Those of you who live in Ontario and points east may or may not remember “British Columbia”—that (apparently) experimental province on the west coast? That’s where vital, special “prime time” prime ministerial addresses to the nation occur at 4:00 PM—which is “prime time” only in the sense that there’s only a couple of hours before we can start heading home from work and hopefully watching a re-run, someplace, of vital, special “prime time” addresses by our benevolent leader.
British Columbia has an election coming up on May 17. We’ve known that for four years since we have fixed election dates in BC. This is for the rest of you.
The race is between the berserk, socialist NDP which is owned and operated by big huge multi-million-dollar and often Marxist labour unions who share its bed with the NDP leader whom they got elected as leader, Carole James (nobody has the slightest clue as to who in tarnation she is, what she looks like, nor anything else about her); and the BC Liberals, led by Gordon Campbell, and it should be noted that although they’re liberal, they’re not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada. This is the party that given the opportunity, chose to maintain state-run liquor stores (Soviet Union-style), state-run car insurance with optional towing package, and other state-run business which compete against its own citizens for cash; and is also pro-abortion and pro gay-‘marriage’.
The NDP is so extremely left-wing and Marxist that they decry that the BC Liberal party is “extreme right”. Yup! Liberals cast as “extreme right”! You gotta be pretty left-wing to see things that way! I guess the NDP in BC must think conservatives are insane. What’s more “extreme” than “extreme right”? Please—somebody from the NDP explain that to me. Thanks!
There’s also a Green Party, but they’re even dumber than the NDP. Their campaign lawn signs are made out of plastic, as is their entire platform, and their leader, who reminds me of a plastic blow-up clown that you see at car dealerships.
The NDP is famous for wrecking BC and its economy and the entire reputation of BC in the world, when they ran BC like union goons and buffoons for ten years in the 1990s. They turned BC from an economic powerhouse, which was once one of the big, rich “have” provinces in Canada, into a “have-not province” which had to start getting equalization payments form the other provinces. This was during a period of time when much of the rest of the world was experiencing one of the largest economic booms in the history of the world.
The BC Liberals are famous for completely turning that around and getting BC back on track in four short years. They did this by immediately lowering taxes across the board—for businesses too—- and reducing regulations for business, and by smashing the ludicrous union contracts that were created by the NDP in collusion with the Marxists unions prior to the socialists finally being turfed out of office.
The BC Liberals are ahead in the polls. They won’t win as many seats as they did last time—but then last time, they won every single seat in the entire province…. except two! I still giggle about that.
This news came out today, which should help their momentum. I hope it does. I’d like to see the NDP win no more seats. I think two was just fine for them—that way they remain a non-party—short of the legal requirement for official party status. I’d really rather see some actual conservatives get elected.
BC is Canada’s Number One Job Creation Engine
VANCOUVER — British Columbia posted the largest gain in jobs in Canada in April, creating 13,300 new jobs and lowering B.C.’s unemployment rate to 6.1%, said Finance Minister Colin Hansen, BC Liberal candidate for Vancouver-Quilchena.
“We came into office pledging to turn around the economy and create jobs — and it’s worked. British Columbia is the number one job creation engine in all of Canada,” said Hansen.
Today’s Statistics Canada report means:
- 220,100 jobs created since Dec. 2001
- New jobs up 11.6% since Dec. 2001 — the best record in Canada
- Lowest unemployment in 24 years
- Unemployment rate is 6.1% now compared to 10% in Dec. 2001
- 81,000 jobs created in the last year alone
- B.C. created almost half (45%) of all new jobs in Canada in April
“Under the NDP, 50,000 people left B.C. to find work and B.C. ranked dead last in private sector job creation,” said Hansen. “The NDP wants voters to believe that government policies don’t matter. They want voters to forget how the NDP’s punitive taxes and heavy-handed regulations ruined B.C.’s economy. The NDP shouldn’t get a chance to wreck the economy and kill jobs again.”
New jobs are being primarily created in sectors of the economy that require strong consumer and business confidence, as well as increasing disposable income — accommodation and food services and the construction industry.
“We want to create more jobs per capita than anywhere else in Canada,” said Hansen. “Our plan is working. Let’s not let the NDP take us backwards.”
People should not vote for the NDP/labour union/ Marxist coalition.
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