Saturday, February 5, 2011

This Week in BC Politics … week of January 30th

It’s the weekend, and so we’re back again with another exciting round, of This Week in BC Politics.  Usually I try to keep things in order, but this first story, which I became aware of early Friday afternoon, really needs to go first.  So read on, and enjoy these stories you may have missed during the past week:

Christy Clark's Liberal team tries to fix housecat that showed up on voters' list
The BC Liberal party is reviewing the details surrounding the sign-up of a cat who shows up on the voters' list as Olympia Marie Wawryk…

BC Liberals in hot seat over patronage appointment
Political analyst Sean Holman with Public Eye Online says it looks like Hochstein is being rewarded for supporting the Liberal Party…


CEOs not only ones who vote, Mr. Falcon
In the BC Liberal camp, that seems to be a common theme among candidates such as Christy Clark, George Abbott and Mike de Jong…

White: fledgling BCCP is about to take flight
Voter apathy in British Columbia could open the door for the BC Conservative Party in the next provincial election …

Reader has a different perspective re: BC Hydro
With both of BC's major parties essentially leader less, now is a good time to bring up the very urgent matter of the bankrupting of our own crown …

Signups in Surrey raise eyebrows in Abbott camp
A huge influx of newly minted BC Liberals in Surrey has raised suspicions that urban elements in the party may yet scuttle a …

Panel to educate public on HST
The BC Liberal government is taking another stab at providing information to the public on the Harmonized Sale …

Clark ends support for vote on HST in legislature
Echoing Mr. Abbott, Mr. Falcon said he, too, was glad Ms. Clark had moved away from a suggestion “that a five-minute discussion with almost anyone in BC ...

Opinion: BC recall forces refuse to throw in towel despite a change in public mood
They would appear to have targeted Oak Bay ahead of all other ridings in the province for reasons that were partly related to the political agenda of the ...

Stifling debate may suit the BC Liberal party, but it doesn't help voters
It's pathetic to see a political party stifle debate in this way, especially for a position that is so important and has such impact on the lives of ...

Unlike the BC Liberal party which has yet to decide how it will elect a new leader, the BC Conservative Party is set to elect their new leader under a purely democratic, one member, one vote system.

... that they paid their fee, that they are not members of any other political party,” said Chad Pederson, executive director of the BC Liberals…

Likeable Christy Clark and her funny take on leadership
Alas, my bound collection of BC Notebooks was shunted into the fiction category.) In one of his last public appearances as the big guy, not only did Mr. ...

Canada gains more jobs than expected, but B.C. loses

Canadian job gains almost five times higher than expected; B.C. jobless rate highest outside Atlantic Canada …

And last but I hope not least … the following story, posted on my blog, also ran in newscasts on CHNL radio on Thursday Feb 3rd

BC Conservatives “Plan Policy” -- BC Liberals hold “Fund-Raiser”

It’s Wednesday February 2nd, and that means the arrival of the BC Liberal Party leadership candidates to the city of Kamloops.  Here for a fundraiser / debate will be former MLA Christy Clark...

Bye for now ... and I hope you have a great weekend ...

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