there was a New Democrat government in power right now? What would the BC Liberals be demanding of the New Democrats right now? It [...]

BC Lottery Corporation Fined $670,000

The following story about BC Lottery Corporation being fined $670,000 is faintly reminiscent of the Police Raid on the BC Legislature story (otherwise known as the never-ending court case). Just days after the BC Liberals announced that the BC Lottery Corporation is expanding into the murky world of online gambling, the first North American government to venture [...]

Ida Chong Riding the Gravy Train

Yeeouch…from Michael Smyth, writer for the Province newspaper and sometimes host on CKNW came this gem of a story. But why the hell should a Victoria-based MLA like Ida Chong be allowed to rack up nearly $6,000 in meal expenses when she lives less than a 20-minute drive from the legislature? Can you think of [...]

BC Liberals Announce Massive Expansion of Gambling in BC

You know it is a funny thing, maybe Premier Campbell’s office forgot to send it out, but usually when Premier Campbell makes a big splashy announcement, his office typically sends out an email with the good news. And that email usually has a photo of Premier Campbell who is bent over a little with a shovel [...]

Expansion of Online Gambling for BC Lottery Corporation

Anybody remember in 2001 when Gordon Campbell said there would be no expansion of gambling in BC? Even ignoring the undisputable expansion of the casinos and slot machines in BC, consider the expansion of online gambling in BC. Already the spending limits for online gambling increased from $120 to $9999. Later this morning there will be press [...]

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